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Review: StatSheet Launches MLB Coverage with Innovative Data & Graphics
StatSheets officially announced their coverage of MLB on Tuesday, describing their site as providing "revolutionary, fully-automated, real-time coverage of Major League Baseball". So I checked out their Diamondbacks site, Daily Dbacks, to see what sort of fancy new bells and whistles they have...
Visualization Of Data: The Future Of Baseball?
I'll start off by stating upfront that participating in a discussion about this subject is going to take some commitment. The linked video is 50 minutes long, and it's not a shallow topic or itself directly related to baseball, but believe me when I say it is well worth the time. Visualization of...
Time to Simplify? Joe Posnanski Finds the Way to the Anti-Stat Heart.
Joe Posnanski's column today makes a huge assertion which may not be readily obvious to this (or any other) audience: And I’ve come to believe this is the reality: NOBODY who cares about baseball hates all baseball stats. It's a convincing case. What we've long assumed was a hatred of all...
The Braves' 5-Run Win Streak Is More Impressive Than You Think
Thanks to TC member carpengui for asking the question that led to this post... As many of you probably know, the Braves are undefeated when scoring 5 or more runs. They are 31-0 in that scenario this year. Stretching back to last year, in fact, they have won 42 straight games when they put up a 5...
Best and Worst Met Trades 1996-2005
As the trading deadline creeps closer and the Met blogosphere discusses targets to bolster the injury-riddled starting lineup, I wanted to step back and objectively evaluate how the Mets have done in the trading market in the past. This post is the first in what I plan as a series, each edition...
Spring Training Stats are Meaningless, version 2.0
As the Royals have begun what I'm sure will be a historic Cactus League season, I thought this would be a good time to revisit the issue of spring training stats. A year ago, I wrote the original STSAM article which set off a firestorm of controversy (otherwise known as general agreement, with a...
Quantifying the Offensive Rebound
Five position players played for the Brewers full time through most of 2007, 2008, and will play full time in 2009 if healthy. Prince Fielder, Rickie Weeks, J.J. Hardy, Ryan Braun, and Corey Hart hit exceptionally well in 2007 and as a group dropped off in 2008, though other improvements in defense...
"They gotta pitch deeper into games!"
This is the prevailing thought of Ol' Clench Jaw, the one thing he seems to yammer on about more than all other potential thoughts on why the team has struggled. I know what you might be thinking. "But, Scott! This team's .500ish play is one of the most surprising things in baseball!" Yeah, I...
Orioles VORP numbers
Just for kicks, since I looked over the catchers, here's a look at the VORP numbers for all the O's. If you're still unfamiliar with what, exactly, VORP is, then here's a quick primer: Value Over Replacement Player. The number of runs contributed beyond what a replacement-level player at the same...
Still Thinking About Runners Left on Base
So I've kept thinking about Sterling and Waldman's inane rants about the Yankees inability to score runners from third with less than two outs, and I think I've figured out a way to measure the percentage of baserunners scored against the anticipated average. Disclaimer: there are statistics here...
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