Díaz, Rays Slug Their Way to AL Wild Card Win Over A’s In a postseason field dominated by the league’s foremost home run-hitting teams, the Tampa Bay Rays are one of a couple outliers. With 217 homers during the regular season, they ranked ninth out of the 10 playoff teams, and just 21st across all…
DetailsFall Report: Boston College Chris Galland is one of several speedsters who will anchor a Boston College lineup that should be very potent next year. The Eagles are one of college baseball’s most intriguing sleepers heading into 2020. Source: https://d1baseball.com/fall-report/fall-report-boston-college-2019/
DetailsJob Posting: Diamondbacks Baseball Operations Analyst Position: Baseball Operations Analyst, Player Personnel Department: Baseball OperationsStatus: Regular Full-TimeLocation: Phoenix, Arizona Position Summary: The Arizona Diamondbacks are seeking an Analyst with a focus on Professional Player Personnel to join their Baseball Operations department. This position will work closely with Director and Executive levels of the front office…
DetailsJob Posting: Tigers Baseball Ops Seasonal Positions Please note, this posting contains multiple positions. Position: Performance Science Associate (Seasonal) Department: Baseball OperationsLocation: Detroit, Michigan Job Description: The baseball performance associate will assist with the delivery of performance science solutions within Baseball Operations. This role will work closely Baseball Analytics, Player Development, Strength and Conditioning, and…
DetailsJob Posting: Cardinals Engineer, Data Scientist, and Developer Positions Please note, this posting contains multiple positions. Position: Data Quality Engineer Location: St. Louis Summary of the background and skill set best suited to excel in this role: The role of Data Quality Engineer will be to ensure data management (ETL) processes for the Cardinals’ testing…
DetailsPicking Favorites In The NLDS Matchups So far, MLBTR’s readers are 2-for-2 in picking favorites, having nailed the NL and AL Wild Card matches. Are we on to something here or is it just sample-size luck? It’s a fun exercise in any event, so let’s do it again for the two National League Division Series…
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Circle Change: The Forces That Create A Jack Flaherty Big-league pitchers, at least in our current environs, are a little like Formula 1 cars: Powerful, complex machines boosted or derailed by adjustments that totally elude the naked eye, differences that strain the powers of comprehension even for those with a carefully calibrated knowledge of the…
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Circle Change: The Forces That Create A Jack Flaherty Big-league pitchers, at least in our current environs, are a little like Formula 1 cars: Powerful, complex machines boosted or derailed by adjustments that totally elude the naked eye, differences that strain the powers of comprehension even for those with a carefully calibrated knowledge of the…
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High and Tight: Numbers are a Strength for 2019 Yankees As the Yankees take the field in the Bronx against the Minnesota Twins tomorrow night, they’ll be looking to continue their most successful campaign in a decade into October. The team’s 103 wins this season — their most since 2009 — gives them the third-best…
DetailsFlu-Like Symptoms: The Bill James World Series Prediction System, 2019 Edition In 2016, I dusted off Bill James’s “World Series Prediction System,” which James developed in 1972 and introduced to a wider audience in Inside Sports in 1982 and the 1984 Bill James Baseball Abstract. The system from the 1984 Abstract was: Give the team…
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