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: More Evil Stats! BP’s SCHOENE Projections for the Raptors
Date: October 16, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article took a look at the SCHOENE projections from Basketball Prospectus for the individual 2012-13 Raptors players .
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Title: Will Landry Fields’ 3FG% Improve?
Date: October 15, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article looked at the changes to the Knicks’ offense after the Carmelo Anthony acquisition and the impact it had on Landry Fields’ shooting numbers. Will a move to Toronto and a more motion-oriented offense help him get his three point stroke back?
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Title: DeMar DeRozan’s Unique TS% Path
Date: October 12, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article pulled historical player data to try and find comparable historical examples to try and project DeMar DeRozan’s True Shooting Percentage trajectory. It turns out DeRozan has a very unique statistical profile, making it difficult to forecast his future.
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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: Wages of Wins: Raptors a Potential 4th Seed
Date: October 9, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: The analytics site Wages of Wins released some early projections for the NBA season and the Raptors surprisingly came out ranking well. I took a look at some of their methodology and conclusions, suggesting that while they might be flawed, they highlight that Raptor fans are not just employing hubris when they look at a potential playoff spot in the East.
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Title: Raptors vs Real Madrid – Live Blog
Date: October 8, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: I live-blogged the Raptors’ pre-season opening exhibition game against Spanish ACB team Real Madrid, a sloppy 102-95 victory.
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Title: Raptors Player Profiles – Bigs
Date: October 5, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: With the release of ESPN’s John Hollinger’s Player Profiles, I took a look at how the Raptors’ big men stacked up, reflecting on Hollinger’s take with takes of my own.
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Title: Raptors Player Profiles – Guards and Wings
Date: October 4, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: With the release of ESPN’s John Hollinger’s Player Profiles, I took a look at how the Raptors’ guards and wing players stacked up, reflecting on Hollinger’s take with takes of my own.
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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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