Are the Blue Jays the 2012 Angels? No matter, let's concern ourselves with balls put in play because as the SaberSphere shows, it seems mighty important.

The guys discuss the Blue Jays, Bryce Harper, Nolan Arenado and much more.

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Jon Heyman's tweet earlier today sparked a discussion about the reliability of WAR and defensive metrics. We know UZR is unstable early, but is it entirely useless?

What is the average height of each home run hit to each field at each park and how is that affected by the park dimensions?

Before I make the big jump and create my advanced WHB metric, we will look into what WHB data shows us that BIP data cannot.

Looking at outlier months in league average runs-per-game.

How much does a batter's position in the order affect the percentage of strikes they see?

Are you ready to find out who may be comparable to Pedro Martinez at this point in the season? How about reading how the unification of replacement level came about between FanGraphs and Baseball Reference?

The Cardinals have a winning record once again. In fact they lead the tough NL Central, but how has Mike Matheny's squad done it?