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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Max's Sporting Studio
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Author: Max Goldstein
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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Introducing a new and improved pwOBA+ (Batters)
This will be the final predictive stat that I introduce. So far, I’ve introduced four new and improved pitching metrics
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