Category: Quantitative

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...

When I was younger in school, a popular card game that made its way through my social circle was called MLB Showdown.  The cards featured players that my friends and I loved to watch,...

I was recently listening to a podcast called Revisionist History.  Revisionist History, hosted by the (among other things) journalist and writer Malcolm Gladwell, is really, really good, but that isn’t the point here.  ...

This post aims to very generally shed light on how a couple key defensive metrics often applied in baseball circles relate to each other.  Observed will be five such stats, all cumulative scores of...

An oft-cited formula that I believe originated in psychology circles is this:  Happiness = Reality – Expectations.   At a glance, this formula seems to hold water; it very simply stands to reason that...

Much has been made over the past couple years as teams seem to, more than ever, embrace one of two attitudes leading into any particular season.  The first attitude is of those teams who...