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Monday, November 28, 2011

Forecasting 300 wins

By Tangotiger, 05:13 PM

I have several posts on Bill James’ site suggesting giving Cliff Lee a 20% chance at 300 wins is quite optimistic. 

It’s throughout the comments of this article (which is free, as are all the comments, including Bill’s).  It’s a decent read.

For posterity, all my posts are being reproduced below.

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