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Do Spring Training Stats Matter After All?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Spring Training, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged on March 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Spring training stats mean nothing. At least that’s what most people seem to think. However, a recent correlation analysis published by Fangraphs.com suggests otherwise. In particular, the fangraphs’ study concluded that walk and strikeout rates in the spring (both good and bad) may foreshadow performance during the regular season, which isn’t exactly a revolutionary conclusion. […]

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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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