SaberSphere 5/10: Walks, Perkins, and Umpiring
The best saber links from around the web.
The best saber links from around the web.
The guys discuss the value of positional flexibility and more.
It may be easy to chalk any hot or cold streak up to small sample size, but at what point is a sample actually large enough to use?
I threw everything at the wall and not much stuck. Walks remain somewhat of a mystery.
A look at pitch selection for starting pitchers as they face the same hitters multiple times in the same game.
Beyond the Box Score serves up baseball's best links
Building on a 2012 study, attempting to predict changes in K% based on Whiffs and fastball velocity.
We compile play by play data since 2002, using the overall run expectancy of teams to calculate the most efficient offenses of the 2000's. Then we look at last year's most efficient offensive attacks.
The success of a group of Asian pitchers this season has prompted some to wonder if we have been undervaluing the pitching talent in Asian leagues.
In Wednesday's SaberSphere, you'll find reasons to stop underrating pitchers from Asia and a look at what may be causing B.J. Upton's sluggish start. Hey, maybe you'll want to believe in Mark Reynolds' blistering start to the season too!