by Jordan Katz | Jul 16, 2021 | Major League Baseball
When you turned on the 2021 All-Star Game on Tuesday night, were you expecting two members of the Pittsburgh Pirates to be starting for the National League? In a lineup with stars like Fernando Tatis Jr. and Freddie Freeman, a pair of Buccos were also in the lineup:...
by Scott Lewis | Jul 4, 2021 | Major League Baseball, Sports Business
How fitting that the 10th edition of the Nationals annual 11am 4th of July game features the Los Angeles Dodgers. On paper, it provides Major League Baseball with a marquee national TV matchup for its MLB Network, featuring the defending World Series champions. It...
by Stephen Loftus | Jun 28, 2021 | Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, MLB Draft
If you study statistics for any length of time, eventually you’ll run across the oft-repeated aphorism of noted statistician George Box. While similar sentiments pre-dated Box, he succinctly noted in a 1978 paper… All models are wrong but some are useful....
by Jordan Katz | Jun 15, 2021 | Major League Baseball
When everyone previewed the NL West this season, the focus was only on three teams: the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies. This was a pretty reasonable decision, after all. The Dodgers were the defending champs and signed Trevor Bauer to...
by Matthew Kory | May 28, 2021 | Major League Baseball
We’re all familiar with the Orioles season. There is a plan in place, the organization is building towards something promising, but the franchise’s time is not right now. The rest of the AL East however is in full-on contention mode. So let’s talk about that. (You...
by Jordan Katz | May 25, 2021 | Major League Baseball
The AL West has the best center fielder since Willie Mays and the best two-way player since Babe Ruth in Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. It also saw the #4 prospect in baseball make his debut less than two weeks ago when the Seattle Mariners called up Jarred Kelenic....
