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Yankees Flying High Versus Blue Jays: Historical Look at Single Season Series Performances

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankee History, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on August 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

It’s been a choppy ride for the Yankees in 2013, but their slim playoff hopes have been kept afloat by a life raft: the Toronto Blue Jays. Many expected the Yankees and Blue Jays to battle for supremacy in the A.L. East, but instead, the Bronx Bombers have used Toronto to prop up their lagging […]

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Yankees Make Like Early Birds in Day Games After Night

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on August 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

This afternoon, the Yankees follow up a “dreaded double header” with the equally lamented “day game after a night game”. These two scheduling hurdles are never greeted enthusiastically by managers, especially those with teams in a pennant race, but for the Yankees at least, the hand wringing is unnecessary. Yankees Day vs. Night Game Distribution, […]

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Let’s Play Two: Yankees Have Historically Doubled Their Pleasure in Twin Bills (Updated)

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on August 20, 2013 | 2 Comments »

The post below has been updated to reflect changes since original publication. Whenever a team is forced to play a doubleheader, the manager will usually express a universal lament about how difficult it is to win both games. No manager has been more vocal about this perceived dynamic than Joe Girardi, but is it really true? Since the […]

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Walking More and Striking Out Less? A Look at League and Individual Rates

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis on August 9, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Although strikeouts in Major League Baseball have declined slightly this season, the overall trajectory in the last decade has been a precipitous rise. Meanwhile, walks have been gradually dwindling over the same span. This divergence has played a role in the overall decline in offense, however, some players have been able to buck these prevailing […]

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Does CC Sabathia Pitch to the Score? Comparing ERA and RS/9 for Current Workhorses

Posted in Baseball, MLB, sabermetrics, Statistical Analysis on July 18, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

The validity of “pitching to the score” isn’t really a sabermetric debate. After all, it pits the importance of pitcher wins versus ERA, two statistics that have been tracked since the advent of the box score. Nonetheless, the discussion usually breaks down along party lines, with number crunchers often insisting the concept is a myth, […]

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MLB Youth Movement Has Star Power

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on July 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Baseball is once again a young man’s game. At least that’s the current narrative being used to explain an impressive crop of under-aged stars who have burst upon the scene. But, is youth really being served throughout the sport, or are these headline acts misleading? Players (Age-23 or Younger) with an OPS+ of 120+ (minimum […]

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Close and Yet So Far: MLB Divisions Exhibiting Mix of Parity and Separation

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Statistical Analysis on June 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

As MLB nears the midway point, each division seems primed for an exciting summer. The largest first place lead currently stands at only five games in the loss column, and 19 teams sit within that margin (including division leaders). However, despite the top heavy concentration of teams, the overall level of parity is more diluted, […]

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