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What’s Wrong Is Right (Field)

Take out Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Mookie Betts, and Taylor Ward, and the position is lacking production.

Mark Simon 06.09.2022

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Mookie Betts’ brain has all the angles covered

What was the brainwork involved in winning a game for the Dodgers last week?

Mark Simon 04.21.2021

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Best Baserunner of 2020: Mookie Betts

This excerpt from The 2021 Bill James Handbook was written just after the 2020 regular season concluded (and thus does not include any reference to Betts’ scoring the World Series-clinching run). The Bill James Handbook is available now from ACTASports.com By Mark Simon  In 1983, when I was eight years…

Mark Simon 10.28.2020

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What have we learned about defense so far?

The beginning of the season may not be predictive, but we've seen a few interesting things.

Mark Simon 08.10.2020

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Which hitters reach favorable counts?

Which hitters get into favorable counts, like 2-0, 3-0, and 3-1? And which hitters then do damage?

Andrew Kyne 06.28.2019

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Visualizing the Range of MLB’s Best and Worst Outfielders in 2018

By ANDREW KYNE The primary component of Baseball Info Solutions’ Defensive Runs Saved metric is the Range & Positioning system, which rates each fielder’s success at converting batted balls into outs. Fielding Bible Award winners Alex Gordon (LF), Lorenzo Cain (CF), and Mookie Betts (RF) were among the best at…

Andrew Kyne 11.20.2018

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