A couple weeks ago, Jeff Passan wrote an article for ESPN on a trio of talented Red Sox prospects: Kristian Campbell, Roman Anthony, and Marcelo Mayer. The overarching theme of that article, as I...
The creation and availability of pitch tracking technology has naturally beget all types of interest and analysis, and for good reason. Pitch characteristic data is rich in information and offers a path to better...
When I was in Little League, it was a common refrain of coaches that not all walks were created equal, and that some were particularly egregious to permit. That is because walks, like all...
It should come as no surprise to anyone reading this that, to put it lightly, Juan Soto is incredibly good at baseball. Still just 25 (26 later in October), Soto is all but certain...
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...
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,...
Awhile back, I coined a term for a three true outcome metric called a “Gallo”. That term describes a game wherein a player gets three or more plate appearances, all of which result in...
The 2024 season is off and running and, after uncomfortably long treks through free agency, many of the recently yet unsigned players have found homes in these last few days, or weeks. However, while...
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...
One of the first statistics a new baseball fan might find value in is OPS. While there are limitations to OPS as well as other measures of hitter productivity which better capture total offensive...
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