by Patrick Dougherty | Feb 25, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles
As Orioles players report to Sarasota for spring training, discussion turns to possibility and hope. Gone are the cold winter days wrought with worry of a front office exodus. The questions surrounding the team, ones that used to concern leadership and contracts and...
by Patrick Dougherty | Feb 16, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles
Batters rarely learn the strike zone suddenly and on the fly. Fangraphs has previously shown that O-Swing% correlates highly from one year to the next, something that I have confirmed and expanded upon. Nearly 65% of the variation in 2014 O-Swing rates across Major...
by Patrick Dougherty | Feb 11, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball
At first, you might expect, like I did, that the birth months of MLB players would be relatively uniformly distributed. Being born in a particular month shouldn’t give someone an advantage in reaching the Majors. But in looking at all MLB players in history, we...
by Patrick Dougherty | Jan 16, 2015 | Baltimore Orioles
January always seems to be the quietest time in baseball, and for good reasons. It’s the farthest point away from the middle of the regular season, the big moves have already taken place at the Winter Meetings, and teams are too busy getting the guys they...
by Patrick Dougherty | Dec 23, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles
When the Orioles traded two minor league pitchers to the Chicago White Sox for outfielder Alejandro De Aza, it appeared a (possibly unnecessary) play for outfield depth. MLB Trade Rumors called De Aza a luxury for the playoff-bound Orioles, and he was viewed, at least...
