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What Can Statcast Tell Us This Early in the Season?
On Tuesday, I discussed MLB’s expected wOBA (or xwOBA) metric and one of its problems — namely, that guys with great speed might have the ability to outperform their xwOBA on a regular basis. I also...
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The Players on Choking Up
Round bat, round ball, traveling in different directions: the eight-word story of hitting really captures some of the difficulty of that practice. When you get into the art of choking up — moving the...
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Freddie Freeman Has a Broken Wrist
Well, this sucks. In the midst of a season that looked like it was going to take the Braves first baseman from one of the better hitters in baseball to one of the elite players in the game, Freddie...
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A Joey Votto Rarity
People love experiencing rarities. We flock to see Halley’s Comet when it comes around every 75 years, and to botanical gardens to see the blossoming of a flower that smells like death. There’s a...
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Wednesday Brought Two of the Season’s Worst Homers
There’s an argument to be made that we’re exposed to too much Statcast data. It’s kind of a silly argument, and it’s easy enough to avoid, but there might indeed be overuse, or at least over-citation....
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The Twins Are Now Hitting With More of a Clue
If we can just be up front about things — I don’t think the Twins are very good. Chances are, you don’t think the Twins are very good, either. They didn’t come in as a consensus contender, and even...
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Ryan Zimmerman’s Unsatisfying Explanation Behind Success
PITTSBURGH — I entered the visiting Washington Nationals’ clubhouse at PNC Park with a theory in need of vetting earlier this week. I suspected the most likely explanation behind Ryan Zimmerman’s...
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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat — 5/19/17
9:07 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends 9:07 Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat 9:07 Bork: Hello, friend! 9:07 Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend 9:08 Snowflake: Are Eric Sogard and Carson Cistulli the...
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Aaron Loup Has a Problem
On Wednesday, Aaron Loup threw this up-and-in fastball. That pitch hit Freddie Freeman in the wrong spot, breaking his wrist in the process, and put the Braves best player on the shelf for the next...
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Which Team Has MLB’s Best Double-Play Combo?
These days, we’re blessed with a number of amazing young shortstops. Carlos Correa, Francisco Lindor, and Corey Seager, for example, are already among baseball’s top players. Manny Machado is a...
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Job Posting: Seattle Mariners Sports Science/Performance Analytics Intern
Position: Seattle Mariners Performance Analytics Internship Location: Safeco Field, Seattle WA Description: We are seeking an individual with a passion for baseball and statistical analysis. The...
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The Blue Jays Have Reportedly Called Up Anthony Alford
The Toronto Blue Jays have reportedly called up 22-year-old outfielder Anthony Alford from Double-A. It’s an aggressive promotion, albeit likely a temporary one. The organization’s No. 2-rated prospect...
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NERD Game Scores for May 19, 2017
Devised originally in response to a challenge issued by sabermetric forefather Rob Neyer, and expanded at the request of nobody, NERD scores represent an attempt to summarize in one number (and on a...
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Daniel Murphy Is a Value-Adding Teammate
PITTSBURGH – Daniel Murphy spends much of his offseason in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, where he hits in the batting cages of his alma mater, Jacksonville University. He works out there...
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Effectively Wild Episode 1060: The Other Best-in-Baseball Debate
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan follow up on a few topics from their previous episode, including allowing first career hits, defining jams and, naturally, bat-boning, then banter about the Mets and...
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NERD Game Scores for May 20, 2017
Devised originally in response to a challenge issued by sabermetric forefather Rob Neyer, and expanded at the request of nobody, NERD scores represent an attempt to summarize in one number (and on a...
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The Best of FanGraphs: May 15-19, 2017
Each week, we publish north of 100 posts on our various blogs. With this post, we hope to highlight 10 to 15 of them. You can read more on it here. The links below are color coded — green for...
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Sunday Notes: Cleveland’s Czech, Almora’s Maturity, Norris on Comping, Vladdy...
Martin Cervenka is looking to join a select group of his countrymen. Currently the lone product of the Czech Republic in professional baseball, the 24-year-old native of Prague is hoping to follow John...
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NERD Game Scores for May 21, 2017
Devised originally in response to a challenge issued by sabermetric forefather Rob Neyer, and expanded at the request of nobody, NERD scores represent an attempt to summarize in one number (and on a...
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It’s Time for a Pitcher to Throw 80% Breaking Balls
A few years back, I was sure that throwing too many breaking balls was bad for pitchers’ arm health. I wasn’t alone — there was some decent research backing up that hypothesis. As the methods for...
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