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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Title: MVP Methodology and the Triple Crown Index
Date: September 29, 2012
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: My debut piece at Beyond the Boxscore explores the different logical and statistical methodologies people use when determining their Most Valuable Player votes and introduces the Triple Crown Index, an indexed score of how a player stacks up in the traditional Triple Crown categories.
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Title: Sabermetric Mining: K-BB Metrics – The Simpler The Better?
Date: September 21, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: The latest Sabermetric Mining piece doubles back to the very first SM piece looking at ERA estimators, and re-evaluates their efficacy in the light of some new research. It also introduces (K-BB)/PA as a leading in-season ERA indicator.
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Title: Down On The Farm – Updating Prospects You Were Expecting in 2013
Date: September 19, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: My latest DOTF piece looks back at Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects for 2012, specifically those in the top-50 who had an ETA of 2013. The article updates the timelines of those players who were originally expected to debut sometime next season.
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Title: Sabermetric Mining: Relief Pitchers Part 2 (LI & WPA)
Date: September 14, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: The latest Sabermetric Mining piece dives further into Leverage Index and also includes Win Probability Added, giving readers four different stats by which to measure relief pitcher performance. It also looks at the correlation between LI and WPA stats and future save opportunities, while identifying possible 2013 closer candidates.
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Title: Down On The Farm: Fun With Major League Equivalencies
Date: September 12, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: This week’s DOTF piece went in a different direction, analyzing Minor League Baseball’s top performers within the scope of Major League Equivalent statistics. Using a converter tool, I took some of MiLB’s MVPs and top performers and translated their stats to the MLB equivalent, given their current level and performance.
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Title: Sabermetric Mining – Leverage Index
Date: September 7, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: The latest Sabermetric Mining piece dives into Leverage Index, a measure of how relief pitchers are deployed by their managers. The article looks at how fantasy owners can use Leverage Index as a proxy for manager trust in a pitcher, thereby helping to identify potential future saves candidates.
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