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WARriors: A Look at Each Team’s Most Productive Position Player and Pitcher in 2010

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged , , on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Spring training hasn’t been very kind to the St. Louis Cardinals. First, Albert Pujols decided to table contract extension negotiations until after the season, and now it has been confirmed that Adam Wainwright will have Tommy John surgery and miss the entire season. Pujols and Wainwright are both vital parts of the Cardinal team. In […]

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A Look at Arod’s 2010 Peformance Against Lefties

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Over at the Yankeeist, Larry Koestler took a look at one of 2010’s most curious mysteries: Alex Rodriguez’ shockingly poor performance against left handed pitchers. Using pitchFX data, Koestler concludes that the pitch selection of opposing southpaws (i.e., fewer four seamers and more cutters, two seamers and sinkers) contributed to Arod’s struggles (while also conceding the limited sample size), […]

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Giants Are Kings of the Hill in 2010, but 1996 Braves Remain Best Postseason Pitching Staff in the Division Era

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Red Sox, Statistical Analysis, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , , , on November 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »

If 2010 was the new “Year of the Pitcher”, than the outcome of the World Series was a fitting tribute. With a 3.36 ERA (121 ERA+), the Giants owned baseball’s best pitching staff in the regular season, yet still managed to shave off almost an entire run during October. If good pitching beats good hitting, […]

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Cain Is Able: A New Postseason Pitching Star Is Born

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, tagged on October 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »

One night after Cliff Lee bombed in the first game of the 2010 World Series, a new postseason pitching star was born. Just as he has done all October, Matt Cain shut down the Rangers’ offense for 7 2/3 innings, helping to propel the Giants to a 2-0 series lead. With his latest scoreless effort, […]

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Print the Legend: Have Rangers’ Starters Been Throwing More Pitches?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Media, MLB, Statistical Analysis on October 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Ever since the Texas Rangers hired Nolan Ryan to serve as team President back in February 2008, the former Hall of Famer has made numerous headlines speaking out against pitch counts (here, here and here, for example). Ryan’s disdain for such limitations is only natural. After all, the ageless right handed fire baller threw over 5,300 innings in […]

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My Kingdom for a Run: Mariners Futile Offense One of the Worst Ever; Felix Not the Only Victim

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis on September 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Despite leading the American League in just about every meaningful statistic, Felix Hernandez has hovered around the .500 mark all season. To some in the mainstream, Hernandez “inability” to rack up wins has disqualified him from consideration for the Cy Young, which, of course, has made him the poster child for sabremetricians far and wide. […]

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Inside the Numbers: Pitch-Based Performance of Yankees Lineup

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on May 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Over at the Hardball Times, Harry Pavlidis, who has been charting every pitch thrown in 2010, has provided an early benchmark for pitch types. Pavlidis also breaks out his data into a variety of different outcome-based and performance-based measurements. For example, according to his data, more batters swing and miss at the splitter than any […]

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