Blake Murphy Sports Writing

Title: Did the Blue Jays Get Fair Value for John Farrell?
Date: October 24, 2012
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: My latest at Beyond the Boxscore examined the John Farrell/Mike Aviles trade in historical context based on manager trades throughout MLB history.
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Title: The Filthiest Pitches in Baseball
Date: October 17, 2012
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: My latest at Beyond the Boxscore dug into the pitcher leaderboards for various pitches, highlighting the pitchers with the best movement, whiff rate, and pitch value for each of the most common pitches.
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Title: WHIFF! Strikeout Rates Explained
Date: October 10, 2012
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: My latest at Beyond the Boxscore takes a look at what factors in a pitcher’s profile can predict strikeout rate. As it turns out, pitchers can generate strikeouts regardless of fastball velocity, slider usage, first strike percentage and more, as long as they do one thing well – generate whiffs.
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Title: Adam Dunn and the 50% Three True Outcome Milestone
Date: October 3, 2012
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: My first “official” (non-Fanpost) piece at Beyond the Boxscore highlights Adam Dunn’s rare statistical accomplishment of having 50% of his career plate appearances end in one of the Three True Outcomes (walk, strikeout, home run). It also explores some random findings from the all-time TTO data.
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