Posts Tagged ‘statcast’

Minor Leaguers Hit The Ball Hard, Too$

Not Just About Magnus Anymore

We have already learned a lot but have only scratched the surface.

Expanding the Zone: Hunting for Foul Homers$

Moonshot: Hawkeye’s Rollout Has Been Surprisingly Smooth$

Moonshot: Turning Video Into Data$

Short Relief: We Demand Confetti

Fixing the MLB Draft by making it the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana Draft (there’s confetti and a DJ); when Statcast fails us, we cry inside; Brooklyn is a winner again

Statcast Launch Angle: A Statistical Accuracy Assessment

Multiple trends are apparent.

Statcast Exit Velocity: A Statistical Assessment of Park Effects

Jonathan Judge assesses how accurately Statcast seems to be measuring balls in play, and how it has changed over time, in light of the upcoming transition from Trackman to Hawkeye.

Prospectus Notebook: Random Feats$

Prospectus Feature: The Siren Song of Statcast’s “Expected” Metrics (For Pitchers)

BAM admits that its “expected” statistics were never designed to predict anything. Does it matter?

Fantasy Hipsters: The Didi Debate$

Circle Change: Manny Machado’s Missing Hits

Machado is still hitting the ball really, really hard, but is that enough?

Baseball Therapy: Mr. Jones and Me

“To me it just means getting rid of all these stats. Everything they’re throwing at us nowadays.”

Cold Takes: The Need For (More Than) Speed

Brian McCann lives his life 23.4 feet per second at a time.

Rubbing Mud: What We Talk About When We Talk About Launch Angle

Cardinals teammates Matt Carpenter and Tommy Pham provide two sides to the same story.

Short Relief: For and Against Historical Positivism, and the Secret Origin of Launch Angles

Zack uses the Cubs as an example of how it isn’t always getting better, Nathan uses Jean Segura for a hint that it is, while Martin discovers the origins of modern hitting philosophy.