Three True Outcomes In 2019: Reliance and Resistance
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...
Do Farm System Rankings Relate to Minor League Standings?
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 Astros, Windows, and Waves
A term that has increasingly made itself a part of the baseball lexicon is “window”. The window of any given team supposedly opens and shuts as that team becomes competitive for a time and...
Complete Games in Decline, but Disproportionately So
It’s no surprise that the amount of innings that starting pitchers throw each year is on the decline. It has been covered already here, in fact. That prior post emphasized an innings threshold that...
Julio Teheran, and Where Expectations Diverge from Reality
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...
Fantastic Swings and When to Expect Them
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...
Danny Santana’s Reappearing Act
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...
Is Fastball Velocity Predictive of Usage?
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 and Second Half Slumping
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...
Madison Bumgarner, The Rental
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...
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