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More Plate Coverage Isn’t Necessarily Better
Corey Dickerson is one of the best hitters at covering the plate. (via Arturo Pardavila III) Writers, players, and managers alike often invoke the idea of “plate coverage” as a holy grail. See for...
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Should Managers Save Their Challenges?
When is the right time to challenge a play? (via Rich Anderson) In the seventh inning of an otherwise unremarkable May 9, 2015 game against the Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash...
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Ground Rule Doppelgängers, 2017 Edition
The Rockies and Dbacks are playing well, but their doppelgängers needed more time. (via John LaRue) Prior to last season, I collected several data points about each team since 1988. These data points...
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Midseason 2017 Strike Zone Review
The strike zone is, so far, slightly smaller than it was last season. (via Grant Dawson) For the past decade, Major League Baseball pitch data have been collected and made publicly available. During...
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Does Mixing Speeds of a Single Pitch Help Pitchers?
An article by Evan Longoria has us wondering how effective changing speeds on one pitch is.(via Arturo Pardavila III) If you haven’t read The Players’ Tribune, the athlete-point-of-view magazine...
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The Issues That Divide Us
Should there be a limit on mound meetings to help speed up the game? (via Keith Allison) School becomes a lot more fun when you can relate it to what you love. So, when I was tasked with creating a...
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Using Recurrent Neural Networks to Predict Player Performance
The future might not be far away. (via Trollan Magician, Doug Kerr, Keith Allison & Michelle Jay) Editor’s Note: This article initially was a presentation at the marvelous 2017 Saberseminar. The...
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Tebow or Not Tebow, a Visualization
Will Tim Tebow ever make it to the majors? (via slgckgc) Tim Tebow will get at least 100 plate appearances at the major league level. Today, we’ll delve deep beneath the surface of what appears to be...
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Evaluating Talent Distribution on Rosters
Roger Clemens and the 1988 Red Sox represented the best-case scenario for the “Stars and Scrubs” method. (via Steve Lipofsky) Much has been written during the last calendar year about the rise of the...
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Aging Curves Revisited: Damn Strikeouts
Strikeouts are a big culprit to a hitter’s downturn as he ages. (via Ian D’Andrea) Seven years ago, I found that the PED era was hiding that hitters were peaking earlier. I’ve created various aging...
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