Moonshot: Prospect Trajectory as Data
3/18When a prospect's movement tells us more than his ranking alone does.
Moonshot: Another Look at Prospect Values
3/12Mining the prospect lists.
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2/18Measuring the mood of each fanbase, with science.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightMoonshot: How Jonathan Lucroy Makes Batters Swing At Bad Pitches
2/11The other benefit of catcher framing, revealed.
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2/06PITCHf/x data is able to make a significant contribution to injury prediction.
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1/22Can we improve on PECOTA's forecast for a hitter just by looking at which pitches the opposing catcher called?
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1/16Can the uncertainty in a player's projections be projected?
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1/06In what direction are voting totals trending for marginal candidates, and are steroids actually to blame?
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12/18Looking for evidence of the 'fastball hitter'.
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12/03The error spectrum of projections shows the limitations of analysis, or the progress we can still make.
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11/26Constructing a leaderboard that passes the smell test.
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11/21Turning a smarter, better plate discipline measure into a leaderboard--and examining what it means.
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11/07The problem with zone rates: There's no zone.
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10/29You've seen it in a hundred chyrons: The Giants do well against fastballs that come in faster than 95 mph. But the stat is nonsense. Is the idea behind it nonsense, too?
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10/22After months of moving downward, the October strike zone is suddenly rising.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightMoonshot: The Victims of a Bad Strike Zone
10/15When umpires don't call balls and strikes the way we expect them to, who suffers?
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