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GAGE WOOD THROWS A NO-HITTER WITH 19 STRIKEOUTS IN THE MCWS!
Mike Monaco: "SWING AND A MISS! GREATNESS FROM GAGE! NO-HITTER!... the third no-hitter in the history, over 78 years of this event, and the first in 65 years."
Ben McDonald: "I've never seen anything like that..."
Mike Monaco: "SWING AND A MISS! GREATNESS FROM GAGE! NO-HITTER!... the third no-hitter in the history, over 78 years of this event, and the first in 65 years."
Ben McDonald: "I've never seen anything like that..."
June 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
GAGE WOOD THROWS A NO-HITTER WITH 19 STRIKEOUTS IN THE MCWS!
Mike Monaco: "SWING AND A MISS! GREATNESS FROM GAGE! NO-HITTER!... the third no-hitter in the history, over 78 years of this event, and the first in 65 years."
Ben McDonald: "I've never seen anything like that..."
Mike Monaco: "SWING AND A MISS! GREATNESS FROM GAGE! NO-HITTER!... the third no-hitter in the history, over 78 years of this event, and the first in 65 years."
Ben McDonald: "I've never seen anything like that..."
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Shohei muscled this one out for his 250th career home run! 💪
(MLB x @BudweiserUSA)
(MLB x @BudweiserUSA)
June 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Shohei muscled this one out for his 250th career home run! 💪
(MLB x @BudweiserUSA)
(MLB x @BudweiserUSA)
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So with the new Statcast bat tracking metrics (www.mlb.com/news/new-sta...), we can go back to something I've been thinking about since 2022.
NLDS. LA pinch-hit Austin Barnes against Josh Hader, not C Taylor. Dave Roberts explained at the time it was about swing path. www.mlb.com/dodgers/news...
NLDS. LA pinch-hit Austin Barnes against Josh Hader, not C Taylor. Dave Roberts explained at the time it was about swing path. www.mlb.com/dodgers/news...
May 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
So with the new Statcast bat tracking metrics (www.mlb.com/news/new-sta...), we can go back to something I've been thinking about since 2022.
NLDS. LA pinch-hit Austin Barnes against Josh Hader, not C Taylor. Dave Roberts explained at the time it was about swing path. www.mlb.com/dodgers/news...
NLDS. LA pinch-hit Austin Barnes against Josh Hader, not C Taylor. Dave Roberts explained at the time it was about swing path. www.mlb.com/dodgers/news...
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🚨Big news from the Statcast factory🚨
New release on Baseball Savant:
⚾Swing Path
⚾Attack Angle
⚾Ideal Attack Angle
⚾Attack Direction
It's all here: baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...
Let's 🧵 what all this is and means:
New release on Baseball Savant:
⚾Swing Path
⚾Attack Angle
⚾Ideal Attack Angle
⚾Attack Direction
It's all here: baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...
Let's 🧵 what all this is and means:
May 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🚨Big news from the Statcast factory🚨
New release on Baseball Savant:
⚾Swing Path
⚾Attack Angle
⚾Ideal Attack Angle
⚾Attack Direction
It's all here: baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...
Let's 🧵 what all this is and means:
New release on Baseball Savant:
⚾Swing Path
⚾Attack Angle
⚾Ideal Attack Angle
⚾Attack Direction
It's all here: baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...
Let's 🧵 what all this is and means:
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A good reminder that there's a fun, useful, metrics context page on Baseball Savant that lets you easily see the value in having a fast swing, hard hit, squared up ball, etc
(.. and more to come soon!)
baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast-met...
(.. and more to come soon!)
baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast-met...
May 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A good reminder that there's a fun, useful, metrics context page on Baseball Savant that lets you easily see the value in having a fast swing, hard hit, squared up ball, etc
(.. and more to come soon!)
baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast-met...
(.. and more to come soon!)
baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast-met...
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The New York City Subway remains one of the best art galleries in this city
April 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The New York City Subway remains one of the best art galleries in this city
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“The statistics from January into March, both all-in-one and otherwise, are rolling in, and they show a trend that is clear and unmistakable: It’s working.” www.curbed.com/article/100-...
How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.
One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up.
www.curbed.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“The statistics from January into March, both all-in-one and otherwise, are rolling in, and they show a trend that is clear and unmistakable: It’s working.” www.curbed.com/article/100-...
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Paul Skenes, who starts vs STL today, keeps tinkering and adding and expanding his repetoire and, hey, how do you even classify a "splinker" anyway?
A breakdown of exactly what the most dominant starter in the sport actually throws:
www.mlb.com/pirates/news...
A breakdown of exactly what the most dominant starter in the sport actually throws:
www.mlb.com/pirates/news...
7 pitches? 8? Explaining Skenes' expanding arsenal
Less than a year into his Major League career, Paul Skenes might already be the best pitcher in baseball.
That's not hyperbole. He’s one of 79 pitchers to throw at least 140 innings since his May 11, ...
www.mlb.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Paul Skenes, who starts vs STL today, keeps tinkering and adding and expanding his repetoire and, hey, how do you even classify a "splinker" anyway?
A breakdown of exactly what the most dominant starter in the sport actually throws:
www.mlb.com/pirates/news...
A breakdown of exactly what the most dominant starter in the sport actually throws:
www.mlb.com/pirates/news...
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How baseball broke pitching is so good @lindseythoughts.bsky.social, assigning it as homework to the TL -- www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...
Baseball Reaches Its Breaking Point
An elbow-injury epidemic has become an existential threat to the sport, prompting the M.L.B. to brainstorm new solutions, such as the use of a heavier ball.
www.newyorker.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:08 PM
How baseball broke pitching is so good @lindseythoughts.bsky.social, assigning it as homework to the TL -- www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...
