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About Colin Wyers

Colin Wyers, formerly a Marine Corps journalist, is a television director and video switcher operator. He lives in Davenport, IA with his wife and two girls. He is an avid Cubs fan.


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Where, oh where, has that grounder gone?

December 18, 2009
A second look at scoring bias.

When is a fly ball a line drive?

December 04, 2009
It's all a matter of your point of view.

THT Live: Top baserunners of 2009

November 28, 2009

Databases for sabermetricians, Part One

November 24, 2009
You, too, can be a sabermagician.

THT Live: Building a Retrosheet database, the short form

November 21, 2009

THT Live: Is peak at age 29?

November 17, 2009

THT Live: Should Jeter have bunted?

October 31, 2009

THT Live: Let’s do the time WARP!

October 23, 2009

THT Live: Get rich quick?

October 15, 2009

THT Live: Game One Odds

October 06, 2009

THT Live: Is McLouth a fourth outfielder?

October 06, 2009

THT Live: This time, someone has to win the AL Central

October 05, 2009

THT Live: Who’s gonna win the AL Central?

October 03, 2009

THT Live: Debunking the debunker

September 28, 2009

What are little runs made of?

September 10, 2009
Fancy run estimators like linear weights explained in layman's terms.

THT Live: Is EqA better than wOBA?

September 09, 2009

How accurately can we estimate a hitter’s runs? (Part 2)

August 27, 2009
How well do we know what we think we know?

How accurately can we estimate a hitter’s runs? (Part 1)

August 20, 2009
Pretty accurately, but not perfectly.

THT Live: Why you can’t subtract FIP from ERA

August 15, 2009

THT Live: Illustrator WAR graphs, take two

August 14, 2009

What is Joe Mauer’s true talent level?

August 13, 2009
Looking at updating a projection in-season. Beware of math.

THT Live: More WAR graphing fun!

August 13, 2009

THT Live: Replacement level, again

August 10, 2009

THT Live: Another look at bimodal distributions

August 08, 2009

Why does Pujols regress to the mean?

August 06, 2009
A closer look at how regression to the mean affects players at the extremes.

What’s past is prologue

July 30, 2009
Regression to the mean: good for groups, but it can't tell the future. A graphical analysis.

THT Live: A late dispatch from the Sportsvision Summit

July 27, 2009

A second look at situational pitching

July 23, 2009
Does it help us predict future performance?

Moving past DIPS

July 16, 2009
Why we should be spending less time arguing about BABIP, and more time looking at how to convert DIPS theory into runs.

Evaluating defense using HITf/x

July 09, 2009
A preview of shape of things to come.

THT Live: Hang time

July 06, 2009

THT Live: How reliable is UZR?

July 01, 2009

Poisoning the well

June 25, 2009
Why some arguments don't need to be had.

THT Live: So you wanna be a sabermetrician?

June 22, 2009

THT Live: Outthinking ourselves

June 20, 2009

How well can we predict ERA?

June 18, 2009
Comparing FIP, xFIP and tRA.

THT Live: Simple Zone Rating takes on the outfield

June 13, 2009

Abolish the minor leagues

June 11, 2009
Or deal with the draft. You choose.

THT Live: Breaking down the DL

June 04, 2009

The one about sample size

June 04, 2009
The funny thing about the improbable is that it's not impossible.

THT Live: An aside on Jeter’s defense

May 29, 2009

Putting the scissor to defense (Part 1)

May 28, 2009
Introducing Simple Zone Rating, and looking at infield defense since 1871. Yep, 1871.

Who watches the watchers?

May 21, 2009
How much of an effect does an umpire have?

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap

May 14, 2009
Should Micah Owings hit or pitch?

THT Live: Comfortably numb

May 10, 2009

Can a team get picked off first?

May 07, 2009
Sometimes a big lead just means you have that much farther to go to get back to the bag.

THT Live: HitTracker makes Baseball Tonight

April 25, 2009

Will it play in Peoria?

April 23, 2009
A look at some of the top prospects in the Cubs' low minors.

THT Live: USA Today Interview with Bryan Tsao

April 22, 2009

The great run estimator shootout (part 2)

April 16, 2009
What works for teams doesn't always work for players.

The great run estimator shootout (part 1)

April 09, 2009
Ten run estimators enter. One leaves.

The death of superman

April 02, 2009
A "deadly accurate" look at why you shouldn't believe PECOTA when it comes to Matt Wieters.

The root (part 3)

March 21, 2009
Doubling back around to look at replacement level one more time.

The root (part 2)

March 05, 2009
Building a model to explain the money players make.

The root (Part 1)

February 26, 2009
Is Jeff Francouer worth $12 million? Is anyone?

THT Live: MRP and the Baseball Economist

February 25, 2009

What’s a batted ball to do?

February 19, 2009
Another look at batted balls finds that pitchers have trouble getting hitters to hit the ball to fielders.

THT Live: Updated Player Win Values

February 07, 2009

THT Live: A-Rod took steroids?

February 07, 2009

How to measure a player’s value (Part 3)

February 05, 2009
Putting theory into practice.

How to measure a player’s value (Part 2)

January 29, 2009
Never confuse the model for what you're measuring.

How to measure a player’s value (Part 1)

January 22, 2009
How and why is as important as what when it comes to finding out a player's true worth.

Eat The Rich (Part 1)

January 08, 2009
Are these high salaries really justified?

A 10th man?

December 11, 2008
Does the home crowd cheer their team on to victory?

A run saved is a run scored?

December 04, 2008
Does a run saved equal a run scored? Maybe not.

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