MLB The Data Day No. 3: Our Rolling MLB Postseason Blog Three MLB playoff games, three interesting pitching matchups. We started with Peralta vs. Anderson and Rodriguez-McHugh. Now Wood against his former team – and Mad Max. 3 years ago Taylor Bechtold
MLB The Data Day No. 2: Our Rolling MLB Postseason Blog We’ve spent the day examining Sale vs. Baz, Valdez vs. Giolito and Burnes vs. Morton with pitch type, velocity and location data. Next up: Webb vs. Buehler. 3 years ago Jeff Lindberg, Taylor Bechtold, Graham Bell, Zach Dickstein
MLB The Data Day: Our Rolling MLB Postseason Blog The American and National League Division Series begin today in Houston and Tampa, and we're examining the key Game 1 matchups with the help of our TVL pitching data. 3 years ago Jeff Lindberg, Graham Bell
MLB One Giant Leap? Why San Francisco’s Depth Sets the Team up for a Postseason Run The San Francisco Giants were the best team in baseball this season, and will lean on their depth and balance to make a deep playoff run. 3 years ago Sacha Pisani
MLB Starting Pitching and Defense? We Found What Really Rules in October We settled on looking at every team that has won the World Series since 2010 to see what (if anything) they all had in common. Here's what we discovered. 3 years ago Donald Kolakowski
MLB Mad Max vs. Waino: Keys to Watch in the NL Wild-Card Pitching Matchup at Chavez Ravine Since he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 30, Max Scherzer’s dominance has made him one of the favorites in the NL Cy Young race. The Dodgers… 3 years ago Zach Dickstein
MLB Wild Night Calling: Keys to Watch in the AL Wild-Card Pitching Matchup For the first time in its storied history, the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry will hit center stage in a winner-take-all AL Wild-Card game Tuesday night. New York has dropped six of… 3 years ago Taylor Bechtold
MLB A Superstar Like No Other: An Ode to the Unique Brilliance of Ichiro Twenty years ago, a Japanese outfielder small in stature joined the Seattle Mariners and took the league by storm. We celebrate the career of a star MLB hadn't seen before. 3 years ago Steve Hirdt
MLB What’s in the Cards for St. Louis Amid a Historic Run? Were the St. Louis Cardinals underperforming earlier or have they just gotten hot at the right time? We’ve used an expected win-loss model to answer these questions and more. 3 years ago Taylor Bechtold
MLB Who Should Win the NL’s Most Prestigious Awards and Not-so-Prestigious Superlatives? Forget about what voters think is important when it comes to awards. The data gives us the straight bottom line on who has been the NL's top players and more. 3 years ago Taylor Bechtold
