Sabermetrics

Hardball Architects – Volume 2 (National League Teams): Evaluating Roster Construction and Team Performance Based On Player Acquisition Methods

May 2, 2022March 1, 2022 by Derek Bain

Hardball Architects – Volume 2 (National League Teams) – on sale now! Kindle edition ($9.99), paperback ($19.99) order here -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TPYMNSS (Kindle), https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YNH354F (paperback) Hardball Architects examines the trades, free agent acquisitions, draft picks and other transactions for the 30 Major League Baseball franchises, divided into a 2-volume set (American League and National League). All … Read more

Hardball Architects – Volume 1 (American League Teams): Evaluating Roster Construction and Team Performance Based On Player Acquisition Methods

May 2, 2022July 29, 2020 by Derek Bain

Hardball Architects – Volume 1 (American League Teams) – on sale now! – Kindle edition ($9.99) Paperback ($19.99) Hardball Architects examines the trades, free agent acquisitions, draft picks and other transactions for the 30 Major League Baseball franchises, divided into a 2-volume set (American League and National League). All key moves are scrutinized for every … Read more

WHIP or NO WHIP

March 21, 2020March 21, 2020 by David Dagostino

In a day where measuring a pitcher’s ability to induce misses is vital to assembling a rotation, identifying a gauge for the alternative outcome (what happens when they don’t swing and miss) has become just as necessary in order to accurately predict and depict the success of any rotation. It seems quite logical, on the … Read more

To Swing or Not to Swing … That is the Question

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 by David Dagostino

The last two articles have hinted how Moneyball’s heavy emphasis on analytics may actually bring baseball back to an old school style. The pendulum has swung so far in one direction that the inefficiency in the market in the two previous cases has been on an old school approach that we thought may be long … Read more

The New “Billy Ball”

November 18, 2019November 16, 2019 by David Dagostino

In 2003, Michael Lewis published his deep dive into what became an analytics revolution. “Moneyball” popularized Bill James theories on analytics and thrust Billy Beane reluctantly into the baseball spotlight. Take away Brad Pitt, an A’s historic win streak, and the total abandonment of the ‘old school’ style of baseball and Michael Lewis accomplished one … Read more

Isn’t It Ironic … Don’t You Think

November 9, 2019November 8, 2019 by David Dagostino

Bill James, the father of Sabermetrics, called bunting “usually a waste of time.” Super Agent Scott Boras referred to the defensive shift as “discriminatory”, in part because his client Bryce Harper was struggling against the tactic. How do these extreme comments, embedded in data driven decisions, give us an indication that bunting could be on … Read more

Expansion Era Minor League All-Star Rosters – Colt .45’s / Astros

July 11, 2019 by Derek Bain

Founded on my research for the “Minors vs Majors” chapter in my book, “Hardball Retroactive” paired with complementary articles “Minors vs. Majors: The Top Minor League Batters in the Expansion Era” and “Minors vs. Majors: The Top Minor League Pitchers in the Expansion Era“, the ensuing series will reveal the Minor League All-Star rosters for … Read more

Expansion Era Minor League All-Star Rosters – Marlins

June 13, 2019 by Derek Bain

Expansion Era Minor League All-Star Rosters – Tigers

April 25, 2019 by Derek Bain

Inning Outcomes

March 17, 2019 by Derek Bain

Does the inning affect player production? Do certain batters perform better under pressure (in the late innings of a ball game when the outcome usually hangs in the balance)? Conversely, can we derive any patterns from a pitcher’s performance over a period of time with respect to the inning? What if we group the results … Read more