When evaluating pitcher performance, xFIP is a logical place to start. It controls for the various defenses that play behind any given pitcher, ballpark effects, and the sequencing of plays. There is good evidence...
In baseball, sooner or later, everyone disappears. From those who secured rare 10-and-5 rights, to those who played long enough to experience free agency, and for those whose big league appearances can be counted...
There are a handful of different lenses through which we can perceive Madison Bumgarner’s career. What’s most typical is to picture him as Madison Bumgarner, the Playoff Hero. Dodger fans likely perceive him as...
This post has three purposes. First, to examine a unique season from a singular player. Second, to briefly take stock of his unique status among the wider field of ballplayers. And third, to consider...
This post, contrary to what it’s title might suggest, isn’t just a list of buzzwords. It is about one player whose career has a tumultuous journey to this point. That player is Jurickson Profar....
Baseball is often referred to as a game of failure. The irony in that phrase is that the MLB players we most closely follow, who we might see at a game or watch on...
A week or so ago MLB Trade Rumors highlighted the hot start that Alex Gordon is off to, and the obvious implications of that quick start for his trade value. In their writeup, MLB...
People love round numbers; baseball people love them especially. As such, this post is about one particular round number. There is a lot to like about the website Baseball Reference. One oft-overlooked feature though,...
Just as the regular season is really upon us, an “Extension Fever” of sorts has swept through MLB. In the past week alone, four nine-figure contracts have been awarded to players who, in decades...
A long time ago, relatively speaking, a really smart guy named Aristotle proposed, among many other thoughts and concepts, three modes of persuasion. His modes of persuasion were ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is...
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