Category: Quantitative

In what is quickly becoming an annual tradition, MLB recently set yet another record for the number of strikeouts in a season. 2019 is also a year dominated by home runs. Meanwhile walks, or...

MiLB’s regular season has recently come to an end. Affiliated ball, and those individuals who play in it, is increasingly scrutinized as teams and fans alike keep an eye on the future of the...

The purpose of this post is to briefly examine swing and contact data. Specifically, it will take a look at those players whose swing decisions are most and least impacted by the traditional strike...

As its title indicates, this post aims to address whether or not a pitcher’s fastball velocity corresponds to, or is predictive of, how often he turns to that pitch. One would imagine that the...

The Home Run Derby took place very recently. Pete Alonso won. But this post will not really be about this year’s Home Run Derby. Rather, it will be about the wake of the Home...

People have an absurd amount in common with one another. Just one characteristic that humans share is our proclivity to be biased. That is what this post is about. Bias.  One reason bias is...

Throwing 200 innings in this generation of baseball is an increasingly rare occurrence. Innings limits are imposed on young or injury-recovering pitchers with increasing regularity. Using “Openers” is a phenomenon that is gaining traction....

In baseball circles today, FIP is a ubiquitous statistic, and for good reason. In a single stat, a pitcher’s ability to control his own destiny is captured, given that FIP in turn controls for...

Josh Tomlin was born in Tyler Texas in October of 1984. He was drafted twice: first by the San Diego Padres in the 11th round of the 2005 draft and one year later by...

This post aims to make use of a few graphics to briefly consider strikeout rates and their potential impact on walk rates.  In short, does shirking pitching to contact for the sake of coveted...