Sunday, April 19, 2020

Adding Value by Leveraging the Count

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Baseball players, specifically hitters, can add value in many different ways. They can add value hitting home runs, getting on base, running...
Friday, April 17, 2020

Looking at infield shifts

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Even the more casual baseball fan can notice the seemingly peculiar way infielders align themselves in this day and age of baseball. As the...
Thursday, April 9, 2020

Projecting James Paxton's Next Contract

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James Paxton will be a free agent in the winter of 2020, with or without a season. Acquired by the Yankees in a deal in November 2018 fo...
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Can Jeff Mathis Be Average?

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Jeff Mathis is not a great hitter. He is not a good hitter. In fact, he is a bad hitter. Jeff Mathis has a career wOBA of 0.244 in 2,938 ...
Monday, April 6, 2020

Understanding the NHL Using Monte Carlo Methods

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Hockey, similar to baseball, is a sport with a great amount of variation on not just a game-to-game level, but on the season-to-season level...
Saturday, February 15, 2020

Continuing to Look at Noteworthy Three Point Shooters

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After trying to estimate three point shooting with a few relatively simple statistics and a normally distributed generalized linear model in...
Saturday, February 8, 2020

Estimating Three Point Shooting Talent in the NBA

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As the NBA continues to downsize and teams covet versatile wing players who space the floor on offense and can be assets in creating stingy ...