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An Offensive Look at the Defensive Spectrum Through a Yankee Prism

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged on February 15, 2012 | 2 Comments »

In a recent post, Baseball Prospectus’ Jay Jaffe shed some light on offensive contributions across the defensive spectrum, which, for those unfamiliar with the concept, is the sequential ordering of each position based on how difficult it is to play (from easiest to hardest: DH, 1B, LF, RF, 3B, CF, 2B, SS, C). In addition, […]

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Prime Time: When Does A Player’s Career Reach Its Peak?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, tagged , on February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) When does a baseball player’s prime begin and end? That question, which has been hotly debated for a long time, recently prompted columnist Joe Posnanski to put down his pen in favor of a bar graph that contradicted the growing conventional wisdom that the prime years of a player’s […]

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Two Strikes and You’re Out?

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, sabermetrics, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on February 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Patience at the plate is about more than just drawing walks. It also incorporates a hitter’s ability to work himself into a favorable count. When ahead, major league hitters batted .299 with a .494 slugging percentage in 2011, but when they fell into a hole, those rates plummeted to .206 and .304, respectively. That’s why […]

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On Location: A Look at Which Yankees Use the Whole Field

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged , on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) Earlier in the week, Mark Teixeira raised some eyebrows by suggesting he may start dropping down an occasional bunt when the infield is shifted against him. In the right situation, such a strategy could be productive, but for the most part, Teixeira’s locational splits suggest the slugger would be better off […]

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Would Mark Teixeira Be Sacrificing Too Much by Going the Other Way?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged on February 1, 2012 | 10 Comments »

Now bunting for the New York Yankees, first baseman, number 25, Mark Teixeira. Frustrated by his dwindling batting average against right handed pitchers, the slugging Yankees’ first baseman recently suggested he may start bunting more in order to thwart the shift that has stolen so many hits from him. For some Yankees’ fans who have […]

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Starting Over: Looking at Bullpen Usage from the Other End

Posted in Baseball, MLB, sabermetrics, Statistical Analysis, tagged on January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »

On Saturday, I posted a follow-up to a recent Fangraphs’ analysis of relief pitchers’ aggregate performance over the last 30 years. Although my findings supported the statistical conclusion of the Fangraphs’ piece (i.e., reliever performance has not changed meaningfully over the period considered), there was a divergence with regard to the implications.  However, because both […]

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Grabbing the Bullpen by the Horns: What Is the Optimal Strategy for Using Relievers?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, sabermetrics, Statistical Analysis, tagged on January 28, 2012 | 22 Comments »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley; unless otherwise noted, WAR refers to fangraphs’ calculation of the metric) Is it better to maximize the number of times a reliever can be used or the length of his appearances? Yesterday at frangraphs.com, Dave Cameron tried to answer that question by comparing bullpen performance over the last 30 […]

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