Pebble Hunting

Pebble Hunting: So I Guess This Is Vince Velasquez Now

by Sam Miller 4/15

The best pitching performance of the season so far, as told in the best dozen or so pitches thrown.

Pebble Hunting: How You Tried To Beat PECOTA

by Sam Miller 4/12

The players we were collectively most confident about.

Pebble Hunting: Sim City 1000000

by Sam Miller 3/22

How many simulations does it take for the Rockies to win 106 games, or the Dodgers to lose 121?

Pebble Hunting: Should Have Taken Trout

by Sam Miller 3/14

Measuring the scale of a single draft pick.

Pebble Hunting: What It Means To Have The Best Farm System In Baseball, Part 4

by Sam Miller 3/11

How the Rays turned a great farm system into an even greater collection of players.

Pebble Hunting: PECOTA Hates the Royals, Part II

by Sam Miller 2/16

As we prepare to release the 2016 PECOTA projections, a look at one projection that many will not like.

Pebble Hunting: I Read the Entire Collective Bargaining Agreement and Here’s What I Learned

by Sam Miller 2/12

Finding the soul of the modern game in legalese.

Pebble Hunting: Flame of Thrown

by Sam Miller 1/20

After the fire, after all the rain, has the fast-fastball flame kept up with the era?

Pebble Hunting: The Scioscia About Face

by Sam Miller 1/12

Have all of the years of screaming about his insistence on playing Jeff Mathis been for naught?

Pebble Hunting: Everything Is Now Super, 2015

by Sam Miller 11/30

The press conference that changes everything.

Pebble Hunting: An Illustrated Guide to the People of Citi Field

by Sam Miller 10/30

Classifying the fans you'll see in the stands at the World Series this weekend.

Pebble Hunting: Scott Boras Has Baseball’s Most Accurate Projection System

by Sam Miller 4/27

In 2000, when Alex Rodriguez was a free agent, Scott Boras did something amazing that we just don't appreciate enough.

Pebble Hunting: Every Team Gets One Do-Over

by Sam Miller 4/09

What if every team could undo one move? If baseball teams were different, how different would they be?

Pebble Hunting: Watching The Worst Game of 2014

by Sam Miller 4/03

A reminder about baseball.

Pebble Hunting: The Case For Shaming the Cubs

by Sam Miller 3/31

Why we are comfortable having the Kris Bryant service time conversation but not the Mike Trout service time conversation, and why we should be uncomfortable having either.

Pebble Hunting: Would Pedro Martinez Have Gone Undefeated?

by Sam Miller 3/17

What happens if one of the greatest pitchers ever is given one of the best offenses ever? It nearly happened.