Archive for the ‘Feature’ Category

When Baseball Is No Longer Fun$

Zack Wheeler is Basically Becoming Jacob deGrom$

Joey Votto, Shortstop$

BP Job Posting: The Atlanta Braves Are Hiring a Baseball Systems Developer

The Braves are hiring a full-time baseball systems developer to produce work relating to Baseball Operations.

Dissecting the Injury Bug$

You’re Outta Here: When Umpires Get Bounced for Being Drunk$

BP Job Posting: The Red Sox Are Hiring an Analytics Analyst

The Red Sox are hiring an Analyst to work in their Baseball Analytics department.

The State of the Quality Start: 2021$

Golden Age: Week of December 27$

Best of BP: Adjusted Called Strikes: Not All Strikes Are Created Equal

Called strikes on 3-0 counts simply aren’t as valuable as called strikes on 0-2 counts.

Best of BP: The Sticky Stuff Crackdown Has Worn Off

Pitchers’ spin rates are creeping back to their former heights.

Best of BP: What Fernandomania Meant

40 years ago, a term reverberated across a continent.

Best of BP: Critical Race Baseball

To deny the universality of Mudcat is to deny a key part of the American experience.

Best of BP: Wade Miley, Strike Zone Expatriate

We’re in the middle of a Wade Miley Renaissance. How he effected it is both clear and mysterious.

Best of BP: BananaBall—Savannah’s Grand Experiment to Save Baseball from Itself

The Savannah Bananas were in the black in 2020—when no baseball teams were profitable. Their (open) secret is a radical desire to make baseball as fun as possible.

Best of BP: Too Far From Town: Trenton Thunder

The Trenton Thunder are one of the 42 minor league teams that lost their major league baseball affiliation. This is part of their story.