Sports Info Solutions
Author: Mark Simon
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Matt Olson’s quiet Gold Glove campaign
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By BRETT BITTIGER Few baseball pundits predicted that on August 16, the Oakland Athletics would be two games back in the AL West and in command of the second AL Wild Card spot. There has been ample coverage of several of the team’s sources of insurgence: Matt Chapman’s highlight reel has led an improved team…
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Sandy Leon’s defense makes him highly valuable
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By EZRA RAWDON Red Sox catcher Sandy León has been the topic of much conversation in the baseball universe of late, thanks to this play and the fact that his team is 40-15 when he catches a winning percentage nearly 30 points higher than their absurd overall pace of .698. As someone who got to…
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Stat of the Week: The Diamondbacks’ Amazing Defense
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BY MARK SIMON Though we shone a spotlight on the Milwaukee Brewers’ defense last week, we neglected to mention a team that was just a notch behind them. That team has since surpassed the Brewers statistically and currently has no equals on the defensive front—the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks have 108 Defensive Runs Saved this…
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Who was July’s best defensive player?
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By MARK SIMON The Brewers are dominating defensively and their outfielders are dominating our Defensive Player of the Month award. We’re picking a Brewers outfielder again, giving Keon Broxton top honors for July. Among those Broxton edged out was his teammate, Lorenzo Cain, who won the award in May. Broxton’s offense did not match his defense though…
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Who is baseball’s best backup catcher?
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By EZRA RAWDON Having spent most of my career as a backup catcher at the scholastic and collegiate level, I have developed into a fan of MLB backup catchers. In an attempt to satisfy my curiosity on who might be the most valuable in baseball at the moment, I decided to dig in using some…
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Which players have been most affected by good and bad defensive plays?
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We use Sports Info Solutions’ video-tracking to analyze which players have been robbed of the most hits and benefited most from errors.
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Stat of the Week: MLB All-Stars vs. Total Runs Leaders
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MLB All-Star Voting vs. Total Runs Leaders July 11, 2018 By MARK SIMON Who were the players most deserving of being All-Star starters in 2018? Let’s use Total Runs to put together a pair of teams based on numbers. Total Runs is a statistic created by Baseball Info Solutions that combines offense, defense, baserunning, and…
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Keon Broxton has how many Defensive Runs Saved?!
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By MARK SIMON Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Keon Broxton is in the midst of an all-time defensive stretch. Broxton has saved 11 runs defensively in nine games over 10 days since his recall from Triple-A. He’s tied for second in Defensive Runs Saved by a center fielder with none other than his teammate Lorenzo Cain,…
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Stat of the Week: Who were June’s top defensive players?
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The race for Defensive Player of the Month was a tight battle and, in the end, a pair of players tied for the top spot in our voting. So let’s salute Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner and Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon as June’s top defenders. Turner is one of the most improved defensive players in baseball. He…
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What helps make Jacob deGrom great?
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Jacob deGrom has been an elite pitcher this season. And there’s much to know about his run of success.