Russell and Darius are left unsupervised and take the opportunity to talk about the biggest statistical surprises from the season so far, from Detroit’s dreadful lineup to that incredible Yankees rotation. Also featuring Kevin Gausman, Ty France, Alex Cobb, Christian
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In modern baseball, there are many ways to try to analyse a pitcher’s performance. They all have their uses, and they all are helpful when used in the right context. So, why not add some more to the works. Today,
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Welcome back Christopher Gauthier Have you ever been at a game and a player smokes a ball right at someone? Like, had that ball been hit a little more to the left or the right of the fielder, it’s a
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One month ago, Russell was excited getting prepared for his trip to Arizona to present at the Sabr Conference and cover Team GB. Meanwhile, across the country, GB coach Liam Carroll, one of the wisest baseball minds we have this
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As I have stated previously the Infield Outs Above Average (OAA) metrics available on Baseball Savant contains a plethora of information. You can look at individuals and not only see their overall defensive value but you can breakdown the individuals
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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
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Russell Eassom returns to look at baseballs three true outcomes. Read his previous work here. In one of my previous pieces I talked about the metrics for defensive play and how the MLB are getting to the stage that they
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