Quantifying Aaron Nola’s Early Season Command
A look at what our command charting metrics say about Aaron Nola's slow start.
04.22.2019
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Philadelphia Phillies
Stat of the Week: Running on Bryce Harper’s arm
Teams ran on Bryce Harper with a lot of success last season. But he wasn't the only superstar with that issue. Here's a look at the leaders/trailers in outfield arm effectiveness.
03.05.2019
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Citizens Bank Park is ideal for Bryce Harper’s power.
by PATRICK ROWLEY Earlier this offseason, a number of writers were talking about how Bryce Harper’s vicious, left-handed swing was “made for Yankee Stadium,” making pinstripes a perfect fit for the young star who grew up a Yankees fan. That thought intrigued us, so we looked a bit deeper to…
02.28.2019
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How are the Diamondbacks 200+ runs better than the Phillies on defense?
By MARK SIMON All statistics through Saturday’s games I received a tweet recently that asked if I could demonstrate the difference between the team with the most Defensive Runs Saved (the Diamondbacks with 120) and the team with the fewest (the Phillies with -102). It seemed a reasonable question to…
08.20.2018
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Stat of the Week: Evaluating the Phillies’ infield shifts
By ANDREW KYNE Jake Arrieta’s recent comments called attention to the Philadelphia Phillies’ infield shifts. The veteran right-hander complained that his team is “the worst in the league with shifts,” and by our Shift Runs Saved metric at Sports Info Solutions, he is indeed correct. The Phillies rank last in…
06.13.2018
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Limiting damage, improved walk rate keying Phillies’ success
By ALEX VIGDERMAN At least through the first third of the year, 2018 is shaping up to be the Year of Philadelphia. The Eagles finally won the Super Bowl, the Villanova Wildcats (admittedly merely a Philly suburb) won their second National Championship in three years, and the 76ers seem to…
04.24.2018
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Chase Utley Is Still an Elite Defender
If you look only at the recent trend in Defensive Runs Saved totals for Chase Utley, then it looks like he has really declined in skill, defensively. After a prime that saw him save an estimated 115 runs between 2005 and 2010, Utley has just 20 Runs Saved in the…
07.26.2013
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