Baseball Therapy

Baseball Therapy: No Spiders Allowed!$

by Russell A. Carleton 12/22

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Spiders is the front-runner. Who's the rest of the pack?

Baseball Therapy: Did Analytics Ruin Baseball?$

by Russell A. Carleton 12/16

What exactly did analytics do?

Baseball Therapy: Nudging the Elephant$

by Russell A. Carleton 12/02

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The rise of sabermetrics has often been framed as stats vs. scouts. But it's never that linear.

Baseball Therapy: The Year in New Baseball Words, 2020 Edition$

by Russell A. Carleton 11/25

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Let's make some new groffles.

Baseball Therapy: What if There Weren’t Four Infielders?$

by Russell A. Carleton 11/18

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Playing a fifth infielder is a tactic normally reserved for desperate times.

Baseball Therapy: How It Started, How It’s Going (MLB Rules Edition)$

by Russell A. Carleton 11/11

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2020 brought a slew of new rules for MLB, many of which appear likely to stick around. Do the changes mean it's time for a change to the division structure?

Baseball Therapy: A Sound Investment$

by Russell A. Carleton 11/04

Teams are cutting costs. But what if they added a new coach to assist players with sleep?

Baseball Therapy: Where Have All The Productive Outs Gone?$

by Russell A. Carleton 10/28

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Does small ball really work? Is it dying like everyone always whines that it is? If it is, why?

Baseball Therapy: I Gotta Figure This Out$

by Russell A. Carleton 10/21

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This finding of the effects of the shift being handedness dependent seems to be real. But why?

Confessions of a Fake GM: Here We Go!$

by Russell A. Carleton 10/14

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Fake it 'til you make it.

Baseball Therapy: Aces High, Sixes Low$

by Russell A. Carleton 10/07

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What if we forced the replacement-level starter to do the same job as the ace?

Baseball Therapy: Are Aces Underrated?$

by Russell A. Carleton 10/01

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An ace pitcher leaves the game with a win probability that is, on average, 16 percentage points higher than a replacement pitcher.

Baseball Therapy: So You’ve Decided to Expand the Playoffs$

by Russell A. Carleton 9/23

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The expanded playoffs are much-maligned. But perhaps there are some unconsidered benefits.

Confessions of a Fake GM: Should I Tank?$

by Russell A. Carleton 9/16

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Tinkering with the back-end of the roster.

Confessions of a Fake GM: The Set-Up$

by Russell A. Carleton 9/09

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Baseball is a humbling game.

Baseball Therapy: The Mirror Told Me I Was Backward

by Russell A. Carleton 9/02

Teams are doing something right and something wrong at the same time.