If I were writing a course syllabus for an aspiring baseball analyst, this article by Phil Birnbaum would be one of the first lessons we’d cover. Bayesian methods and thinking don’t get enough use in baseball analysis. As Phil summarized the situation (in regard to an example dealing with clutch hitting): A good way to […]

Baseball Info Solutions is offering a paid internship for anyone interested in working with a baseball stats company for the summer. Here are the details: Baseball Info Solutions is looking for a Research & Development intern for the summer of 2010. The intern will work out of our Coplay, PA office and will work closely […]

One of the first things we learn about baseball is that outs are bad. Why? Well, it limits your team’s chances of scoring more runs. By this logic, then, making two outs at once is substantially worse. Three outs? You’re a one-man wrecking crew. Triple plays are pretty rare (unless you’re Brooks Robinson) , whereas […]

Howard Megdal wrote a nice little piece for this Sunday’s New York Times, in which he analyzed Hank Greenberg’s walk rates in 1938, the year Greenberg threatened Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record. Megdal’s conclusion was that pitchers discriminated against the Jewish Greenberg by walking him more often in September. Megdal showed that Greenberg’s walk […]

Everyone loves a new Bill James interview, and I am no exception. C. Trent Rosecrans has posted an two–part interview as part of Bill James making the Cactus League circuit promoting his new book. Here’s one part that caught my eye. I’m in complete agreement. CTR: There’s going to be a new system with cameras […]

Texas’ Julio Borbon is the leading candidate to nab the starting center field and leadoff spots in the Rangers’ lineup. Borbon lived up to his speedy reputation after stealing 19 bases in 23 attempts in just a 46 game stint with Texas last season. Borbon, a native of the Dominican Republic and University of Tennessee […]

I’m off for Spring Break, as are many college students. To celebrate, here are some sweet baseball links: -Milton Bradley received a questionable ejection yesterday. At least it didn’t get his spirits down. -Please welcome Morgan Ensberg to the baseball blogging world. He’s already put up some impressive stuff. -To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, we […]

There’s a lot of speculation and reports and such going around, and I’d rather not get involved with any of it until the facts are known. But if you’re looking for Ron Washington’s and the Rangers’ side of the cocaine story, here you go: Breaking sports news video. MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL highlights and more.

We’ve updated THT Forecasts today, fixing the pitcher MLE process (this is the same fix we instituted for hitter projections last week) and adding players who did not play in 2009, such as Ben Sheets. Note that even after fixing the pitcher MLEs, Stephen Strasburg still projects for a 2.86 ERA this season. Wow.

It’s the Ides of March, but I promise these links are safe… Phil Birnbaum wonders whether or not it makes sense for baseball teams to hire more sabermetricians. I think we can all agree on the answer to that one. Lookout Landing recently completed a long set of primers talking about many of the basic […]