Rubbing Mud

The Solutions Are Still Out There$

by Matthew Trueblood 2/13

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The bulk of the offseason is over, but that doesn't mean there aren't some useful pickups still available.

La mano invisible y el ojo errante

by Matthew Trueblood 2/12

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Shōta Imanaga entró por la puerta grande en abril, pero fueron muchos los detalles que le mantuvieron arriba.

The Invisible Hand and the Wandering Eye$

by Matthew Trueblood 2/11

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Shōta Imanaga burst out on the scene in April, but it was a lot of little things that kept him there.

Red Lefties, Led Right$

by Matthew Trueblood 1/30

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The Reds are going to need a lot of help next year, but fortunately, their new manager knows where to find some.

The Last Wacky Pitching Plan We Still Haven’t Studied$

by Matthew Trueblood 1/28

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There's a weird trick out there for any team willing to try it before it's too late.

Accelerating Knowledge$

by Matthew Trueblood 1/23

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We don't have all the data for bat swings yet, but we can piece some of it together.

Systematically Knowing a Guy Who Knows a Guy$

by Matthew Trueblood 1/21

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Perhaps the start of a new trend.

The Balance$

by Matthew Trueblood 1/14

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How a team treats its 40-man roster in the offseason can say a lot about them.

El ojo en el cielo

by Matthew Trueblood 1/10

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¿Se beneficiarían los equipos de béisbol restableciendo al coach en el palomar?

The Eye in the Sky$

by Matthew Trueblood 1/09

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Would baseball teams benefit from re-establishing the crow's nest coach?

The Greatest Coconut Snatch in Baseball HistoryB

by Matthew Trueblood 1/07

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The first in a new series.

Sin sustituciones gratuitas

by Matthew Trueblood 11/04

Quizás el fútbol pueda ofrecer una solución a un problema que ha estado aquejando al béisbol.

No Free Subs$

by Matthew Trueblood 10/31

Perhaps soccer can provide a solution to a problem that has been nagging at baseball.

The Idea of the Cutter$

by Matthew Trueblood 10/18

Cutters to opposite-handed batters might not be what we thought they were, to adapt Dennis Green's famous line.

Steven Kwan Can’t Hit .400… Probably$

by Daniel R. Epstein 6/24

Weren't we just doing this last year with someone?

Nothing Sneaks Past the Royals Infield$

by Matthew Trueblood 5/21

The Royals are preventing runs with the best of them, and the gains have begun in the dirt.