Beyond the Bobblehead: Ben’s Best Promos Last month, Minor League Baseball announced the winners of its Golden Bobblehead Awards. Ben Hill takes a look at some of the promos that got snubbed. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20191010&content_id=311089730&fext=.jsp&vkey=promo_preview&sid=milb
DetailsPhillies Expected To Announce Decision On Gabe Kapler Today With the Phillies’ 2019 season long in the books, observers have been waiting and watching to see what the team will do with manager Gabe Kapler. A final decision and announcement on Kapler’s fate is expected today, per Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philly (via Twitter).…
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The Nationals Try Something Entirely New, Clinch NLDS The ball left Justin Turner’s bat at 70.3 mph, with a launch angle of 34 degrees. Per Statcast, batted balls with that exit velocity, hit on that plane, have an expected batting average of .550. A little better than a coin flip. There were two out, and…
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Mike Trout and the Others Once Again Fail to Make the Playoffs Elegy for the Season 20192018 AL BAL CHW HOU BOS CLE LAA NYY DET OAK TBR KCR SEA TOR MIN TEX NL ATL CHC ARI MIA CIN COL NYM MIL LAD PHI PIT SDP WSN STL SFG AL BAL CHW HOU BOS CLE…
DetailsMLBTR Poll: Astros-Rays Game 5 Last night’s contests delivered high drama — one at the very outset, the other at the end. That left three of the four championship series spots claimed, with the Nationals joining the Cardinals in the NLCS and the Yankees already ticketed for the ALCS. But who’ll square off against New…
DetailsMoonshot: The Rocket Ball Has Disappeared In October This content is for Basic , Premium, Super-Premium and Premium Monthly members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post Moonshot: The Rocket Ball Has Disappeared In October appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/54306/moonshot-the-rocket-ball-has-disappeared-in-october/
DetailsThe Nationals’ Stars Shined When It Mattered Most This content is for Premium, Super-Premium and Premium Monthly members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post The Nationals’ Stars Shined When It Mattered Most appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/54344/nationals-stars-shined-while-dodgers-decisions-doomed-them-nlds-dave-roberts-howie-kendrick/
DetailsEyewitness Accounts: Deep in the Heart of Texas This content is for Premium, Super-Premium and Premium Monthly members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post Eyewitness Accounts: Deep in the Heart of Texas appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/54341/eyewitness-accounts-deep-in-the-heart-of-texas/
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Baseball ProGUESTus: Using Predictive Modeling to Identify the Variables in a Batter’s Swing Decision Pitcher throws, batter swings. The fundamental unit of baseball events can be distilled into an interaction between the pitcher and the batter. These days, it seems most popular to optimize for end results such as home runs. While home runs are…
DetailsALDS Game 5 Preview: Rays’ Hope Rests On Dusting Cole This content is for Basic , Premium, Super-Premium and Premium Monthly members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post ALDS Game 5 Preview: Rays’ Hope Rests On Dusting Cole appeared first on Baseball Prospectus. Source: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/54327/alds-game-5-preview-rays-hope-rests-on-turning-cole-to-dust-alds-game-5-tyler-glasnow/
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