Preface & Pre-Season Predictions The University of South Florida Baseball program is one that has been overlooked this season and in the recent past. The Bulls had previously reached NCAA Regionals three times between 2015 and 2018 after not appearing since 2002. This is a huge accomplishment by a program that was never truly appreciated... Continue Reading →
Conference Tournament Structure Conference tournament week in college baseball offers plenty of excitement. Leagues have different formats (some conferences, such as the Pac-12, don't have a tournament at all), but the general concept remains the same. A group of teams in each league–often excluding a few at the bottom of the standings–play one another in... Continue Reading →
In his 2019 Big Board update, Fangraphs' prospect expert Eric Longenhagen only awarded one player a future value of 65+ in both his future hit and future game power tools. In his description of this hitter, he said "This is the best hitter in the minors and the stick will play anywhere." With strong baseball... Continue Reading →
Baseball analytics have long been focused on helping teams gain a competitive advantage by finding players their competitors have overlooked for one reason or another. While this started by using very basic statistics such as on-base percentage, recent decades have seen the methods for doing this become increasingly advanced. Major League teams are now pouring... Continue Reading →
This is a video presentation on a project Johnny Asel did for school on the effectiveness of bunts and stolen bases producing more runs
We've got a little BCTeam update as teams head in to the final regular season weekend! For Pitcher Profiles, on the Batted Ball and Plate Discipline summary tables, we have added rows for each individual pitch type to show the calculated metrics for those instead of just the averages of all pitch types. We believe... Continue Reading →
Usually when a pitcher adds more spin to his fastball you see a relatively similar increase in velocity; however, these 5 pitchers go against this pattern drastically. I looked at 5 pitchers’ fastballs who have lost 100 or more RPM this year compared to their 2020 data, while also showing an increase in velocity. These... Continue Reading →
In his abbreviated rookie year, James Karinchak dominated out of the Cleveland Indians’ bullpen. He was a little wild, but striking out 48.6% of batters more than made up for it. The root of his success? One of the best four-seam fastballs in the game. His combination of velocity and backspin translated to his fastball... Continue Reading →
What a spicy headline! You are probably wondering what prompted all the takes that are about to be unleashed. Well, last night I had some rare down time to tune into some games now that my high school coaching season is over and the Tampa Bay Lightning had an off night from the Stanley Cup... Continue Reading →
It was pretty cool to see Logan take the mound in his first big league game last night against the Indians, and I know he made his hometown Apopka, FL, and alma mater Stetson University proud. It feels like just yesterday we were sitting at his house crushing Oreo Cakesters and going to All-Star practice... Continue Reading →
While the Pirates franchise did have a relatively successful stretch during the mid-2010's by their standards, the teams motivation to cut payroll and stockpile prospect depth over recent years has led to the product on the field to suffer. Following a 93 loss 2019 season, the franchise finished the shortened 2020 season with the worst... Continue Reading →
Coors Field has long been synonymous with offensive slugfests which give pitchers nightmares. In addition to this, we know that the higher altitude in Denver is what affects the baseballs' trajectory as they are both thrown and hit. Often the "thin air" is brought up as what allows the baseballs to travel further in Coors... Continue Reading →
Using analytics is far more complicated when trying to build predictive models for players. But for schools, it’s far less so. Albeit harder this year than most due to two conferences only playing themselves, and another basically cancelling the season; there are still historically-based and far less volatile metrics (like ELO) available to rank teams.... Continue Reading →
If you are unfamiliar with the term "Win Score" please check out the: Introducing "Win Score" article. The equation for Win Score as stated in that article is: Win Score = [(League average runs-(ERA+FIP)/2)*5 + .75(innings) + .5(strikeouts)]/Games Pitched. The point of Win Score is to replace the current "win" statistic as it is outdated... Continue Reading →
When the New York Mets signed Taijuan Walker this offseason, they were mostly just looking to fill out their rotation after missing out on Trevor Bauer and trading Steven Matz to the Toronto Blue Jays. In fact, Walker finished out the 2020 season in Toronto so it, at the time, felt like a possible unofficial... Continue Reading →
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