Research
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6.2KIt’s Time for MLB to Start Implementing Objective Strike-Calling
One of the major advancements in modern day is the use of technologies – whether big or small – to enhance human...
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2.8K3Highlights From Saberseminar 2018
There are a handful of events that are hosted throughout the year within the baseball industry that draw fans and enthusiasts from...
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5.1K1Leveraging Hitting Technology to Gain an Advantage
In a new age of technological advancement, players are utilizing modern-day devices and practices to help train smarter, not harder. A couple...
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6.3KIs “The Shift” Bad for Major League Baseball?
Critics of today’s brand of baseball oft decry defensive shifts (“the shift”) and other changes in teams’ strategy. Its defenders may point...
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3.0K1How Pitchers are Leveraging Technology to Get Better
The game of baseball has always been categorized as “traditional”. A game that has long been rooted to its values and unwritten...
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4.8K1Donnie Hart and the Most Left Pitch
Last week, I published a quite lengthy take on the slowest pitch of the year. Jacob Faria had a good sense of...
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9.4K1The Slowest Pitch of the Year
When Jordan Hicks threw the ball 105.1 mph a few weeks ago, I got a notification on my phone, Twitter was abuzz,...
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3.8K3Relief Pitchers Are Still The Best Deal In Baseball
Last season in the MLB was a story of extremes for relief pitchers- many had career years, but seeming just as many...
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6.2K3A Dinelson Lamet Breakout Could be Coming
Recently the great Patrick Dubuque posted a cold take in which he tried to figure out how Zack Godley managed to “command”...
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4.7KAaron Nola, Jon Gray, and J.A. Happ – The Baseball Power Trio Preparing for Headlines
We are in the midst of the stalest part of the offseason and even the official MLB Twitter account thinks today would...
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4.0K1When Relievers Lose Control: A 2017 Case Study
A relief pitcher’s control is like a rare perfect moment in your life: It’s beautiful and magical – then one day it’s...