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New York Mets: Spring Training Early Impressions

March 9, 2020 Alex Worth Baseball, Team Contributors

Ahh, Spring Training, the reminder that the beginning of the regular season is just around the corner and the chance to see your favourite players back on the diamond once again, even if its only for a few innings per

New York Mets 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 28, 2020 Alex Worth Baseball, Previews, Team Contributors

What happened in 2019? 2019, well, it is fair to say it was another interesting season to cap off the decade for the Mets. They finished 86-76, missing out on the second wild-card spot by a heart-shattering three games. This

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

How to measure a pitchers overall performance?

December 1, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

The question of how good someone is at a task extends beyond baseball. In professional sports where there are now very large sums of money involved in player development and contracts, it has become a question people want to be

Strength of Players Faced and the Impact on Player Output

October 30, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

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

The Cy Young Case for Blake Treinen

September 26, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball, Sabremetrics

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

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

Evaluating the 2018 Cy Young contenders

September 8, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion

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

The Mets Approach to the Deadline? Donut Ask Us

July 4, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

Welcome to BF&N David Brindle… With the New York Mets’ season slipping further into mediocrity as the trade deadline approaches, there are sure to be inbound calls aplenty at the Citi Field offices. After a sensational 11-1 start, Mickey Callaway’s

Will there be a Triple Crown winner this season?

June 27, 2018 James Feldman Baseball

There hasn’t been a Triple Crown winner in baseball since 2012, when Miguel Cabrera picked up the trophy, with a batting average .330, 44 home runs and 139 runs batted in. Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander were the last players