Category: General Baseball
Taking A Look At The New Rule Changes
Yesterday afternoon, Major League Baseball announced the rule changes that will go into effect in 2019 and 2020. While some changes were made to speed up …
Predicting The 2019 Divisional Standings
As Spring Training continues, each day brings us closer to opening day. Once the season begins on March 28, it will be a mad dash for …
Discussing 2019’s Hall of Fame Class
This afternoon, Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina, and Edgar MartÃnez received the highest honor in baseball when they were inducted into the National Baseball Hall …
Statcast: RC; wRC+; wRAA; wOBA; WAR
In this post, I’m going to dig even deeper into some of the Statcast metrics. While these metrics use more complicated math than the old ones, …
Statcast: BABIP; OPS+; ISO
Now that I’ve covered all the bases in the area of basic stats, it’s time to get into some more advanced stats. In this post, I’m …
Analytics: The Basic Catching Stats
Catching stats may be the simplest, most basic of the basic stats. A because a catcher’s main goal is to lead the pitcher, catching doesn’t require …