Once a player has played for a couple seasons or so at the major-league level, we can conclusively say some things about their abilities, and their shortcomings. With a large enough sample, the Dennis Green Rule goes into effect: Players will be who we thought they were. Jimmy Nelson, for instance, will probably always struggle against left-handers, who […]
Day: April 19, 2016
Game 13 Recap: Twins 7 Brewers 4
TOP PLAY (WPA): Coming into the game, Chase Anderson hadn’t allowed a singled run. That, unfortunately for the right-hander and the Brewers, changed pretty rapidly. In the second inning, Anderson threw a pitch right down the middle to Miguel Sano. Sano crushed it on a line for a home run, the first run of the […]
The Post-Sabermetric Value of Aaron Hill
In the modern era, Major League Baseball abhors that which cannot be easily measured or quantified. The 2015 Kansas City Royals were a perfect example of that. PECOTA said they’d be a losing team. Fangraphs said they’d be a losing team. ESPN, well, you get the picture. Only, something funny happened: the Royals instead rolled […]