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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What If Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio played their in primes?
Have you ever wondered what if? What if she answered yes to a date? What if I took school more
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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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The Angels’ Pitching is Good
If you’ve ever found yourself saying “the Angels just need to get Mike Trout some pitching,” then I have news
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Mike Moustakas and a Lesson in Small Market Baseball
Mike Moustakas had a rough tenure in Cincinnati after signing a 4 year, 64 million dollar contract a few years ago. The takeaway of his time as a Red is a disquieting picture of modern baseball
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Introducing Stuff+, Location+, and Pitching+
One of the most fascinating aspects of baseball to me is evaluating the intrinsic properties of a pitch, things that
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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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Was Cincinnati’s Offseason Firesale Really that Bad?
Jesse Winker, Nick Castellanos, Sonny Gray, Eugenio Suarez, Wade Miley, Tucker Barnhart, Michael Lorenzen, and Amir Garrett. These eight players were all let go by the Reds over the past offseason. How is this turning out?
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