Moonshot

Moonshot: Do the Giants Beat the Heat?

You've seen it in a hundred chyrons: The Giants do well against fastballs that come in faster than 95 mph. But the stat is nonsense. Is the idea behind it nonsense, too?

Moonshot: The Royals, the Strike Zone, and an October Surprise

by Robert Arthur 10/22

After months of moving downward, the October strike zone is suddenly rising.

Moonshot: The Victims of a Bad Strike Zone

by Robert Arthur 10/15

When umpires don't call balls and strikes the way we expect them to, who suffers?

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

by Robert Arthur 10/08

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

Moonshot: Fastballs and the Collapsing A’s

by Robert Arthur 10/02

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

Moonshot: Detecting the Best Medicine

by Robert Arthur 9/19

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

Moonshot: The Year In Zone Distance, and Next Year in Breakout Candidates

by Robert Arthur 9/09

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?

Moonshot: Time vs. Pace

by Robert Arthur 9/03

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

Moonshot: On Regressing Defense

by Robert Arthur 8/28

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

Moonshot: The Analytic Value of the Crack of the Bat

by Robert Arthur 8/20

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

Moonshot: Troy Tulowitzki and the Brittle Bones Hypotheses

by Robert Arthur 8/06

Are injury prone players actually prone to injuries?

Moonshot: Separating the Phenoms Who’ll Make It From Those Who Won’t

by Robert Arthur 7/30

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

Moonshot: Accounting for Count

by Robert Arthur 7/22

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

Moonshot: The Matter of the Heart

by Robert Arthur 7/16

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

Moonshot: Survival of the Fittest: Position Players

by Robert Arthur 7/08

How can we tell which hitters will have long careers?

Moonshot: Survival of the Fittest: Pitchers

by Robert Arthur 7/01

How do we know which hurlers will have long careers?