An Introduction to PyBaseball: Using Python to Analyze Baseball Data
Disclaimer: A basic understanding of Python is required to understand the parts of this article. While it may be worth trying to learn...
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Dylan Drummey
May 14, 20239 min read
Testing Baseball Lore: Do Lefty Pitchers Have An Advantage?
As a lefty entering 9U Kid-Pitch, coaches made sure at a young age that I knew how to pitch. Lefty baseball players from all around the...
Dylan Drummey
Jan 25, 202315 min read
A Limited Guide to Baseball Contract Analysis
In an era of long-term commitments and ever-expanding mega-deals in baseball, the ability to properly analyze the merit of a contract is...
Dylan Drummey
Nov 16, 20228 min read
Tearing Down the Myth of Small Ball in Major League Baseball
The game is tied - it’s the bottom of the ninth, and the team needs to score. The coach for this team wants to use the “small ball” style...
Dylan Drummey
Oct 26, 20227 min read
Defining Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive Statistics in Baseball
When the study of sabermetric thought was first brought to glory by the likes of Bill James and other industry leaders, the primary issue...
Dylan Drummey
Sep 15, 20227 min read
SIERA: Evaluating One of Pitching's Most Advanced Statistics
If you’re familiar whatsoever with this publication or sabermetric thinking in general, you would know that only considering a pitcher’s...
Dylan Drummey
Aug 31, 20229 min read
Evaluating Spending Efficiency in Major League Baseball
In this new era of big spending in an evermore competitive marketplace, efficiency has become crucial to a given team's success. If a...
Dylan Drummey
Aug 5, 20228 min read
Is There An Advantage To Hitting To All Sides?
In standard baseball lore, hitters are often told to try to spray the ball around the park. Do not hit the ball in just one direction -...
Dylan Drummey
Jul 22, 20228 min read
Does the Home Run Derby Affect Player Performance?
As children, coaches and parents would often tell us the stories that players competing in Home Run Derby-type competitions would mess up...
Dylan Drummey
Jul 13, 20227 min read
A Beginners Guide to Evaluating Four-Seam Fastballs
Pitch design has become more and more prevalent, and four-seam fastballs are seemingly falling out of vogue. Thus, the landscape for how...
Dylan Drummey
Jun 17, 20225 min read
Pitching’s Newest Fever: Seam-Shifted Wake and the “Sweeper”
Picture of Seam-Shifted Wake; Photo via Barton Smith and Utah State University Of all the great advancements that came from the advanced...
Dylan Drummey
Jun 3, 20224 min read
Is Competitive Balance a Real Issue in Baseball?
Photo via Keith Allison When talking about competitive balance, fans are quick to get heated. Arguably the most controversial topic in...
Dylan Drummey
May 20, 20225 min read
The Underrated Tale of Yandy Diaz
Photo by Jeff Marquis When fans are conversing about the latest and greatest of baseball, the name Yandy Diaz will more than likely not...
Dylan Drummey
May 6, 20229 min read
Fat Tails and Baseball: Studying the Impact of the Improbable
The Problem Ever since the beginning of the “Moneyball Revolution,” teams have been determined to project their success. They must know...
Dylan Drummey
Apr 1, 202211 min read
A Path To Rebuilding The Reds
It is no secret. When the lockout ended on March 10th, the firesale began in Cincinnati. This was somewhat surprising to many fans, as...
Dylan Drummey
Mar 4, 20225 min read
BsR: Evaluating the Metric Behind Baseball’s Runners
A player’s ability to run the bases with given innate baseball knowledge and speed has always been considered when evaluating their...
Dylan Drummey
Feb 4, 20226 min read
OPS: The Weirdest Stat Conundrum in Baseball
In 2003, Michael Lewis wrote the book Moneyball, detailing the reasoning behind the Oakland Athletics seemingly unfounded success in the...
Matt Code
Jan 14, 202213 min read
The State of Baseball: MLB under Manfred
Written By: Matt Code and Dylan Drummey With the MLB lockout still in effect, fans everywhere are divided over whether this event is the...
Dylan Drummey
Jan 7, 202210 min read
The Drummey Angle's All-MLB Team in 2021
Each individual author covered the following: Beatty: C, 1B, 2B Brennan: All Relievers, 3B Dylan: All Starting Pitchers, SS Matt: All...
Dylan Drummey
Nov 26, 20215 min read
The Rays Go All In On Wander - A Signing Analysis
Like many baseball fans, I was completely taken aback after reading the headlines. Wander Franco of the Tampa Bay Rays inked a $182...
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