Corbin Carroll Had Something of a Streak

To this point the here at the end of August, the Diamondbacks have had quite the second half. As of July 16th, the date of the 2024 MLB All Star Game, the Diamondbacks were...

Who is Displaying Power to All Fields?

There are a plethora of ways to consider power in the context of hitting a baseball. One may count things like home runs, extra base hits, hard hit balls, barrels, blasts and more; alternatively,...

Looking Back at Pitch Mix Variation in 2023

Awhile back I took a hack at introducing a catchall metric to describe how much pitchers vary their pitch offerings, i.e. how often they throw distinct pitch types. I called that metric Pitch Mix...

A Quick Look at Sprint Speed Attrition in MLB

Spring training is just getting underway and, as a result, baseball news is just beginning to pick back up for all 30 teams. There are free agents yet unsigned, position changes being discussed, updates...

Let’s Make a Metric for Triple-Willingness

One of the more underrated plays in baseball, in this blogger’s humble opinion, is the “hustle double.” When a player tries to squeeze an extra base out of what appears to be a single...

When You Just Need a Zero

When creating digital products, like websites or apps, an important step is to conduct performance testing, which according to Wikipedia is “performed to determine how a system performs in terms of responsiveness and stability under a...

How Many Starters Do Teams Use in a Season?

One of the bigger stories of the 2023 season to this point, rather unfortunately, involves underperformance; specifically, the story of the highly paid and underperforming Mets. Through July 21st, the $445 million dollar (after...