Modern baseball statistics are often made easy to interpret. Many statistics available come pre-normalized and with many facets of a player’s production baked in. This post focuses on two such statistics, FanGraphs’ Off and...
Fans of baseball have, to varying degrees, a fair understanding of what defines any given pitch type. Fastballs are defined by features like high velocity, backspin, and a straight flight path, relatively speaking. Curveballs...
High-FIP pitchers have a pretty rough time of it these days. FIP gets thrown around in common conversation more than ever and, per the nature of FIP (or more accurately, xFIP), high-FIP players must...
This post comes about after having perused 2019’s Pythagorean records, and is admittedly a bit meandering. In an attempt to pin down where this meandering content goes, below are the three primary takeaways I...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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