Sports Info Solutions
Author: Alex Vigderman
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Could a shortened MLB season give us surprising contenders?
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We simulate seasons of various lengths to gauge how many franchises have a legit hope to make the postseason
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What to Expect Now That Shifts are Included in Defensive Runs Saved
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Who was most and least valuable in shifts? Does being good straight-up mean you’ll be good in shifts?
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Updated 2019 Infield DRS Leaders Using the PART System
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Adjustments to our method of evaluation produced some very interesting results.
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Some midseason updates to the Total Points calculation
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By Alex Vigderman Over the course of the year, we occasionally find certain plays or players that highlight something that isn’t quite right in the Total Points System. Also, because there are so many data points to comb through, we sometimes wait a bit to include something because we aren’t sure what to do with…
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Cody Bellinger is Having a Plate Discipline Renaissance
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Cody Bellinger’s numbers are amazing, and that goes beyond his Triple Crown stats.
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March’s Most Interesting Team Was… the Marlins?
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Why? Because of their significantly unusual shift usage vs the Rockies this past weekend.
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On Nick Foles’ now-annual resurgence
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The Eagles and their QB face a tough task — the Bears pass defense matches up well with them.
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Stat of the Week: Minor League Defensive Runs Saved End-of-Season Roundup
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When a promising position player gets called up from the minors, you almost never hear about his defensive prospects unless they are extreme in one direction or the other. At Baseball Info Solutions, we use Minor League Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) as a tool to expand fans’ knowledge of the defensive side of the game.…
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Hardest-Hitting Minor Leaguers According to Synthetic Statcast
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Statcast is a really exciting product to have at our fingertips when analyzing players. It has given the public a whole new vocabulary with which we can talk about baseball. How many times did you hear the terms “spin rate,” “exit velocity,” or “launch angle” before a couple years ago? Now these terms are everywhere.…
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With Byron Buxton out again, let’s find his most statistically similar player
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BY ALEX VIGDERMAN While on a rehab assignment for another injury this past weekend, Byron Buxton fouled a ball off his toe and suffered a hairline fracture, sidelining him again in what is quickly shaping up to be a lost season. We all love keeping track of the trials and tribulations of Buxton as a…