Research & Analytics

RESEARCH: Next-start PQS Scores

Patrick

Davitt

May 22, 2013 12:04 AM GMT

What does a PQS-5 start predict about the pitcher's next start?

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RESEARCH: Evaluating reliability—What is it worth?

Bill

Macey

March 21, 2013 12:02 AM GMT

Fantasy baseball players crave reliability... but should they? And if so, how much is it really worth?

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RESEARCH: Spring training stats

Patrick

Davitt

March 13, 2013 1:03 AM GMT

Juan Pierre is often among the spring training leaders in SBs. But how often do these leaders go on to do likewise for real?

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RESEARCH: Team DL performance

Patrick

Davitt

March 06, 2013 1:02 AM GMT

Some say Jake Peavy is an injury risk. But our research suggests his team and a few others are really, REALLY good at keeping players off the DL.

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RESEARCH: Can we still forecast saves?

Robert

Berger

February 27, 2013 1:03 AM GMT

The 2012 season was memorable for closers and their owners. Not so much for their successes, but for performance meltdowns and season-ending injuries that threw the category into disarray.

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RESEARCH: Pitcher-Positive Outcomes, pt. 2

Patrick

Davitt

February 20, 2013 1:03 AM GMT

Rafael Betancourt showed some consistency in Pitcher-Positive Outcomes, but overall, they don't look like repeatable skills.

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RESEARCH: Pitcher-Positive Outcomes, pt. 1

Patrick

Davitt

February 12, 2013 1:02 AM GMT

Jered Weaver is a "flyball pitcher," but gets unusually high numbers of pop-ups and cans o' corn. We investigate whether inducing easy flies and other pithcer-positive outcomes are repeatable skills.

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