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TVL Data: The Medium Through Which Every Pitch Tells a Story

One of the tools at the forefront of The Analyst’s Major League Baseball coverage is TVL data. What is TVL data? It’s the end result of a process in which…

2 years ago The Analyst

NBA Quizzes

Where is He Playing? The NBA Quiz

The 2021-22 NBA season has arrived. And there are plenty of new faces in new places. How well did you follow all the offseason moves? Test your basketball fandom in…

2 years ago The Analyst

Baseball

Hall of Justice: Which Neglected MLB Hall of Fame Candidates Deserve Better?

Ahead of the long-awaited induction ceremony for the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Class of 2020, we're taking a look at some of the players who deserve more consideration.

2 years ago The Analyst

Artículos en Español

Seis jugadores claves que no te podés perder en la Copa América

Más allá de Messi y Neymar: seis jugadores de seis países distintos a seguir cuando comience una nueva edición de la Copa América.

3 years ago The Analyst

Soccer Podcast

The Fastest Premier League Goals

Who’s responsible for the fastest goal in Premier League history? What about the earliest left-footed strike? The fastest goal by a non-European? Who on the list has scored more than once in the opening minute…

3 years ago The Analyst

Metric Explainers

Raw Value: A Comprehensive Pitch-by-Pitch Player Evaluation

By now, every analytical baseball mind knows there are countless statistics like batting average, slugging percentage and RBIs that evaluate performance based on the cumulative result of a player’s at-bats.…

3 years ago The Analyst

Metric Explainers

Whiff+: A Look at Which Pitchers Dominate by Generating Swings and Misses

Whiff rate doesn't paint an accurate picture when it comes to measuring a pitcher's stuff. Whiff+ accounts for what whiff rate does not.

3 years ago The Analyst

Metric Explainers

Discipline+: Why Not Every Decision to Swing is Created Equal

We’re taking a close look at discipline+ to discover what it tells us about the versatility of Mike Trout, Juan Soto and Ronald Acuna Jr. For a look at which players…

3 years ago The Analyst

Baseball

Contact+: Which Hitters Are Baseball’s Best at Making Frequent Contact?

In this installment of a series on advanced baseball metrics, we look at what contact+ reveals about the greatness of DJ LeMahieu.

3 years ago The Analyst

Metric Explainers

Strike+: Who Thrives on Racking Up Both Whiffs and Called Strikes?

While whiff+ offers a more thorough analysis of a pitcher’s stuff by determining the rate at which he generates swings and misses, strike+ takes that concept a step further. Ultimately, the goal…

3 years ago The Analyst