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Circle Change: Building Baseball’s Golden Knights
5/24
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How would an expansion baseball team be built if its first-year goal was the World Series?
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Prospectus Feature: MLB Commission Confirms That The Baseball Has Changed
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Prospectus Feature: MLB Commission Confirms That The Baseball Has Changed
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Flu-Like Symptoms: But Is Your Discipline Effective? $
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Short Relief: Updated Policies and Procedures
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Prospectus Hit List: May 24, 2018
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Top of the Pops: Week 8 $
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Minor League Update: Games of May 23 $
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Updating the Tiers: Relief Pitcher $
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The 2018 Baseball Prospectus Ballpark Events Are Here
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Rubbing Mud: The Resounding Success of the 2018 Braves $
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Short Relief: Unreliable Narrators
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Minor League Update: Games of May 22 $
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The Great Fantasy Waiver Wire Project: Week 8 – Discarded Draftees $
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Most Searched Players
| IP | RA+ | DRA | WARP |
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| 200.7 | 1.38 | 2.32 | 7.47 |
| IP | RA+ | DRA | WARP |
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| 203.3 | .87 | 4.68 | 1.96 |
| IP | RA+ | DRA | WARP |
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| 66.7 | .56 | 5.93 | -.19 |
The View From Behind The Backstop: Straight in at 101
5/18
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And if it helps, I mean even slightly at all, it’s best to dust yourself down and get straight back on the horse.
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5/18
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I’ve been playing fantasy baseball for such a long time that I can remember when FIP and BABIP were both a Really Big Deal. It seems difficult to believe now but a few short years ago, fantasy analysts would simply utter a pitcher’s FIP and this was considered valid shorthand for player performance. BABIP didn’t...
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightBaseball Therapy: Mookie Betts and the God of WAR
5/17
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Maybe there's something about Mookie Betts that WAR is missing.
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Episode 24: Report of the Committee Studying Home Run Rates in Major League Baseball
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Episode 61: Who Needs Transactions When You Have Injuries
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Episode 23: Evaluating Baseball Statistics with Sam Miller of ESPN
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Ep. 109: I Prefer My Ulna Intact
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Short Relief
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Short Relief: Unreliable Narrators
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Short Relief: To The Quickly Departed
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Short Relief: Knowing Nothing, and the Case For and Against
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Short Relief: These Teeth Were Made for Biting
5/16
Flu-Like Symptoms: Records That Will Never Be Broken (Part 2)$
5/17
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Records that are out of infielders' reach.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightGuarding the Lines: The Inconsistent Consistency of Dillon Tate$
5/17
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Dillon Tate has struggled to find a groove since being selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2015 draft.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightRubbing Mud: The Triumphant Past, Stormy Present, and Radical Future of the Sinker$
5/16
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We're seeing the rapid evolution of a pitch, on a global scale.
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Transaction Analysis: Opportunistic Twins Provide Landing Spot for Lance Lynn
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Transactions
May 24, 2018
Washington Nationals optioned P Erick Fedde to Triple-A Syracuse (International).
San Francisco Giants optioned P Josh Osich to Triple-A Sacramento (Pacific Coast).
Toronto Blue Jays optioned P Deck McGuire to Triple-A Buffalo (International).
Cincinnati Reds signed P Alejandro Chacin.
Texas Rangers optioned P Brandon Mann to Triple-A Round Rock (Pacific Coast).
Texas Rangers selected the contract of P Austin Bibens-Dirkx
New York Yankees optioned OF Billy McKinney to Triple-A Scranton/WB (International).
San Francisco Giants signed P Daniel Camarena.
Tampa Bay Rays assigned P Yonny Chirinos to High-A Charlotte (Florida State).
St. Louis Cardinals assigned P Alex Reyes to Triple-A Memphis (Pacific Coast).
Banjo Hitter: The Gift That Keeps On Hitting
5/16
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Escobar season has returned.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightThe Year of the Pitcher: Baseball 50 Years Ago (May 13, 1968)$
5/14
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A 46-year streak is broken in a very Year of the Pitcher manner.
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TAv
| 1 | Mookie Betts BOS | .391 |
| 2 | Brandon Belt SFN | .379 |
| 3 | Mike Trout ANA | .359 |
| 4 | J.D. Martinez BOS | .354 |
| 5 | Freddie Freeman ATL | .349 |
| 6 | Odubel Herrera PHI | .340 |
| 7 | Matt Adams WAS | .339 |
| 8 | Kris Bryant CHN | .337 |
| 9 | Eugenio Suarez CIN | .337 |
| 10 | Brandon Nimmo NYN | .333 |
BWARP
| 1 | Mookie Betts BOS | 3.42 |
| 2 | Brandon Belt SFN | 2.93 |
| 3 | Mike Trout ANA | 2.81 |
| 4 | Odubel Herrera PHI | 2.60 |
| 5 | Freddie Freeman ATL | 2.40 |
| 6 | Francisco Lindor CLE | 2.29 |
| 7 | Nolan Arenado COL | 2.28 |
| 8 | Jose Ramirez CLE | 2.21 |
| 9 | J.D. Martinez BOS | 2.21 |
| 10 | Ozzie Albies ATL | 2.20 |
DRA
| 1 | Max Scherzer WAS | 1.41 |
| 2 | Gerrit Cole HOU | 1.43 |
| 3 | Zack Greinke ARI | 1.58 |
| 4 | Kenta Maeda LAN | 1.63 |
| 5 | Justin Verlander HOU | 1.81 |
| 6 | Charlie Morton HOU | 1.85 |
| 7 | Jacob deGrom NYN | 1.97 |
| 8 | Noah Syndergaard NYN | 2.03 |
| 9 | Jon Gray COL | 2.10 |
| 10 | Aaron Nola PHI | 2.23 |
PWARP
| 1 | Gerrit Cole HOU | 2.85 |
| 2 | Justin Verlander HOU | 2.83 |
| 3 | Max Scherzer WAS | 2.78 |
| 4 | Zack Greinke ARI | 2.45 |
| 5 | Chris Sale BOS | 2.20 |
| 6 | Aaron Nola PHI | 2.15 |
| 7 | Jacob deGrom NYN | 2.10 |
| 8 | Charlie Morton HOU | 2.08 |
| 9 | Noah Syndergaard NYN | 2.07 |
| 10 | Corey Kluber CLE | 2.02 |