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Monday, February 18, 2019

2018 MLB Debut Tracker: Sept 23-Oct 1

COMMENTARY

The Managerial Search of Soft Skills

by John LaLoggia | February 10, 2019

With the abundance of analytics permeated throughout the game, front offices are smarter today than they ever have been. They are equipped with real-time data that allows them to make extremely accurate projections and ultimately,… Read more »

Tags: managers

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Snap into a Slim Jones

by Bill Thompson | January 22, 2019

Baseball is a game of history. History frames much of what we know and think about the game. Baseball leagues the world over are all about creating new history and establishing a legacy that will… Read more »

Tags: history Negro Leagues Slim Jones

COMMENTARY

A Positive Revision to Miguel Cabrera’s Legacy

by AD | January 17, 2019

  Via @DanHirsch: Of the 107 players to play 21+ years, 11 never had a negative-WAR season (Hank Aaron, Cap Anson, Beltre, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Stat Musial, Jim O'Rourke, Frank… Read more »

Tags: Detroit Tigers DRC+ Miguel Cabrera

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The Best Single Season by a Pitcher, Ever

by Bill Thompson | December 18, 2018

I think that all of us, myself definitely included, fall in love with dominant seasons from a pitcher. Or rather, I should say, we fall in love with a given pitcher thanks to their dominance…. Read more »

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The Worst WAR You Ever Done Saw

by Bill Thompson | November 27, 2018

One of my favorite things to do is to spend a lazy day looking up stats. More often than not my resource of choice is Baseball Reference. The Play Index feature makes it so easy… Read more »

Tags: Bill Bergen WAR

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The Billion-Dollar Orioles Project

by Kyle Lobner | November 9, 2018

Orioles fans have been through a lot in 2018. They were only the third team in American League history to lose at least 115 games in a season. Manny Machado, Zach Britton, Kevin Gausman and… Read more »

Tags: Baltimore Orioles

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30 Haiku for 29 Teams That Won’t Sign Clayton Kershaw and One That Will

by Brandon Lee | November 2, 2018

Angels the magic kingdom: Trout, Ohtani, and Kershaw thirty miles south Astros bury our chances for signing Kershaw under centerfield, Tal’s Hill Cardinals best fans in baseball plus best pitcher in baseball under the same… Read more »

Tags: Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles Dodgers

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MLB Franchise Rankings, 1995-2018

by Alex Crisafulli | November 1, 2018

The 2018 season is over. On Sunday, the Boston Red Sox put the final touches on what was one of the most dominant seasons of the modern era and effortlessly cruised through the playoffs in… Read more »

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Just Nipped by History

by Bill Thompson | October 29, 2018

For myself and other like-minded baseball fans, there are generally three websites we use for the majority of our baseball information and statistics. Baseball Prospectus and FanGraphs are the go-to sites for modern analytics, while… Read more »

Tags: Negro Leagues Nip Winters

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The Best Japan Has to Offer

by Bill Thompson | October 23, 2018

Every now and then I will randomly think of a player and wonder why they aren’t in Major League Baseball. More often than not it’s because they’ve retired, or haven’t made their way through the… Read more »

Tags: Japan NPB Tomoyuki Sugano

FANDOM/CULTURE

The Perfect Walk-Off

by Bill Thompson | October 15, 2018

Ryan Verdugo is not a name that rolls off the tongue of most Major League Baseball fans. Having only played one MLB season (2012 with the Kansas City Royals), it’s not surprising that Verdugo isn’t… Read more »

COMMENTARY

Why Does OPS Work?

by Chris Jillings | October 11, 2018

I want to show OPS some love. I want to state that not only is OPS intuitive and useful, it is a good and mathematically sound statistic. In short, I want to argue against the… Read more »

EFFECTIVELY WILD

Evaluating the 2018 Predictions and Projections

by Darius Austin | October 4, 2018

With the regular season over, it’s the most exciting time of the year: we get to find out which predictions or projections from our preseason contestants were the most accurate. Apparently there are some playoffs… Read more »

Tags: Effectively Wild predictions projections

FEATURES

Does Lou Trivino Have The Best Cutter In Baseball?

by Darius Austin | August 24, 2018

The Oakland A’s have been doing a lot of remarkable things. Whether it’s Matt Chapman‘s otherworldly defensive play at third base, Khris Davis leading the league in home runs, or the phenomenal production of a… Read more »

Tags: Cutter Lou Trivino Oakland A's

FANDOM/CULTURE, Let's Do the Time Warp, Reviews

The Banished to the Pen OOTP 19 Review

by Nick Strangis | July 15, 2018

Out of the Park Developments released the nineteenth iteration of the most robust baseball simulation game on the market this spring. It may not be revelatory to review a game that hit the market three… Read more »

