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  • Quantifying Aaron Nola’s Early Season Command

    Quantifying Aaron Nola’s Early Season Command

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    Andrew Kyne

    A look at what our command charting metrics say about Aaron Nola’s slow start.

  • Stat of the Week: Running on Bryce Harper’s arm

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    Mark Simon

    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.

  • Citizens Bank Park is ideal for Bryce Harper’s power.

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    Patrick Rowley

    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 see which ballpark would be…

  • How are the Diamondbacks 200+ runs better than the Phillies on defense?

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    Mark Simon

    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 wonder – can the difference…

  • Stat of the Week: Evaluating the Phillies’ infield shifts

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    Mark Simon

    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 Major League Baseball in Shift…

  • Limiting damage, improved walk rate keying Phillies’ success

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    Alex Vigderman

    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 finally be rewarding their fans’…

  • Chase Utley Is Still an Elite Defender

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    Alex Vigderman

    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 three seasons since.  However, that…