RIP Warren Spahn.

Lots of trades working. Schilling's just the first.

I'm reading Ball Talk and Alex Ciepley is looking at Akvash Patel's Attrition rate work. Still hate the name, but we'll go with it for now. Here's the thing ... I don't know what any of this tells us because we don't have room for comparison. Alex says that the Cubs are letting pitchers work too far into games. Is this true? There are game logs out there, waiting to be checked. Do teams with high rates actually chase pitchers any quicker? There's some serious variables to be looked at here, more than I've mentioned, before we see if Patel's new stat has much value.

So who's gonna do it? I'm busy and you don't want me doing stat work. :)