Indulge me with five minutes of your time, and we will review the month in MLB together. Which team led MLB with 46 homers? Full marks if you said the Milwaukee Brewers, just ahead of the Los Angeles Angels with
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Tag: Trevor Story
Boston Red Sox – A New Chapter For Story
The Boston Red Sox have signed former Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story. The contract is six years, $140 million or seven years, $160 million depending on a player opt-out after the fourth season, which the team can negate by adding
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Colorado Rockies: Searching for a silver lining
Almost exactly two years ago, while the baseball media was fixated on the landing spots for free agents Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, the Rockies stealthily signed their offensive linchpin, Nolan Arenado, to an eight-year extension. The deal was lauded
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What infield OAA tells us about shortstops?
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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15 things you might not know about the National League so far in 2018
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
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Twins v Rays? Who Cares? Well, Maybe You Should…
Welcome podcast contributor and Rays fanatic Rob Noverraz to the B&N blog… A couple of nights ago I watched the Rays and the Twins grind into a 15th inning after 6 and a half hours of play and I had
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