Archive for October, 2020
In 2020, Devin Williams took the league by storm. En route to posting a 0.33 ERA, Williams struck out 53% of batters he faced earning…
Tyler Glasnow is a damn good starting pitcher. Glasnow’s always had that label. His talents were plenty evident during his time in the Pirates’ farm…
In my last article, I built a model to predict the performance of every single at-bat to help with making bullpen decisions. As a reminder,…
A look the rookies on both teams World Series rosters this year. Rookies will be considered players who entered the 2020 season with what Major…
The professional baseball landscape is ever-changing, and over the past few years it has emphasized the importance of player development. This has been well documented…
Primer Since the Colorado Rockies played their first game in 1993, the organization has never put forth a team ERA under four (sporting a home…
Mike Trout is the best player in baseball. He once again put up a ridiculous slashline in 2020 – .281/.390/.603 – although it was somewhat…
Earlier this summer, I informally introduced a pitch quality metric called Expected Run Value (xRV). This was in a piece for South Side Hit Pen,…
What if I told you slash lines of .147/.253/.365, and .237/.343/.455 weren’t all that different? Everyone would prefer to have the hitter with the second…
In 1995, thanks to a quintet of dominant starting pitchers, Atlanta secured their third World Series championship. Their staff, fronted by three future Hall-of-Famers, combined…
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