Swinging Against the Tide: Ground-Ball Risers
In the past couple of years, a growing number of MLB hitters have been making some changes. Those changes, to grossly oversimplify, have generally been made in an effort to get the ball in...
Author: Ben
Because Not Everyone Can Be An All-Star
Anthony Rendon had an eventful 2019. Chief among those events were a World Series title and a new nine-figure contract. Of lesser, but still significant note, was that Rendon was a first time All-Star....
Nelson Cruz and Aging Curves
Nelson Cruz became the most recent member of the 400 home run club when, on September 22nd of last year, he hit his penultimate home run of the season. Reaching 400 home runs is...
Fielding Independent Risers, 2019
Recently I was perusing Aaron Nola’s baseball reference page, as one does, and took stock of his 2019 performance in relation to that of his breakout 2018 campaign. While a doubtlessly strong season, 2019...
2010’s Multi-Year Free Agency, in Three Tables
Below are three tables which briefly summarize multi-year free agency this past decade. The pace, trend, and equitability of free agency in recent years, in tandem with the noteworthy Winter Meetings earlier this month...
Measuring Sticks, Old and New
Well documented is the transcendence of baseball from statistically cognizant to analytically driven. This transformation occurred over the course of decades; it has come about haltingly, nonlinearly, and the result is the hyper-computational landscape...
Free Agency, by Class
Here in late November, MLB’s offseason has hit the ground running. The Braves have been fast movers, jumping to resign Nick Markakis, Darren O’Day, and mid-season acquisition Chris Martin while additionally reaching agreements with...
Midseason Trades, in Retrospect
One of the key cogs in the 2019’s final months for the now-champion Washington Nationals was Asdrubal Cabrera. Cabrera didn’t have a fantastic postseason, statistically speaking, but he did have some impactful hits and...
On The Frequency of Arbitrary Thresholds
One seemingly trivial baseball event that occurred in the final week of the regular season was an incident involving Mike Minor. Specifically, the manner in which Minor recorded his 200th strikeout came under scrutiny....
Hitting, Not Walking, to a Batting Title
Among batting title recipients this century Tim Anderson is unique. Tim, unlike those title winners of the 2000’s that came before him, simply doesn’t walk much. Before running through his season though, here’s glance...
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