All data is updated as of the end of the 2016 World Series. One of baseball’s most often repeated axioms states that, although home runs work just fine in the regular season, once the calendar turns to October, small ball becomes a more effective method for scoring runs. This mantra is proclaimed with such certainty […]
Archive for October, 2016
2016 MLB Post Season Long/Small Ball Meter
Posted in Baseball, Post Season on October 9, 2016 | 5 Comments »
Can Rangers Ride Texas-Sized Luck into the Post Season?
Posted in Baseball, Post Season on October 6, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes, it’s better to be lucky than good. Or, in the case of the 2016 Texas Rangers, it’s even better to be good at getting lucky. 2016 Pythagorean Differential (Actual minus Expected Winning Percentage) Source: Baseball-reference.com data, proprietary calculations Based on run differential, the Rangers should have been a .500 team, not the 95-win juggernaut […]
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