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About Glenn DuPaul

Glenn is a Junior Economics Major at Lehigh University. He works as a Research & Development intern for Baseball Info Solutions. He's also written writing about sabermetrics in various places for over a year. He currently writes for Beyond the Box Score in addition to the Hardball Times.


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Five questions: San Diego Padres

March 20, 2013
Do they have enough talent to compete with the money-printing Dodgers and defending World Series champion Giants?

Searching for home field advantage with PITCHf/x

March 06, 2013
Do umpires call more strikes for home pitchers on pitches just off of the plate?

More on standard deviation and ERA estimators

February 20, 2013
What should the trade-off be between correlation and spread for a projection system or ERA estimator?

Standard deviation and ERA estimators

February 06, 2013
Should ERA estimators be a reflection of "true talent" level or be the most effective predictor of future ERA?

2012 minor league leaders in predictive FIP (Part 2)

January 23, 2013
Should we use an ERA estimator that ignores balls in play for the lower levels of the minor leagues?

2012 minor league leaders in predictive FIP (Part 1)

January 09, 2013
The first in a set of minor league leader boards based on a major league ERA estimator.

THT Live: Why an increase in payroll may not lead to sustained success

December 31, 2012

The myth of going for broke

December 26, 2012
Does a significant increase in payroll guarantee success?

Reinforcing the power of predictive FIP

December 12, 2012
Can the statistic beat a projection system?

Relievers who could improve in 2013

December 05, 2012
Strikeout rates show that these guys were better than their numbers.

More on explaining the runs gap between starters and relievers

November 28, 2012
Suggestions from readers inspire additional research.

Are relievers across baseball consistently improving?

November 21, 2012
The gap between runs allowed by starters and relievers seems to be increasing. Why?

Controlling the strike zone and batting average

November 14, 2012
Walks, strikeouts and their relationship to a hitter's average.

Trading Jeremy Hellickson

November 07, 2012
Should the Rays consider moving their successful young right-hander?

Should we be trying to predict FIP instead of ERA?

November 02, 2012
Are complex estimators better at predicting FIP than the statistic itself?

Should we ever use a complex ERA estimator?

October 24, 2012
When we complicate statistics are the results actually improved?

Should we even try to predict future runs allowed for relievers?

October 18, 2012
Should we use ERA estimators for relievers?

Delving deeper into predictive FIP

October 10, 2012
Further refining an effort to re-weight FIP.

Predictive FIP

October 03, 2012
Should home runs be considered a factor in predicting pitching statistics?

Occam’s Razor and pitching statistics

September 26, 2012
Is simpler really better when it comes to projecting future pitching numbers?

Should we be using ERA estimators during the season?

September 19, 2012
If we split the 2012 season in half, how do ERA estimators perform?

THT Live: Leaders in GPA

September 16, 2012

Let’s get rid of pitching wins

September 12, 2012
How wins still distort our perceptions of starting pitchers

What would a Mike Trout contract extension take?

September 05, 2012
Trout is having a season for the ages, which puts him in uncharted territory.

How much would I pay Josh Hamilton?

August 29, 2012
Big free-agent contracts are iffy, and his will be iffier than most.

An argument for FanGraphs’ pitching WAR

August 22, 2012
Is FanGraphs' fielding independent pitching WAR a better predictor than other methods?

The value of pre-arbitration players

August 15, 2012
How much surplus value should a team expect to get from players eligible for the league minimum salary?

What is WAR good for?

August 08, 2012
Are sabermetricians using wins above replacement correctly?

THT Live: The value of each team’s highest-paid player

August 02, 2012

Andrew McCutchen: more valuable than we may have thought

August 01, 2012
McCutchen has been in MVP discussions as he's performed beyond our highest expectations

How much has Brandon McCarthy’s shoulder cost him?

July 25, 2012
how much will Brandon McCarthy's recurrent shoulder problems cost him in free agency this winter?

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