Sports Info Solutions
Author: Mark Simon
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Who were the top performing defensive rookies in 2018?
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Harrison Bader was among those who led the way, but there are a couple of names here you probably didn’t expect or know.
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Stat of the week: Who are the best defensive free agents?
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By MARK SIMON Baseball moves quickly these days. Free agency is already upon us, with some highly-coveted names in this year’s market. But who are the free agents who will be most coveted for their defense? Thirty-year-old second baseman DJ LeMahieu won his third career Gold Glove (he finished a close second to Kolten Wong in the…
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Open the Handbook and let the numbers tell the story
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The Bill James Baseball Handbook is 622 pages of baseball goodness. Here are some of our favorite tidbits.
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2019 Bill James Baseball Handbook: “Shift Update”
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Defensive shifting rose 30% in 2018. We look at some notes and nuggets related to shift performance in 2018.
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The many multi-position standouts of 2018
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JaCoby Jones, Harrison Bader, Miguel Rojas and Joey Wendle weren’t quite Javier Baez, but they were good at double duty.
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Which catchers are best at stealing strikes?
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BY MARK SIMON With there being an off day in the World Series, let’s take a look at a leaderboard that stoked our interest this season –- which catchers did the best job of getting strikes on pitches that maybe he shouldn’t have gotten strikes on? Our definition for this was to look at the…
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Stat of the Week: Fielding Bible Awards Preview Part II
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This is the second of a two-part series on the top candidates for The Fielding Bible Awards, which will be announced next week. Part I can be found here. The Fielding Bible Awards are voted on by a panel of 12 experts, who can vote based on visual observations and subjective judgement, as well as statistical…
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Stat of the Week: 2018 Fielding Bible Awards Preview
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For the next two weeks, this space will feature a multi-part series on the top candidates for The Fielding Bible Awards, which will be announced the week of October 29. The Fielding Bible Awards are voted on by a panel of 12 experts, who can vote based on visual observation and subjective judgement, as well…
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Which pitchers topped the command rating leaderboard for 2018?
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Sports Info Solutions charts how good a pitcher was at hitting the catcher-pre-pitch target. Dallas Keuchel was atop the list.
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Why does Xander Bogaerts have such a low Defensive Runs Saved total?
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By MARK SIMON With one out and nobody on in the second inning of Game 2 of the ALCS, Astros shortstop Carlos Correa hit a ground ball in the shortstop-third base hole. Xander Bogaerts got to the ball, but took his time in making a throw to first base. Correa beat it out for what…