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Category: John Dewan’s Stat of the Week

  • Stat of the Week: Tommy John Surgery in Major League Baseball

    Stat of the Week: Tommy John Surgery in Major League Baseball

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    Andrew Kyne

    This month, two of baseball’s promising young pitchers—Shohei Ohtani of the Angels and Michael Kopech of the White Sox—learned that they will likely need Tommy John surgery due to torn ulnar collateral ligaments in their throwing arms. While Ohtani remains in the Angels’ lineup as a hitter, Kopech’s debut season is over after fewer than…

  • Stat of the Week: Who was August’s top defensive player?

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    Mark Simon

    In a crowded group of highly-talented center fielders, it has been tough for Adam Engel to stand out from the rest. But in August he did. He’s our selection as the MLB Defensive Player of the Month. Engel finished the month with eight Defensive Runs Saved, the most by any outfielder. Half of that total…

  • Stat of the Week: Shifting is at an all-time high

    Stat of the Week: Shifting is at an all-time high

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    Brian Reiff

    As of this past Sunday, teams have shifted more in 2018 than in any other season.

  • Stat of the Week: NL Total Runs/MVP Race is Tight

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    Mark Simon

    The National League MVP race is shaping up to be incredibly tight with a little more than a month left in the regular season, and it parallels the race for the lead in the Total Runs stat. Total Runs combines Runs Created (offense), Baserunning Runs and Defensive Runs Saved, along with a positional adjustment (but…

  • Stat of the Week: The Diamondbacks’ Amazing Defense

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    Mark Simon

    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…

  • Stat of the Week: Who’s moving up and down the Starting Pitcher rankings?

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    Mark Simon

    By Mark Simon From May 2013 through the end of the 2016 season, Clayton Kershaw almost always reigned supreme in The Bill James World’s Best Starting Pitcher Rankings, a measure based on the Game Score metric and a pitcher’s sustained excellence over a lengthy body of work. But Kershaw’s recent injury history has caused him…