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Vinny
06-09-2006, 07:37 PM
Here's a few to get started. Chime in with whatever you've got and then I'll try and condense them all into a master list later:


Official MLB Sites

www.MLB.com (http://www.MLB.com)
Official Website of Major League Baseball

www.detroittigers.com (http://www.detroittigers.com)
Official Website of the Detroit Tigers

http://mlbplayers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/pa/index.jsp
Major League Baseball Players Association


Contracts/Salary Info

http://www.mlb4u.com/index.php
This site lets you search for any player and get their unofficial contract/agent info.


Stats and Reference

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/
Official site of the HOF.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/
Haven't checked this out much but it looks like it's got some interesting stuff.

www.baseballreference.com (http://www.baseballreference.com)
Has historic baseball stats for most any team going back over 100 years. Lots of interesting stuff here.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players
Yahoo's individual player stats. Lot's of in depth stats including batter vs pitcher, splits against different teams, day/night, by month, etc. This is my favorite spot for individual stats but it's only for active players.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/stats
Yahoo's general/team stats.

http://ballparks.com/
Info on all the parks, past and present.


Analysis

www.baseballprospectus.com (http://www.baseballprospectus.com)
These guys get alot of flack for being too stat-head oriented, but they do put alot of thought into team-building, etc. Most of the site's pay stuff but they do have daily free articles.http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/

http://www.hardballtimes.com/

http://baseballanalysts.com/

http://blog.swingtraining.net/
Swing Analysis
New articles daily.


National Media Sites

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/index
Like the rest of ESPN, most of it's Insider anymore.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/
SI's MLB page, mostly free.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb
Yahoo's MLB page, it's gotten better and better over the years. They have their own writers now, though they still get most of their stuff from SI and Sporting News. Good, quick loading scoreboard, etc.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/front.htm
They cover the whole league pretty well and have extensive chats for fantasy and the like.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb
Self-explanatory, I think.

http://www.sportsline.com/mlb
You know the drill. They have alot of their own content.


Minors

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com
MLB's official minors site. Stats, standings for all the teams.

http://www.mudhens.com/
Tigers AAA Affiliate official site.

http://www.seawolves.com/
Tigers AA affiliate official site.

http://www.lakelandtigers.net/default.asp
Tigers A affiliate official site.

http://www.whitecaps-baseball.com/
Tigers low A affiliate official site.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/
Mostly pay, unfortunately, but stats and some content are free.

http://www.minorleagueball.com/
John Sickels does a well-updated prospects blog here.


Tigers

http://www.detnews.com/tigers/
The News

http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS02
Freep.

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/
Mlive, with blog.

www.stubhub.com/detroit-tigers-tickets/ (http://www.stubhub.com/detroit-tigers-tickets/)
Tickets

http://tigers.scout.com/?refid=4740
TigsTown. Alot of this is pay but they have daily Minor League updates and some other stuff that's not.

http://www.tigerscentral.com/index.php
Pretty good site, lots of info, stories.


Blogs & Such

http://beck.mlblogs.com/
Jason Beck's Blog

http://naterobertson.mlblogs.com/
Nate Robertson's Blog

http://blogs.foxsports.com/marioimpemba
Mario Impemba's Blog

http://info.detnews.com/tigersblog/index.cfm
Tom Gage's Tigers Weblog

http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/
Misc Musings.

H1Man
06-29-2006, 12:38 PM
Hey Vinny,

I changed the thread a little and added a few more links. Hope you don't mind.

H1.

Vinny
06-29-2006, 03:03 PM
Looks good, thanks H1.

Anyone else with good links, feel free to post them here or PM H1 or myself and we'll add them to the list.

DennyMcLain
07-10-2006, 10:05 PM
Many of you probably already know this site, but if you don't, check out the "Fabulous Feats" section. Interesting how the game has changed over the years.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/

http://baseball-almanac.com/featmenu.shtml

WTFchris
06-11-2007, 04:27 PM
ESPN came up with some sort of player ranking...

Magglio is #1 right now:


http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playerrating

Zekyl
06-11-2007, 05:45 PM
ESPN came up with some sort of player ranking...

Magglio is #1 right now:


http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playerrating
We're the only team with 2 guys in the top 10. Sheff is #8

Jethro34
06-11-2007, 06:36 PM
You can sort that list as well. For example, just pitching. For all the hype our pitching staff has gotten the past year and a half, it's a little surprising that we only have two pitchers in the top 50 (top 50 pitchers, not top 50 overall) with Verlander at 33 and Bonderman just barely making it at 49. In the overall list, Verlander is the only Tiger pitcher to make it at #92. Other Tigers to make the list are Polanco, Granderson and Guillen, in that order.

WTFchris
06-12-2007, 10:39 AM
They also do all star projections purely on stats/ratings, with the votes out of the equation. That is interesting too. Maggs, Sheff and Polanco would make it, but not Pudge (based on numbers).

Jethro34
06-12-2007, 09:22 PM
If ESPN updates that ranking on a regular basis, you have to believe the no-hitter will vault Verlander up in the rankings. The 12 strikeouts won't hurt either. That should put him in the top 30 or so in the entire league for strikeouts and the top 15 in the league for ERA, plus the top 20 in wins.

Jethro34
06-13-2007, 11:16 AM
They do update it, I just checked, and Verlander shot up to #34 overall and the #9 pitcher.

WTFchris
06-13-2007, 11:33 AM
And 7th amongst AL pitchers. Would he get an all star reserve spot baring any terrible starts?

Jethro34
06-25-2007, 01:42 PM
A site I found that I like is:
www.thebaseballcube.com
I use it to find out more about guys in the minors. It gives you their carrer stats by organization and level with cumulative totals and gives you some transaction info.
Downside: does not include any 2007 stats.

Wilfredo Ledezma
12-24-2008, 10:49 AM
by far the most useful website for MLB shit that I use is

http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/

lists every players salary by team, lists each past contract they've gotten, it tells how much service time they've logged so you know whether or not they're arbitration eligiblie. It lists they're contract incentives and perks (for instance, Eric Gagne got a guaranteed Hotel Suite for all road games).

Timone
08-08-2011, 12:25 PM
http://www.designaterobertson.blogspot.com is pretty good