Research
May 05, 2021
by David Kotin
If you are unfamiliar with the term “Win Score” please check out the: Introducing “Win Score” article. The equation for Win Score as stated in…
Apr 15, 2021
by David Kotin
Pitchers in Group 1 have a record of 0-10 with a 2.69 (ERA+FIP/2) vs. pitchers in Group 2, with a record of 7-0 with a…
Apr 08, 2021
by John Moore
In the field of statistics, we use the the law of large numbers to explain that as the sample size of something increases, the average…
Mar 09, 2021
by John Moore
While baseball has always been a game of numbers, the increase in large datasets and the availability of these datasets over recent years has greatly…
Jan 19, 2021
by John Moore
We have long been aware of the fact that baseballs spin when traveling through the air and that Major League Pitchers are able to generate…
Dec 03, 2020
by John Asel
Opening night was quite disappointing as a Nationals fan. Our collection of neighbors sat distanced and outdoors, Soto was out due to a false positive,…
Nov 16, 2020
by John Moore
Even though I spend ~95% of my life thinking about baseball related questions, one was recently posed to me that I had never previously given…
Oct 08, 2020
by John Moore
This is part 2 of a series where an attempt will be made to better understand the effects of the increased number of shifts is…
Oct 02, 2020
by John Moore
As analytics departments across Major League Baseball have gotten access to better tracking system data over the past decade, the use of the shift has…
Sep 28, 2020
by John Moore
In part 1 of this series, a macro level attempt was made to understand what causes the Time Through the Order Penalty (TTOP). While there…