When the Mets drafted Michael Conforto 10th overall in the 2014 draft, the Oregon product was regarded as one of the more complete hitters in the pool. At the time, Perfect Game raved about his approach, saying in his scouting report, "He has plus, game usable power as well as one of the most disciplined... Continue Reading →

I've seen plenty of discussion about pitch classification recently, both on Twitter and online forums. In their AL Wild Card game chat on Fangraphs, former Astros' executive Kevin Goldstein, ZiPS creator Dan Szymborski, and Roster Resource writer Jon Becker expressed their dissatisfaction on current pitch classification systems. Becker made a good point: classifying pitches can... Continue Reading →

This morning we pushed an update to BCTeam which includes a makeover of Scrimmage Summaries. This concludes Phase 2 of our 4 phases of scheduled updates to BCTeam this fall. Still to come are Player Profile updates and Umpire Analysis updates. Let's get into what is new with Scrimmage Summaries! First off is a new... Continue Reading →

This article will be a continuation off of Part 1, which covered the catcher, first base, second base, and shortstop positions. This second part will cover the third base, outfield, and pithing positions. As a reminder, I compiled draft data between 2000 and 2020 from Baseball-Reference. Then I looked into a couple criteria that will be... Continue Reading →

“Hitters don’t hit his fastball.” In his brief outing in the 2015 MLB All-Star Game, that was all the announcers could talk about. The velocity, the extension, the rising effect. Back then, deGrom was only averaging 95.7 mph. Harold Reynolds put it well as he witnessed deGrom K’ing the side on 10 pitches: “That’s why... Continue Reading →

Opening Day is baseball fan’s Christmas. Anything is possible. You get the first glimpse at teams and players not knowing what lies ahead. For at least one day a year, every team can trick themselves into thinking they are championship contenders. It is tempting to jump on early season stats as indicators. In DJ Lemahieu’s... Continue Reading →

This winter, the Mets made it a priority to upgrade their bullpen. Although the production of the bullpen was adequate last season, the need for another impact backend arm was evident, even moreso when the team recently announced that Seth Lugo would miss the start of the campaign recovering from right elbow surgery. Key to... Continue Reading →

Let's go ahead and hit the biggest story of the weekend with Jack Leiter tossing a No-Hitter in his first ever SEC start! An absolute dominant performance from the right hander finishing with 16 Ks (all on Fastballs!) and retiring 27 straight hitters after walking the leadoff guy. To the highlights! https://twitter.com/NCAACWS/status/1373370635783708678?s=20 https://twitter.com/vandyboys/status/1373351247789445120?s=21 Below shows... Continue Reading →

In last year’s spring training, Trevor Bauer made headlines by telling the batter what was coming. As is typical in bullpen sessions, he communicated through glove motions in what is essentially a universal language in baseball. He did manage to record an out, but needless to say such an experiment would be silly in the... Continue Reading →

After a couple of weeks sorting through applicants and going through the interview process, we are excited to announce the 2021 spring interns! Content Interns Anthony Franco (Twitter: @affranco10) Anthony Franco gave up his dream of being an MLB player when he went hitless all season his final year of youth baseball. A Cubs fan growing... Continue Reading →

In my last post I walked through an analyst’s perspective of crafting a visual, but never got to talking about how that particular visual could be used to derive insight. So as much as I would love to continue discussing nuances, let’s talk about what these beauties have to offer. Flashback to over a year... Continue Reading →