I have a few bugbears when I watch a game of Major League Baseball, I feel most of these are derived from the fact that I have never been taught how to play the game or faced something being thrown
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Tag: Trevor Bauer
Why are the Yankees so tight?
There are many reasons why the Oakland Athletics continue to fail to win the World Series during Billy Beane’s tenure. One much-talked about suggestion is that the postseason is a “crapshoot”. Randomness has a bigger influence over the short 5-game/7-game
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Episode 125 – Ben Lindbergh – The MVP Machine
Darius and Tom are joined by Effectively Wild host, The Ringer writer and author of The Only Rule is it Has To Work and The MVP Machine, Ben Lindbergh. They cover the book in detail, including the controversial topic of
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New Season, New Pitch – Does adding a pitch make a pitcher better?
The image above is some usage, speed and spin info on Trevor Bauer‘s 2018 season. Last season he added a slider which he threw 20% of the time to right handed hitters. This change along with some refinement of his
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Trading Away Your Best
The ‘Hot Stove’ that is free agency has been rather cold this year, with neither of the top 2 players (Harper & Machado) having signed at the time of writing. But there have been numerous trades and plenty of trade
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Strength of Players Faced and the Impact on Player Output
So the World Series is complete and the Boston Red Sox are champions. The team with the best record over the season won the playoffs, that doesn’t happen often so the usual discussion of the value of the playoffs compared
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The Cy Young Case for Blake Treinen
The following is a case for why Blake Treinen should be considered as a Cy Young candidate. I am not certain if he should win but what I am about to detail is why he should get some votes and
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Evaluating the 2018 Cy Young contenders
Gavin aka Tramps is back for the second part of his two post submission. Today it’s time to look at the 2018 Cy Young Contenders. Born in 1867, Cy Young pitched more innings and won more games than any other
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Trevor Bauer – From 4.20 to All-Star in one Year
At the start of this season I attended a UK fan meet up organised by Baseball by Committee group, it was great fun and I cannot wait for the next one. One of the things that occurred on that night
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In Praise of Trevor Bauer…
Making the case for one of baseball’s most polarising characters, it’s Padraig Whelan… The entirety of Major League Baseball should adopt the designated hitter rule. Starting extra innings with a runner on second base is a good idea. Pete Rose
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