The whole is not always greater than the sum of its parts
Over 2,000 years ago, Aristotle said something along the lines of “the whole is greater than the sum of its
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Max's Sporting Studio
Insightful Data-Driven Analysis
Author: Max Goldstein
Investigating Cade Smith’s Splitter
About two weeks ago, I posted a thread on Twitter showcasing the five most likely pitches to result in a
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Pitching Performance of Position Players
As some of you may already know, I am a critical, die-hard Tigers fan. In three of their last four
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Rerevising my Predictive Metrics
Seven weeks ago ago, I published an update to expected swing and miss%+. Today, I will give a necessary update
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An update to expected swing and miss%+
During last year’s All-Star break, I introduced x_swing_and_miss_percent_plus, a metric whose goal was “… to quantify how a good pitcher’s
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Introducing x_swing_and_miss_percent_plus
In the beginning of the season, I developed x_swing_and_miss_percent_plus (expected swing and miss percent plus), but I wanted to wait
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Willie Calhoun is Willie Interesting
Yesterday, the Texas Rangers puzzlingly decided to demote Willie Calhoun to Triple-A. In this MLB Trade Rumors article by Mark
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Revising my Predictive Metrics
June 30, 2021… that was when I last published an article on this website that I founded three winters ago.
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What has changed for Kyle Schwarber?
On December 2nd of last year, the Chicago Cubs elected to not tender Kyle Schwarber a contract. About one month
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Investigating Luis Castillo’s Struggles
Luis Castillo has been terrible this season. He has allowed 50 runs in 52.1 innings pitched. In fact, the number
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