With the baseball postseason over, it’s time to immerse ourselves in the NFL and NBA. If you haven’t paid close attention to this point, or are just curious for some interesting analysis, the Bill James Online Power Ratings are here to help. NFL Bill James Online Power Ratings Team 1.…
Harrison Bader was among those who led the way, but there are a couple of names here you probably didn't expect or know.
By MARK SIMON Baseball moves quickly these days. Free agency is already upon us, with some highly-coveted names in this year’s market. But who are the free agents who will be most coveted for their defense? Thirty-year-old second baseman DJ LeMahieu won his third career Gold Glove (he finished a close second…
The Bill James Baseball Handbook is 622 pages of baseball goodness. Here are some of our favorite tidbits.
Defensive shifting rose 30% in 2018. We look at some notes and nuggets related to shift performance in 2018.
JaCoby Jones, Harrison Bader, Miguel Rojas and Joey Wendle weren't quite Javier Baez, but they were good at double duty.
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…
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…
The Red Sox were the most prolific offense in 2018, but who has the edge defensively between them and the Dodgers going into the World Series?
For the next two weeks, this space will feature a multi-part series on the top candidates for The Fielding Bible Awards, which will be announced the week of October 29. The Fielding Bible Awards are voted on by a panel of 12 experts, who can vote based on visual observation…
