Archive for the ‘Feature’ Category

Transaction Analysis: Rafael Devers Forever$

What We Win, When We Win$

TA: Smyly Like You Mean It$

TA: Rangers Round Out Rotation$

The 101 Most Dominant Teams of All Time: 74-80, Part 1$

TA: A Good Old Fashioned Challenge Trade$

Best of BP: The Padres Did and Did Not Acquire Josh Hader

Schrödinger’s Hader? No, something has changed, and the Padres might not like it.

Best of BP: Error of Judgment

“What makes an umpire?’” Ernie Stewart, a former major league ump, once asked. “First of all, you must have judgment… It isn’t something that you develop; it’s something that is God-given.”

Best of BP: From a Man to a Movement: Jackie Robinson Day

Let’s pay homage to Jackie Robinson by flipping the script.

Best of BP: Joe Maddon’s Exit Interview

Thanks to some intrepid, dogged, and very professional reporting, we’ve learned even more about Joe Maddon’s exit from the Angel.

Best of BP: Pride of the Yankees (1942)

One of the greats.

Lo mejor de BP: Revisando lo investigado sobre la cirugía Tommy John

¿Cuáles son las condiciones que hacen que la cirugía Tommy John sea más recomendable? Los investigadores están resolviendo el problema.

Best of BP: How Can You Be Romantic About Major League Baseball?

Baseball: like improv, but they ignore all the suggestions from the audience.

Best of BP: Coaches as Teachers, Players as Learners

A broader perspective might reach and instruct more players.

Best of BP: John Smoltz Made Me Write This Article

The third-time-through-the-order penalty wasn’t invented by analytics.

Best of BP: Make-Up Games, Baseball (1983)

Nintendo’s first-party game is still playable today, though the sport it’s modeled on is long gone.