Moonshot

Moonshot: Fastballs and the Collapsing A’s, Part 2

Last week, we found something odd about the way the league started pitching a slumping Oakland. This week, we might have found the reason.

What does it mean that the league suddenly shifted its pitch selection just as the A's suddenly shifted into a full-scale meltdown?

Can we figure out which teams are best at preventing injuries?

If pitchers are telling us which hitters are especially scary, does that make Pittsburgh's no. 6 hitter one of next year's top breakout candidates?

One's a problem. The other's not. Hopefully, MLB will note the difference.

Should WAR(P) systems adjust their defensive measures? Okay. Now, which direction?

Can you use the sound of the bat for actual sabermetric research? Heck yes you can.

Are injury prone players actually prone to injuries?

And trying to figure out whether we can do it quickly.

Looking at behavior by ball-strike situation reveals one of the ways hitters change most drastically from year to year.

Is it safe to treat all pitches down the middle as more or less the same?

How can we tell which hitters will have long careers?

How do we know which hurlers will have long careers?

Has the Royals' new hitting coach fixed what ails their offense?

A look at how pitch distance from the center of the strike zone affects BABIP and power.

Tracking changes in opposing pitchers' approaches to Yasiel Puig, Jose Abreu, and George Springer.