Posts Tagged ‘defense’

Rubbing Mud: Can the Cardinals’ New-Look Defense Hold Up?$

Baseball Therapy: That Thing That Left Fielders Do$

Baseball Therapy: Why The Shift Persists

If The Shift does more harm than good, why do terms continue to use it so often?

Baseball Therapy: Burn The Shifts

What if we’ve been thinking about The Shift all wrong this entire time?

Baseball Therapy: Are We Short-Changing Shortstops?$

Baseball Therapy: We Need to Talk About Defense

Are we looking the wrong way at shifts up and down the defensive spectrum?

Rubbing Mud: Third Base and The People Who Play There (Part 2)

Ranking every starting third baseman defensively, from worse to best.

Rubbing Mud: Third Base and The People Who Play There (Part 1)

Ranking every starting third baseman defensively, from worse to best.

Rubbing Mud: The Rise of the Rover and the Fall of Dozier

Defensive positions need not be as they have always been.

Rubbing Mud: The Year of the Long Single

Until next year, that is.

Baseball Therapy: Is the Whole the Sum Of Its Parts?

Can the whole be greater than the sum of its parts? Can it ever be less? Is a baseball team just the total of the 25 people who comprise its roster?

Flu-Like Symptoms: Marte, McCutchen, and Foolish Consistencies

Even smart teams can get stubborn.

The Buyer’s Guide: Jason Vargas

Vargas is off to a hot start for the Royals and has become a wanted man in fantasy league. How much value might he sustain for fantasy owners?

Looking Back on Tomorrow: Colorado Rockies

It’s all about the gloves, man.

Baseball Therapy: Is Defense Slump-Proof?

Is the old cliche right or is there something in the data to suggest otherwise?

Tools of Ignorance: Cornered

Is there an inefficiency to be exploited by taking so-so center fielders and playing them in a corner?