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3.0KNoah Sydergaard is a League Leading Starter (84% of the Time)
Statistics are weird. Probabilities are even weirder. Most people don’t understand them and even those of us who have been trained in...
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4.4KHow Many Home Runs Is Too Many?
On June 10, the Philadelphia Phillies hit five home runs. They lost the game. Seems strange, right? How often does a team...
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4.2KAlmora Foul Ball Renews Protective Netting Debate
For a parent bringing his or her child to an MLB ballpark, nothing could be worse than that child getting struck with...
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2.6K1Ace Pitchers Have Gone MIA to Start 2019
As of April 30, the wins leader in the National League is Zack Greinke, with five. This is no huge shock, as...
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22.4KRon Kulpa Embarrassed Himself and Baseball
“I can do anything I want. I can do anything I want. That’s right.” This is the kind of talk you might...
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3.5K1On Mike Trout and Megabucks Contracts
12 years. $430 million. Those are the terms of Mike Trout’s extension with the Los Angeles Angels. If honored in full, they...
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4.8KTo Pitch Clock or Not to Pitch Clock?
According to insider reports, Major League Baseball has delayed implementation of a regular-season pitch clock until at least 2022. The motion was...
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7.4K1Here’s Why Daniel Palka – Yes, Daniel Palka – Could Be Really Good
The first time I ever wrote about Daniel Palka on this site, I wrote this: Daniel Palka is about as close as...
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3.2KThe “Just Right” Number of Pitches
I’d like to take you behind the curtain at Off the Bench Baseball. Max Frankel, who is one of the two Grand...
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5.7KOn Steve Pearce and the Indiscriminate World Series MVP Award
The World Series MVP – It has a nice ring to it. It sure looks great on a Wikipedia page and it...
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2.9K1Taking a Closer Look at the Red Sox Outfield
The Boston Red Sox are headed to their fourth World Series since 2004 after a historic season in which they amassed 108...
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1.9KPre-Season Baseball Predictions vs. Reality: Predicting Better for the Short-Term and Long-Term
Baseball, as you may have heard, is a numbers game: Statistics underpin every front-office decision (determining player value, contract size and length),...