Tags: Lou Gehrig Mark McGwire OOTP 19 Out of the Park video games

COMMENTARY

Aaron Nola and the Magic of a Changeup

by Alexander Haynes | July 13, 2018

Aaron Nola could be crowned the Philadelphia Phillies MVP for the first half with his latest performance on Sunday — a succinct bundle of emphatic personality and competitiveness. In a show of insistent work and… Read more »

Tags: Aaron Nola Changeup New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies

COMMENTARY

The Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Staff Is Developmentally Intriguing

by Alexander Haynes | July 9, 2018

If there were a race for analytical departments in MLB to make themselves intriguing amidst a “rebuild,” the Tampa Bay Rays are, subjectively, in the lead for their willingness to redefine the traditions of baseball… Read more »

Tags: Tamp Bay Rays

COMMENTARY

Does Tyler Chatwood Have the Yips Yet?

by Kyle Bradford Jones | July 6, 2018

Even with a comparatively down free agent market this last winter, Tyler Chatwood exceeded many contract predictions when he signed for $38 million over three years with the Chicago Cubs. Despite a fairly average career… Read more »

Tags: Chicago Cubs

FEATURES

Andrew Benintendi Still Can’t Hit Lefties

by Darius Austin | June 29, 2018

Andrew Benintendi has hit at every possible opportunity. He batted .564 as a high school senior in Ohio, becoming the National High School Player of the Year. After a respectable but unspectacular start to his… Read more »

Tags: Andrew Benintendi Boston Red Sox platoon splits

FEATURES

Mr. ___: The Players Who Represent Every MLB Franchise (Part 2 – The AL)

by Alex Crisafulli | June 5, 2018

Herein lies the second installment in which I tried to find the one batter and pitcher who had a slash line which best matched the all-time numbers for the team they played for. (Read Part… Read more »

Tags: American League Mr _

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Mr. ___: The Players Who Represent Every MLB Franchise (Part 1 – The NL)

by Alex Crisafulli | May 30, 2018

A week or two ago, one of the Cubs’ beat writers – I don’t remember who – noted on Twitter that Ian Happ had just hit the franchise’s 14,000th home run. Having never really considered… Read more »

Tags: Mr _ National League

COMMENTARY

Albert Pujols Helped Me Get My First Dad-ism

by Khurram Kalim | May 25, 2018

I’m not a dad. But I am old enough that baseball, as it’s played today, looks different than how it did when I was younger. Meaning the conventions I grew up with aren’t really contemporary… Read more »

Tags: Albert Pujols Tony Gwynn

FEATURES

Major League Debuts: Month of May, Vol. 1

by Simon Gutierrez | May 6, 2018

I’d like to preface this by saying this is not my idea. It’s Ben Lindbergh’s idea. Ben, ever the scholarly gentleman, suggested that an avenue for exploring the debut appearances of major league players would… Read more »

COMMENTARY

Playing Checkers: A Look at the Jake Arrieta Contract

by Dan Freedman | May 2, 2018

There are very few things more satisfying than the “jump” in checkers. And it’s rare when you can incorporate a kids’ board game into Major League Baseball, but Phillies GM Matt Klentak and uber-agent Scott… Read more »

COMMENTARY

Skullcaps and C-Flaps: We Need Protection

by Dan Freedman | April 20, 2018

About four years ago I was pitching batting practice to my then 11-year-old son’s team. One of his teammates, a nearly fully-grown 12-year-old (who, in his sophomore year of high school, already committed to play… Read more »

COMMENTARY

Too Soon…to Panic?

by Dan Freedman | April 11, 2018

I worked on a movie that came out last week (note: you should see it, it is really funny). The premise of the film is that three parents venture out to stop their daughters from… Read more »

COMMENTARY

Checking in on the Free Agent Class of 2019

by Khurram Kalim | April 5, 2018

We’re a week into the 2018 MLB season which, for all its walk-offs, extra innings, home runs, great pitching performances, and great pitching performers who hit home runs, is in the way of free agency… Read more »

COMMENTARY

Marlins in Review—One More Glance into the Past

by Treyton Ledoux | April 2, 2018

For many Marlins fans, dwelling in the past is about all you have if you haven’t lost faith in your team entirely. If you’re sick of visiting the past as it offers nothing for the… Read more »

Tags: Kansas City Royals Miami Marlins

EFFECTIVELY WILD

Baseball Video Game: Effectively Wild

by Ken Maeda | April 1, 2018

Presented here is a rundown of some of the features of the Effectively Wild baseball video game, which answers the question: If baseball video games were different, how different would they be?   Get your… Read more »

Tags: Effectively Wild video games

EFFECTIVELY WILD

Analysing the 2018 Predictions & Projections

by Darius Austin | March 29, 2018

There is no small degree of absurdity to predictions, particularly when it comes to providing a single win total for teams that play a 162-game schedule. This absurdity is frequently noted by Ben Lindbergh as… Read more »

Tags: predictions projections

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