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May 14, 2013

Manufactured Runs: Listen to What the Heyman Said

by Colin Wyers

Why Jon Heyman's questions about WAR are worth asking, and answering.

April 26, 2013

Manufactured Runs: The Hawk Trap

by Colin Wyers

Breaking down the debate about sabermetrics between Brian Kenny and Hawk Harrelson.

April 22, 2013

Manufactured Runs: The King in Cubbie Blue

by Colin Wyers

Does public criticism of Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo help the Cubs?

January 10, 2013

Manufactured Runs: What Hall of Fame Voters are Doing to the Hall of Fame

by Colin Wyers

Writers didn't want to induct anybody into the Hall of Fame this year, a decision with no small consequences.

November 8, 2012

Manufactured Runs: What the Recent Trend Toward Inexperienced Managers Means

by Colin Wyers

The Rockies and Marlins recently hired managers without any prior major-league managerial experience, and they're not the only teams to do it. Colin explains it all.

October 17, 2012

Manufactured Runs: Caution: Narratives Being Built

by Colin Wyers

Are narratives bad for baseball analysis?

October 11, 2012

Manufactured Runs: Is the 2-3 Format Fair?

by Colin Wyers

Has the Division Series format for 2012 put some teams at a home field disadvantage?

October 3, 2012

Manufactured Runs: Mariners to Move Safeco Fences In

by Colin Wyers

A look at Seattle's plans to move in the fences of their ballpark to boost offense.

September 21, 2012

Manufactured Runs: The Very Long Night of Melky Cabrera

by Colin Wyers

Does it really matter who wins the batting title?

September 12, 2012

Manufactured Runs: Searching for Fatigue in Stephen Strasburg

by Colin Wyers

Does a look at Stephen Strasburg's PITCHf/x data reveal what might have caused the Nationals to shut him down early?

September 5, 2012

Manufactured Runs: How Much Team Age Matters

by Colin Wyers

How much should the age of a team's present roster affect our forecasts for its future success?

August 22, 2012

Manufactured Runs: Is the Answer to Imperfect Umpiring Really Robot Umps?

by Colin Wyers

We all want to see more plays called correctly, but altering the existing umpiring system could have unintended consequences.

August 15, 2012

Manufactured Runs: The Importance of Imperfect Models

by Colin Wyers

If we disagree with something a metric says, does that mean we have to discard it?

July 18, 2012

Manufactured Runs: Getting Shifty Again

by Colin Wyers

BIS addressed one problem with their defensive metric that was making Brett Lawrie look better than he is.

June 20, 2012

Manufactured Runs: Does the Rockies' Four-Man Rotation Make Sense?

by Colin Wyers

The Rockies are moving Jeremy Guthrie to the bullpen and going to a rotation of four starters on 75-pitch counts. Are the numbers on their side?

June 13, 2012

Manufactured Runs: The Madness of King Bill

by Colin Wyers

A conscientious sabermetrician questions everything, even the work of Bill James.

June 6, 2012

Manufactured Runs: What We Really Know About the Shift

by Colin Wyers

The defensive shift revolution makes for a nice narrative, but how much has it truly changed the game?

May 30, 2012

Manufactured Runs: Who Gives a Shift?

by Colin Wyers

Is the shifty Brett Lawrie truly the amazing fielder that some defensive metrics claim he is?

May 16, 2012

Manufactured Runs: The Angels, Albert Pujols, and the Politician's Fallacy

by Colin Wyers

Are the Angels just shuffling deck chairs on a sinking ship by firing hitting coach Mickey Hatcher?

April 4, 2012

Manufactured Runs: Tragedy of the Commons

by Colin Wyers

Long-term extensions for star players may be shortsighted moves by teams.