Tag: Baseball Reference
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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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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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Why the Baltimore Orioles Committed to Pete Alonso
In perhaps the most shocking storyline of the MLB free agency period thus far, former Mets 1B Pete Alonso signed with the Baltimore Orioles on a 5-year/$155M contract. After missing out on a lucrative deal last year, Pete proved why he should’ve been locked up long-term last winter. Why did Baltimore feel comfortable doing this?…
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Why the Red Sox and Cardinals Agreed to a Sonny Gray trade
Jon Heyman via X dropped the news that St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Sonny Gray had been traded to the Boston Red Sox. You felt like this was coming for the Red Sox in that they were going to make a run either at a premier free agent starter or be active on the trade…
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Lessons in Sabermetrics: Expected Stats (xBA, xSLG, xwOBA, xERA)
With the introduction of Statcast technology in 2015, MLB evaluators have been able to unlock a new level of analysis. Understanding exit velocity, launch angle, spin rate or sprint speed allows students of the game to realize where certain players outshine others. If you watch enough baseball, you quickly learn there is much luck involved…
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