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The Hall of Fame Value Standard

Bill James devised a means to evaluate whether a player is Hall-of-Fame worthy.

Mark Simon 12.10.2018

Visualizing the Range of MLB’s Best and Worst Outfielders in 2018

By ANDREW KYNE The primary component of Baseball Info Solutions’ Defensive Runs Saved metric is the Range & Positioning system, which rates each fielder’s success at converting batted balls into outs. Fielding Bible Award winners Alex Gordon (LF), Lorenzo Cain (CF), and Mookie Betts (RF) were among the best at…

Andrew Kyne 11.20.2018

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The changes that made Jacob deGrom and Blake Snell Cy Young worthy

By MARK SIMON Pitchers are always making tweaks and adjustments to their deliveries and repertoires in an effort to stay a step ahead of the hitters. In the case of Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom and Rays pitcher Blake Snell, the tweaks made those pitchers Cy Young worthy. DeGrom’s big adjustment…

Mark Simon 11.14.2018

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Who were the top performing defensive rookies in 2018?

Harrison Bader was among those who led the way, but there are a couple of names here you probably didn't expect or know.

Mark Simon 11.08.2018

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Open the Handbook and let the numbers tell the story

The Bill James Baseball Handbook is 622 pages of baseball goodness. Here are some of our favorite tidbits.

Mark Simon 11.06.2018

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2019 Bill James Baseball Handbook: “Shift Update”

Defensive shifting rose 30% in 2018. We look at some notes and nuggets related to shift performance in 2018.

Mark Simon 11.01.2018

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The many multi-position standouts of 2018

JaCoby Jones, Harrison Bader, Miguel Rojas and Joey Wendle weren't quite Javier Baez, but they were good at double duty.

Mark Simon 10.30.2018

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Which catchers are best at stealing strikes?

BY MARK SIMON With there being an off day in the World Series, let’s take a look at a leaderboard that stoked our interest this season –- which catchers did the best job of getting strikes on pitches that maybe he shouldn’t have gotten strikes on? Our definition for this…

Mark Simon 10.25.2018

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Stat of the Week: Fielding Bible Awards Preview Part II

This is the second of a two-part series on the top candidates for The Fielding Bible Awards, which will be announced next week. Part I can be found here. The Fielding Bible Awards are voted on by a panel of 12 experts, who can vote based on visual observations and subjective…

Mark Simon 10.24.2018

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