All Articles by Russell A. Carleton

Baseball Therapy: One Simple Anti-Tanking Solution

There’s no glory in a .500 season, but what if there could be?

Baseball Therapy: Why Relievers Are Getting Paid

In a snoozer of an offseason, why are relievers being snatched up more quickly than other players?

Baseball Therapy: Otto, Tuto, Threeto

Baseball Therapy: Why The Shift Persists

If The Shift does more harm than good, why do terms continue to use it so often?

Best of BP 2017: We Need to Talk About Defense

We need to talk about defense. Well, not really defense, but how we measure defense. OK, not really how we measure defense, but what we do with it after we measure it. A couple of weeks ago, Matt Winkelman wrote something that questioned how defensive metrics were structured, specifically around the question of how we…

Baseball Therapy: Burn The Shifts

What if we’ve been thinking about The Shift all wrong this entire time?

BP Español: El lento andar hacia el “bullpenning”

Examinando las tendencias de uso del bullpen a lo largo de la historia del béisbol.

Baseball Therapy: Slouching Toward Bullpenning

BP Español: Presentando la gestión de distancias de adelantamiento

¿Existe algún valor significativo en cuidar al corredor?

Baseball Therapy: Pre-Introducing Lead Distance Management