A while back, I was tagged in a Twitter thread talking about the predictive/sticky nature of hard hit balls for pitchers. The reason behind that discussion was the Cleveland pitcher Shane Bieber. Last season, he put up some fantastic numbers
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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
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In my previous piece, on the intro to infield outs above average (OAA), I quickly compared Marcus Semien and Javier Baez. I showed you that, in 2019, Baez had 19 OAA and Semien has -4 OAA. This analytically tells us
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For extremely online baseball fans the offseason has been one of the most active in recent years. A huge cheating scandal landed very quickly after the World Series finished. The top free agent players signed early with further deals happening
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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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