Another Implication of Strikeouts
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...
Category: Quantitative
Why Run When You Can Jog?
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,...
Soccer, Basketball, and Where Baseball Lies in Between.
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. ...
How Do Various Defensive Metrics Relate to Each Other?
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...
Happiness, Expectations, and the First Round
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...
A Brief Glance at Variance
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...