How do pitchers adapt to situations with runners on second or third, where a ball in play equals danger on the scoreboard?
Building on last week’s work and reader feedback, an expansion on the subject of pitcher performance in double-play situations.
Determining who’s successful at pitching with a purpose when it comes to enlisting the pitcher’s best friend.
When it comes to people in possession of rare opposite superhero powers, will they make a movie about Joel Pineiro and Carlos Marmol?
Can topping your league in average, OBP, and slugging leave nonetheless you without hardware on the mantelpiece?
Sitting down to talk to Pete Macheska, lead producer of Fox Sports’ MLB coverage.
Wasted greatness in the land of lakes should inspire the Twins to do more than settle.
Which moundsmen has BP’s projection tool missed with any regularity?
Providing a helping hand to your nationally broadcast ballgame.
Who consistently surpasses or underwhelms their projections?
Usage defines the future for hurlers.
Mike Ferrin speaks with Ken Funck in this edition of Baseball Prospectus Radio. Click to download the mp3. Mike Ferrin: It’s our weekly chat on “On Deck” with the folks from Baseball Prospectus, and joining us this week is Ken Funck. And Ken, it’s I think an especially appropriate time to talk to you because…
Baseball games in late June should almost never be considered pivotal – especially interleague baseball games. Yet to the ever-anxious fans of Chicago’s north side baseball team, circumstances conspired to make Thursday’s match-up between their star-crossed Cubs and the streaking Detroit Tigers take on an air of unusual importance. Much like a crew of becalmed…
Geoff Young recently used a BP Unfiltered post to come clean about his unrequited man crush on David Eckstein, setting off a wonderful comment thread in which readers described the players that they consider “guilty pleasures” – those that may not be stars, but are fun to watch nonetheless. Reading through the comments, I was…
A year removed from one of the most disappointing seasons since, well, pick your least-favorite SNL cast, the Detroit Tigers are back on top in the AL Central. With a middle-of-the-pack offense, the Tigers have been doing it with improved pitching and, just as importantly, stellar defense. Flashing the leather is the latest little black…
Most Baseball Prospectus readers are familiar with the challenge of putting together a fantasy baseball team. Owners spend weeks scouring various information sources (including BP’s own Player Forecast Manager), sorting through hundreds of players to determine those that will be the most productive or are most likely to be undervalued by the dozen or so…