Archive for the 'Strategy' Category

It’s harder to pinch-hit than to hit in the lineup. But does practice make a hitter better at it?

This in-depth look at run values examines the value of each ball not put in play, and thus, the value of catchers who know how to frame.

Changing speeds and location? More questions lead to … more questions.

An examination of the potentials of batted-ball platooning.

The beginning of a step-by-step look at the questions we should be trying to answer when we explore pitch sequencing.

Let’s examine Brown’s legacy a little more closely.

Getting ground balls is definitely a good thing. But does that make a pitcher who gets tons of them a good pitcher?

To many, the rise of the strikeout has not been a good thing for the game of baseball.

In the first of a two-part series, examining the different facets of data and how they apply to a baseball front office.

Projectionists should embrace the mystical side of the craft to find something new in this beautifully massive set of data.