Derek Dietrich – Bat Flips and Nerds

The rise of the hit by pitch

July 11, 2020 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

With the current trend of thinking in the front offices in MLB, we are seeing many aspects of the game at all-time highs and lows. A lot these are constantly talked about: strikeouts, home runs and lack of stolen bases

Looking for a Hit (By Pitch)

January 30, 2020 Rob Noverraz Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Plunked, beaned, drilled, hit-by-pitch, the often unpleasant act of stalling the progress of a speeding baseball with one’s self. It’s perhaps not the most morally clean play to root for, but it generates replays and occasionally talking points. So, for

The one where GAV MET A HALL OF FAMER

January 22, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series, Opinion

Tony Pérez is one of the greatest players to have ever played baseball. Whether you agree or not depends on how you define greatness. As a teenager growing up in Cuba, his choices were a career in baseball or a

Trading Away Your Best

January 23, 2019 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

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