Saber Terms: Replacement Level
For Saber-Terms, I’ve been working my way towards discussing Wins Above Replacement by setting the groundwork for a lot of that discussion. Today, I’d like to talk about one of the more controversial…Read More
Nolasco Pitch f/x: Pitch Locations by Count Type
OK, so in this bit of work on Ricky Nolasco and his pitching out of the stretch versus the windup, I’m going to compare how he locates his pitches based on count type. Remember, in the previous…Read More
Looking into the Marlins’ Groundball Pitchers: Chris Volstad
The last player I’m going to look at in this series is Chris Volstad. Now he doesn’t fit the mold in that he’s both not a prospect and far from being underrated, but I thought it would…Read More
Batted balls, defense, and the Marlins pitching staff
Rally’s historical WAR database has an interesting method for determining pitcher WAR, involving subtracting prorated defensive runs based on the number of balls in play allowed by a given pitcher.…Read More
PECOTA fixes errors, Marlins come off .500
Ah, as I was mentioning earlier, PECOTA just needed a little tuning. The Weighted Means Spreadsheet, PFM, and depth charts were updated Monday morning. Here are some of the fixes and improvements: - you’ll…Read More
Considering Russell Branyan
This is exactly the time of year when your friendly neighborhood Florida Marlins start considering moves.…Read More
No thanks to Kevin Gregg, please
The Marlins have been cornering the market on remaining free agent relievers. Yesterday it seems they…Read More
Looking into the Marlins’ Groundball Pitchers: Kyle Winters
Third up in the series is pitching prospect Kyle Winters. He was drafted in the 5th round of the pitching-heaving…Read More
On Cantu and the “little things”, Pt. 1
I’ve been harping on the whole Jorge Cantu versus Dan Uggla debate on the side of Uggla for the…Read More
Future payroll and Nolasco
Last week, Michael went over why it would be a wise idea to lock up Ricky Nolasco despite what his ERA…Read More


