Sabermetrics – Bat Flips and Nerds

Why We (And The Projections) Hate Your Team

March 25, 2021 Darius Austin Analytics, Baseball, Sabermetrics

Regular Bat Flips & Nerds listeners will have recently heard Ben, John, Tom and myself make a series of win predictions in our long-running annual preseason game. We even let the Triple-A squad of Rob, Russell and Gav have a

The Psychology of the Infield Shift

February 3, 2021 Russell Eassom Baseball, Sabermetrics

Over the past 10 seasons, the shift has gone from a quirky defence against some pull-heavy left-handed hitters to being employed against over 50% of lefties and over 20% of righties. In that time multiple researchers have shown that the

Does the Madden Curse extend to MLB?

February 2, 2021 Russell Eassom Baseball, Sabermetrics

After rumours and blurred images made the rounds of the internet on Sunday night, Monday morning stateside came and we were all given clarity. It was officially released that Fernando Tatís Jr. will be the cover player in 2021 for

What Infield OAA can tell us about Pitchers and Hitters

February 7, 2020 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball, Sabermetrics

Firstly let’s start off with the fact that I am not a plant, stooge or shill for MLB, Statcast or Baseball Savant (I would like to be, but I am not). But secondly, I need to tell you all that

Analytics and its effects on the MLB – The Stolen Base

November 3, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball, Sabermetrics

This is the second piece in a series on the effects of analytics on baseball, the first on the bunt can be found here. This time I will be looking at the decline of the stolen base, the involvement of

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

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

The Case for Defense – Examining Advances in Defensive Analytics

April 8, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Analytics, Baseball, Sabermetrics

Making his BF&N debut, welcome the analytical genius, Russell Eassom… Baseball like any other sport you win by scoring more than your opponents and in baseball you have to score more runs to win a game. But unlike most other