A few simple but important steps you can make, regardless of overall strategy, as we hit the stretch run.
In a new season, don’t be haunted by old ghosts. Try fresh tactics.
Middle relievers with big strikeout totals are gaining in value, which has fundamental implications for how fantasy baseball should be played.
An underused tactic that requires some courage.
The staff recounts moves made by postseason skippers that stand out for the right or wrong reasons.
Why bunting isn’t as bad as you think.
If it doesn’t make sense to call for pitchouts, why do major-league managers keep doing it?
Most pitchouts aren’t very effective. Maybe managers should stop calling for them.
Ben and Sam discuss Joe Girardi’s decision(s) not to pinch-hit for any of his left-handed hitters late in Game Three of the ALCS.
Some strategic questions have different answers in September than they do during the rest of the regular season.