The new Statcast Sprint Speed metric is now available to the public and the leaderboard is both fun to look at and about as revelatory as many trade rumour tweets. At the top is Billy… Read more »
During the All-Star Break, BttP compiled a ballot of favorite fictional baseball characters, and readers were asked to select their personal top nine. The top 25 vote-getters are counted down below with the percentage of… Read more »
Earlier this week, I examined the teams which had the biggest differences between their preseason predictions & projections and their performance to date. To follow up on those outliers, below is every team’s actual winning… Read more »
Below is a sortable list of candidates for our poll of favorite fictional baseball-playing characters (which includes 12 infielders, 12 outfielders, 17 pitchers, and 9 catchers). Apologies for any inevitable snubs. At the link provided,… Read more »
This is the third season of BttP’s prediction and projection tracking, and once again we’re bringing you our All-Star Break check-up on the teams that have most confounded the preseason expectations. Below are three teams… Read more »
This entry lists the best and worst for the past 30 days of the 2017 regular season, through games of Sunday, July 9. Here is an explanation of this weekly feature. Comment of the week:… Read more »
The Home Run Derby (presented by something, I assure you) doesn’t matter. It never has, really, but occasionally it has been fun to watch. The best example of this is Josh Hamilton‘s impressive display in… Read more »
This post originally appeared on UK-based baseball site Bat Flips and Nerds. The podcast referenced here is now also available over at Blog Talk Radio. For more UK-based baseball content, follow @batflips_nerds. It’s the question… Read more »
It all started with a message from Eric Roseberry (friend of Banished to the Pen and host of the On Baseball Writing podcast), who was in the process of writing up a post at the… Read more »
This entry lists the best and worst for the past 30 days of the 2017 regular season, through games of Sunday, July 2. Here is an explanation of this weekly feature. Comment of the week:… Read more »
This entry lists the best and worst for the past 30 days of the 2017 regular season, through games of Sunday, June 26. Here is an explanation of this weekly feature. Comment of the week:… Read more »
Last week, Banished to the Pen readers were asked to vote on where Gary Sanchez ranks in the current hierarchy of major league catchers. FanGraphs and Baseball Reference concur that he has 4.8 career WAR… Read more »
The bullpen issues of the Washington Nationals are troubling and deep even for a team running away from their rivals in the National League East. It was the biggest question mark coming into the season… Read more »
This entry lists the best and worst for the past 30 days of the 2017 regular season, through games of Sunday, June 19. Here is an explanation of this weekly feature. Comment of the week:… Read more »
It helps to be fast to steal bases, but stolen bases certainly aren’t all about speed. So much of the steal is about reading the pitcher and knowing when to run. As Vince Coleman told… Read more »
On Effectively Wild episode 503, Ben and Sam answered an email question I submitted about the MLB Draft and whether any team would ever consider blowing past its pool allotment and incur future penalties (a… Read more »
Quickly, name the five best first basemen in baseball. Certain names probably come to mind: Miguel Cabrera, Paul Goldschmidt, Joey Votto, and others. Maybe you also thought of a few players like Justin Smoak and… Read more »
This entry lists the best and worst for the past 30 days of the 2017 regular season, through games of Sunday, June 12. Here is an explanation of this weekly feature. Comment of the week:… Read more »
This entry lists the best and worst for the past 30 days of the 2017 regular season, through games of Sunday, June 5. Here is an explanation of this weekly feature. Comment of the week:… Read more »
The harsh, angry sun tormented a desolate landscape. A sour wind howled through the scorched hills and barren valleys. Little life remained in the wasteland of Southern California. The once pleasant spring had been shattered… Read more »
At the Major League level, almost all regular position players are at the top of their profession. They are the cream of the crop and have outperformed 99.9% of their peers to even make it… Read more »
We’re watching history in the making. Josh Tomlin is the best pitcher of our lifetimes at avoiding walks. Since 1900, only Cy Young, Deacon Phillippe, and Babe Adams have lower BB/9 among qualified starters, and… Read more »
This entry lists the best and worst for the past 30 days of the 2017 regular season, through games of Sunday, May 28. Here is an explanation of this weekly feature. Comment of the week:… Read more »
On Thursday, Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman knocked an 0-2 Julio Teheran offering just over the right field wall at SunTrust Park for his first career home run. It was the third homer Teheran allowed… Read more »
The White Sox have agreed to terms with 19-year-old Cuban amateur free agent Luis Robert. Many consider the 19-year-old outfielder to be the best international prospect not named Shohei Otani.
This entry lists the best and worst for the past 30 days of the 2017 regular season, through games of Sunday, May 21. Here is an explanation of this weekly feature. Comment of the week:… Read more »
MLB Trade Rumors recently ran an extensive three-part feature looking back at the 1992 expansion draft that birthed the Marlins and Rockies, found here: part 1, part 2, part 3. Expansion drafts are fascinating. Roughly… Read more »
I do not know Kevin Pillar. Like me, he wakes up in the morning, has people who love him, and is probably an otherwise decent human being. What he did last night, however, was not… Read more »
Let’s talk about MLB’s ERA leader. He has an ERA of 1.01, a half-run better than any other pitcher. He’s striking out almost five batters for every walk. All but one of his seven starts… Read more »
The Yankees retired Wayne Tolleson’s number on Sunday. This is believed to be coincidental because the person who wore #2 a few years later is the franchise leader in PA, H, 2B, and SB. Also… Read more »
