Is the WBC Too Boring?
How do we balance rewarding the best teams and making the WBC exciting for fans?
How do we balance rewarding the best teams and making the WBC exciting for fans?
The term "makeup" means a lot of things -- but is there a better way to define the mental aspect of a ballplayer's skillset?
A conversation between Matt Hunter and Spencer Schneier on how to measure player value.
WPA doesn't quite work as a tool to evaluate context-dependent performance. Do any other metrics provide a solution?
The Hall of Fame is not just for the best players. It's for the players we wish to honor and remember.
In this year's Hall of Fame voting, we see several players who are derided as "cheaters" for their use of performance-enhancing drugs. What makes a player a cheater?
How do we decide which plays and which situations are more important than others?
I understand that there is no shortage of analysis on the fungible nature of relief pitchers or on the deep pockets of the Dodgers, so this might not quite be the explosive return to baseball...
Proposing a new idea for constructing a bullpen.
The Angels just signed Josh Hamilton to a lucrative contract in hopes that he could put their team over the top. But does he even add a marginal improvement over their roster from last season?