Broader pieces based on general strategy and analysis.
Dunning-Kluber Effect 2024
Corey Kluber broke out onto the scene in 2013. Many others, myself included, have looked for a set of statistics that could predict the next Kluber breakout. I’m not sure if he was first, but Big Magoo at Razzball made a valiant early effort. I wrote about it early in the 2022 season here, but…
In Perspective – Outfield Rankings 2023
As the 2024 season is beginning to come in to line of sight (what’s a superb owl?), now’s as good time as any to take a look back to see how we did when ranking guys before the 2023 season. Outfielders will start us out, and we will run around the diamond for the other…
Too Early 2024 – Top 12 Second Base
Moving right along the infield from first to second base, we are met with some familiar faces, some new ones, and an MVP candidate from the top rope. Names like Marcus Semien, Gleyber Torres, and Ozzie Albies did what they were projected to do. Guys like Nico Hoerner and Bryson Stott went above and beyond…
Too Early 2024 -Top 12 First Base
UPDATE 10/8: Added Bryce Harper (3) and Cody Bellinger (8) after I originally chose to omit them since they are may not primarily play 1B next year. This doesn’t mean they aren’t fantasy eligibile at 1B and should be ranked accordingly. Now that the playoffs are in full swing, we have a chance to look…
Hitters Stock Market
Now that the season has begun, here in the middle of week 3, some pictures are starting to form of who’s hot and who’s not. With such a small sample size, it’s easy to get swept up in the hype, rush to the wire, and add the latest flavor of the week. As many of…
Tarik Skubal Is Better Than You Think
A piece from May 2022, unpublished at the time. Image credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports. When you think of the Detroit Tigers, you think of Miggy, nightmare inducing logos, and losing. If you are the nostalgic type, you may reminisce of the 2014 rotation of Verlander, Scherzer, Price, and the gang or the deep playoff…
Dunning-Kluber Effect 2022
In this series, I take a page from Big Magoo at Razzball and attempt to find some breakout pitchers akin to Corey Kluber in 2013. To begin, the criteria for this type of breakout uses the following: K/9 (2022 avg. 8.61) – ability to miss bats; we want this to be > 9. SwStr% (2022…
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