Tag: Baseball Data
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What to make of Devin Williams
Behind the inflated ERA, Williams’ underlying metrics paint a more promising picture In the 4 seasons from 2020 to 2023, there may not have been a better relief pitcher in baseball than Devin Williams of the Milwaukee Brewers. 2020 was a weird year, given the COVID-shortened season and the empty ballparks, but Devin Williams made…
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The One Adjustment That Took Pete Crow-Armstrong To the Next Level
“I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience.” – Jedi Master Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) In the minds of most baseball fans, if Shohei Ohtani performs as expected as both a hitter and a pitcher, he’s the shoe-in for his league’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award. Despite doing exactly that for parts…
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Revisiting the Trade that Brought Yordan Alvarez to the Houston Astros
August 3, 2026 marks the MLB’s trading deadline. Over the next few weeks, teams will decide whether they want to win this year or punt to the future. Veterans and prospects alike will be traded. Usually, two teams come together to make a mutually beneficial trade that will get the respective club closer to their…
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The Miraculous Breakthrough of Jordan Walker: Thinking Less and Hitting More
This is a story about a baseball player, but, first, I want to talk about golf. A near-universal experience for a golfer comes not on the physical course, but on the mental island that most cast themselves in exile to after inevitable mistakes or bad luck. If you have golfed in your life, you can…
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Baseball, Right Now | #4 | The Phillies are a new team, the Cubs have magic this year, and Cal Raleigh wishes the calendar never flipped to 2026.
The end of the semester, coupled with an overjammed work and life schedule have led to this edition of BRN to be released a few weeks late. But late is better than never. Without further ado, let’s talk baseball now that we have a little over a QUARTER of the season under our belts. There’s…
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Is ABS the first step toward robot umpires in MLB?
The automatic ball-strike (ABS) challenge system coming to baseball is ushering in a new era of baseball strategy. In a sport that has seen much change in recent years, this installment merely adds to the heated debate surrounding human umpires, but it shouldn’t be as dire as many think. To many, ABS is the first…
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Inner Half: Baseball, Right Now | #1 | Pre-Opening Day 2026
*This is the first installment of a new series, “State of the Season,” to be published every two weeks during the MLB regular season* After a long and exciting offseason, the 2026 MLB regular season officially starts next week when the San Francisco Giants host the New York Yankees on March 25. That means that…
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What a 1959 Baseball Game Can Teach Us About Team Performance: Harvey Haddix’s “Perfect” Game
“It was just another loss, and that is no good.” – Harvey Haddix, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher, after his 1959 near-perfect game.
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October of ’04: How Newly Announced Hall of Famer Carlos Beltrán Burst onto the National Stage
An October of a lifetime came via the bat of a 27-year-old Puerto Rican center fielder. A record-tying 8 postseason home runs and a record-tying 5 consecutive postseason games with a home run put the cherry on top of a 12-game stretch that can only be described as legendary. This is the story of now-Hall…
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Nolan Arenado gets a fresh start in Phoenix: An Analysis
News dropped out of the desert on Tuesday that third baseman Nolan Arenado is on his way to the Snakes after waiving his no-trade clause with the St. Louis Cardinals. It signals further commitment to a rebuild for St. Louis shows the Arizona Diamondbacks desire to compete in 2026. The full details of the trade…
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