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Author: Russell Eassom

I’m Starting To Worry, Jose

October 11, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

It is October, the Indians have once again made the postseason but failed to bring home the coveted World Series title and the ‘curse’ moves on another year. Many of the Indians players didn’t play to their potential in the

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Analytics and its effects on the MLB – The Bunt

October 6, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

Each year I see another ex-professional baseball player come out and say analytics is ‘killing the game’, this year it was the ex-Nationals and Phillies outfielders Jayson Werth. In August he said “I think it’s killing the game. It’s to

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The Cy Young Case for Blake Treinen

September 26, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball, Sabermetrics

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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15 things you might not know about the National League so far in 2018

September 17, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

Here is the follow up list for the National League based of the article I did for the American league here a few days ago, as before I have given one per team. Please note that a qualified players have

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15 things you might not know about the American League so far in 2018

September 7, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

When you spend yours days looking through MLB stats for various things you start to find some  stats about a few players and teams that are quite interesting. Most of these aren’t enough to flesh out into full articles but

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The Rays Are Breaking Baseball (Records)

August 27, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball, Sabermetrics

This season the Tampa Bay Rays have been using what is commonly known as ‘The Opener’.  By that I mean they have been using an individual who is usually a reliever by trade to start the game for them and

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The Thoughts Behind The Pinch Hit

August 15, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

Late on Sunday evening in Chicago, David Bote did something incredibly amazing, I don’t mean that glorious bat flip you see above. He sent Wrigley Field into a frenzy by launching a pinch-hit, walk-off grand slam with two outs in

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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

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Trevor Bauer – From 4.20 to All-Star in one Year

July 17, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball, Beginner's Guide

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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Clutching At Straws

June 30, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

Every time I watch an MLB game I feel like I hear commentators and fans say something like this, “This guy is the one you want on the plate in the pressure situation, he is a clutch hitter” or “Here

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