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Previously on Beyond the Box Score
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Adjusting Pitching for Quality of Offense by Stephen Loftus | Beyond the Box Score
Stephen Loftus created OARA, a pitching metric that adjusts for the quality of the opposing offense. -
A.J. Burnett's Age-36 Re-emergence by Blake Murphy | Beyond the Box Score
Blake Murphy discussed the late career revival A.J. Burnett has experienced with the Pittsburgh Pirates. -
Changing the Way We Look At Offense, Part Six: Summary and Future Implications by Ken Woolums | Beyond the Box Score
Ken Woolums concluded six part series "Changing the Way We Look at Offense" with a discussion of how we can use the analysis of "well hit balls" going forward. -
Carl Crawford, Possible Role Model For B.J. Upton by Lee Trocinski | Beyond the Box Score
Lee Trocinski explained why B.J. Upton should look to the career of Carl Crawford as model for his own.
Around the Sabersphere
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Fringe Average Podcast: Episode 6 | Baseball Prospectus
Jason Parks and Mike Ferrin discussed catcher framing and broke down Padres pitcher Andrew Cashner, amongst other things. -
A Moment of Not Taking Clayton Kershaw for Granted by Jeff Sullivan | FanGraphs
Jeff Sullivan of FanGraphs looked at Pitchf/x to explain the rise of Clayton Kershaw. -
Running Hot and Cold by Shane Tourtellotte | The Hardball Times
Shane Tourtellotte of The Hardball Times examined the numbers to determine if young players have more ups and downs in their performance than veteran players. -
The Texas Rangers Are Succeeding In Unexpected Ways by Jonathan Bernhardt | Sports On Earth
Jonathan Bernhardt of Sports On Earth discussed how the Texas Rangers have succeeded this season despite the departure of some of their biggest stars.
Around SB Nation
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Eight Scouting Reports That Really Nailed It by Rob Neyer | Baseball Nation
The new Hall of Fame "Diamond Mines" exhibit has provided us with a thousands of scouting reports. Rob Neyer of Baseball Nation discussed eight scouting reports that were spot on. -
Clayton Kershaw, Historically Relevant Ace by Marc Normandin | SB Nation MLB
Marc Normandin of SB Nation MLB examined how Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw stacks up against great pitchers in baseball history. -
Finding the Pitching-Development Droughts For All 30 Teams by Grant Brisbee | Baseball Nation
Grant Brisbee of Baseball Nation took a look at which teams have been the best at developing home grown pitching.
Outside the Sabersphere
- SB Nation was down for most of Wednesday, but we've got it seems we've got our act together. It likely won't happen again.
- I've been reading Christopher Hitchen's autobiography "Hitch-22" the past few days. It's excellent.
