Yoan Moncada – Bat Flips and Nerds

A decade of baseball in 101 useless stats

January 13, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Opinion

On Sunday 4 April 2010, Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett induced weak contact from New York Yankees Derek Jeter in the first MLB play of the decade. Here are 100 more useless snippets of information for you. Unless

Battle Of The Bad

September 20, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

There has been plenty of talk about the Triple Crown this season. With the Boston Red Sox outfielder J.D. Martinez as the now lone candidate to potentially win the crown, for the first time since Miguel Cabrera in 2012. Martinez is currently

Yoan Moncada and his ever increasing strikeouts

September 14, 2018 Thomas Pringle Analytics, Baseball

In March 2015, the Boston Red Sox paid $63m to gain the services of one Yoan Moncada. The bill was split 50/50, $31.5m signing bonus and $31.5m for an MLB-issued tax penalty due to the Red Sox destroying the bonus

The Anatomy of an At Bat

July 23, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

When you are watching sport you inevitably at some point ask yourself ‘What would I have done if it was me?’ or you say ‘They shouldn’t have done that, they should have done this’. To me this comes from hours

Dave Dombrowski – Last Totem of the West

December 7, 2016 John McGee Baseball

As the world collectively weeps, Trader Dave gets to work.