After 15 seasons as a big leaguer, Jayson Werth is out of baseball this year, which has given the 39-year-old an…
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Are you seated? Are you prepared to hear the rawest, truest sabermetrics take of all time from Blue Jays scout Steve…
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The Phillies’ new quant guru would like to assure everyone that the team did in fact have computers before he was brought on. [MLB]
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From Skidmore College statistics professor Michael Lopez comes the handy chart you see above, plotting the 2014 win…
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Which statistic matters most for a pitcher? CC Sabathia: “I guess it would have to be ERA." Sure! What do you think, Brian Bannister? "The most useful stat when you’re out there on the mound is your zone-contact percentage." [Fangraphs]
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