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BIG TIME NEWS! 2/18/03:First off I'd like to apologize for the long time between updates. Other projects have dominated my time, and then another bigger project monopolized the rest. Not a good excuse but an excuse nonetheless and the best I can come up with since it's the truth.

More bad news. There will be no projections released this season. I feel real bad both in the timing and the nature of the announcement, but the fact is, that they aren't coming. Why?

Because since last October I've been working as a consultant to baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox. It's a dream come true and has already been a tremendous experience for me, and I'm thoroughly excited about the team and the nature of my work with them. The upcoming baseball season as undertaken a whole new dimension for me and I can't wait for it to begin.

Of course, this does mean that the Red Sox would like to receive sole benefit (or harm as the case may be) from any player evaluation or analysis I undertake, and unfortunately projections fall into that domain. The end result is that for the first time in the last four years, I will not be releasing projections.

I will try and keep some regular updates on the site, and provide any links to content you might be interested in. I know that I'm affiliated with them, so take this with a grain of salt, but I am highly impressed with the quality of the Baseball Primer website and find it a virtually critical starting point for finding out about baseball news.

In a week or so, I will publish the results of how my projections did last year with comparsions to a few other sources.

Feel free to contact me via e-mail with any questions regarding baseball and I'll be happy to answer as many as I can.

Take care.

Voros on the Web - Links to my Work on Other Sites

• My Baseball Skeptic Column on the Baseball Primer Web Site:
  • 80% of this Article is Privately Funded
  • La Defense De Montreal - My Personal Favorite.
• NEW:KC Star-Joe Posnanski cites me in his article on pitching
• Village Voice Sports-The Stat-Head Revolution: Neil deMause interviewed me for an article he wrote for the Village Voice in New York.
• The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is out. And to my surprise (and considerable delight), I get a mention in the book of about three pages. Don't believe me? Here's a link to the index page where I'm listed. I got more pages than Ben McDonald! :-)
• My article on Defense Independent Pitching Stats on Baseball Prospectus.
• I answer questions about DIPS from Baseball Prospectus Readers
• Rob Neyer's ESPN.COM article on my Defense Independent Pitching Stats work from Baseball Prospectus, plus a followup that appeared a few days later with Craig Wright and Bill James.
• DIPS Explained - First of two articles on James Fraser's site explaining DIPS.
• DIPS Explained Part II - The second article which goes into DIPS correlation with ERA the following season.

• Projected All Stars for 2002
• 2002 Projections - Some of the 2002 projections are up. These are the pitcher projections. The hitters will be posted first.
• Defense Independent Pitching Stats
  • Defense Independent Pitching Stats 2001 - Here's this year's stats!
  • Defense Independent Pitching Stats 2000 - Last year's stats using the old system.
  • Defense Independent Pitching Stats 1999 - The 1999 DIPS stats are still on my old site. I guess I'm too lazy to move them. Will do shortly.
• And more pitching related material.

• Projected All Stars for 2002
• 2002 Projections - Some of the 2002 projections are up. These are the hitter projections. The hitters will be posted first.
• 2001 Projections
• And more.

Around the Horn (General Baseball Info)

• Projected Standings for 2002
• Market Size - This Link Now Works Again! Mike Jones has computed a list of approximate media market sizes. When someone wants to talk about "small markets can't compete" it's critical to understand what they mean by "small market" before evaluating the argument.
• Park Factors - Looking at the statistical significance of park factors.
• Doug Pappas' Business of Baseball Page - Has some great stuff on the business elements of MLB. He posts an occasional new article from time to time on the site.
• And more.

Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you have any comments or questions. My e-mail address is below as well. Enjoy.