A baseball passion project
Research and Opinion on MLB and Blue Jays.
Extra Winnings is an independent project where I post my research and analysis on the Blue Jays and league-wide issues.
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MLB Analysis & Opinion
- 01 In Support of the MLBPA's Proposed Arbitration Inflator How a MLBPA proposal for arbitration comparators counters structural limitations on compensation for arbitration-eligible players.
- 02 Beyond the Cap: Diverging Interests within the MLBPA The difficulties posed by differing economic interests within the MLBPA.
- 03 MLB Contract Incentives and the Incoherency of the Current Regime Why the regulation of incentives in MLB contracts is not connected to the realities of how incentives are used.
- 04 The Anti-Competitive Effects of Deferrals How MLB's deferred-compensation rules have quietly tilted toward wealthier teams — and what to do about it.
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Blue Jays Analysis
- 01 What's Wrong with Vlad 2.0: The Mechanics Focusing on Vlad's Mechanics
- 02 The Misguided 2026 Reinvention of José Soriano and What the Jays Should Change Going back to basics and a look at his underused gyro slider
- 03 What's Wrong with Vlad? Finding the biggest sources of Vlad's power outage in 2026.
- 04 Sinking the Jays Slug Has a league-wide rise in sinker usage against the Jays core bats contributed to their 2026 offensive collapse?