Baseball Prospectus 2011

Top Ten Ways Your Friends Will Know You Haven't Read Baseball Prospectus 2011

10. You think $86 million dollars sounds like the perfect price to pay for three years of Derek Jeter and Rafael Soriano.

9. You drafted Josh Hamilton or Ubaldo Jimenez in the first round of your fantasy draft this year.

8. The fielding metrics you've been looking at tell you Kevin Kouzmanoff and Matt Holliday were elite fielders last year.

7. You think this might be Chicago's year.

6. You've never heard of Chris Carter, Jesus Montero, or Steven Hill.

5. You've heard of Carter, Montero, and Steven Hill, but without BP's "MLB %" playing time projection and scouting report, you overdrafted them in your fantasy league.

4. You think your team will be better than the Red Sox this year.

3. You're not bleary-eyed from staying up all night reading hundreds of pages of smart stats and witty commentary.

2. The words "Vernon Wells traded" don't make you giggle a little.

1. You're Ed Wade.