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How far out in front do hitters find damage? What's yet *another* reason that Juan Soto is such a god? What does it look like when when Eloy Jiménez tries to catch a slider 70 inches out front.
Lots of takeaways from the new stance / intercept point Statcast data:
--> www.mlb.com/news/why-bat...
Lots of takeaways from the new stance / intercept point Statcast data:
--> www.mlb.com/news/why-bat...
The secret to doing damage as a hitter? It lies in the point of contact
“You make your money when you hit the ball out front,” Twins outfielder Walker Jenkins, the No. 3 overall prospect in baseball, told FanGraphs recently. “That’s where you’re going to produce more dama...
www.mlb.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
How far out in front do hitters find damage? What's yet *another* reason that Juan Soto is such a god? What does it look like when when Eloy Jiménez tries to catch a slider 70 inches out front.
Lots of takeaways from the new stance / intercept point Statcast data:
--> www.mlb.com/news/why-bat...
Lots of takeaways from the new stance / intercept point Statcast data:
--> www.mlb.com/news/why-bat...
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For those that didn't see, there is a post-spring ZiPS update this year, for the first time ever, after several springs testing the data. For the record, I get a random spring PA being about 73% as predictive as a random regular season PA
March 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
For those that didn't see, there is a post-spring ZiPS update this year, for the first time ever, after several springs testing the data. For the record, I get a random spring PA being about 73% as predictive as a random regular season PA
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🚨New Statcast release day on Baseball Savant🚨
.. and it's a fun one.
Ever wonder how your favorite player stands in the box, or who is closest to the plate, or furthest from the pitcher?
Now you can, here: baseballsavant.mlb.com/visuals/batt...
.. and it's a fun one.
Ever wonder how your favorite player stands in the box, or who is closest to the plate, or furthest from the pitcher?
Now you can, here: baseballsavant.mlb.com/visuals/batt...
March 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🚨New Statcast release day on Baseball Savant🚨
.. and it's a fun one.
Ever wonder how your favorite player stands in the box, or who is closest to the plate, or furthest from the pitcher?
Now you can, here: baseballsavant.mlb.com/visuals/batt...
.. and it's a fun one.
Ever wonder how your favorite player stands in the box, or who is closest to the plate, or furthest from the pitcher?
Now you can, here: baseballsavant.mlb.com/visuals/batt...
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New NBER paper shows dramatic effects of NYC's congestion pricing in contrast with a set of control cities: A large reduction in travel times on roadways—average speeds increased by 15%—combined with a substantial reduction in vehicular emissions. www.nber.org/system/files...
March 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New NBER paper shows dramatic effects of NYC's congestion pricing in contrast with a set of control cities: A large reduction in travel times on roadways—average speeds increased by 15%—combined with a substantial reduction in vehicular emissions. www.nber.org/system/files...
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The new INTERNATIONAL BEAT newsletter is out.
What's it about? Why don't we let Google's AI tell us what you definitely COULDN'T have inferred from the headline
links.mlb.mlbemail.com/s/vb/bprtRzY...
What's it about? Why don't we let Google's AI tell us what you definitely COULDN'T have inferred from the headline
links.mlb.mlbemail.com/s/vb/bprtRzY...
March 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The new INTERNATIONAL BEAT newsletter is out.
What's it about? Why don't we let Google's AI tell us what you definitely COULDN'T have inferred from the headline
links.mlb.mlbemail.com/s/vb/bprtRzY...
What's it about? Why don't we let Google's AI tell us what you definitely COULDN'T have inferred from the headline
links.mlb.mlbemail.com/s/vb/bprtRzY...
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Two new Statcast updates today at Baseball Savant .. medium ones, in advance of some large ones coming.
First! A new batted ball profile board.
All the batted ball types you're used to, but also breakdowns for PULL IN THE AIR, oppo grounders, etc.
baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...
First! A new batted ball profile board.
All the batted ball types you're used to, but also breakdowns for PULL IN THE AIR, oppo grounders, etc.
baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...
March 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Two new Statcast updates today at Baseball Savant .. medium ones, in advance of some large ones coming.
First! A new batted ball profile board.
All the batted ball types you're used to, but also breakdowns for PULL IN THE AIR, oppo grounders, etc.
baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...
First! A new batted ball profile board.
All the batted ball types you're used to, but also breakdowns for PULL IN THE AIR, oppo grounders, etc.
baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...
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London expanded its ultra low emissions zone to its outer boroughs in 2023—limiting what types of cars could enter—and the results have been spectacular in terms of pollution reduction. A huge benefit for public health.
March 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
London expanded its ultra low emissions zone to its outer boroughs in 2023—limiting what types of cars could enter—and the results have been spectacular in terms of pollution reduction. A huge benefit for public health.
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As Colombia demolished its way to the 2026 WBC, it wasn’t any of the Major Leaguers on the team who held the leadoff spot. It was 20 year old Top 100 prospect Michael Arroyo topping the lineup.
“I always thought of Michael as a leadoff hitter” his manager said.
www.mlb.com/news/michael...
“I always thought of Michael as a leadoff hitter” his manager said.
www.mlb.com/news/michael...
Mariners' Michael Arroyo, a Top 100 prospect, leads Colombia to '26 World Baseball Classic
TUCSON, Ariz. -- On a team filled with experienced ballplayers and Major Leaguers both past and present, it's not a veteran that Colombia manager Jose Mosquera penciled in at the top of his lineup. Wh...
www.mlb.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
As Colombia demolished its way to the 2026 WBC, it wasn’t any of the Major Leaguers on the team who held the leadoff spot. It was 20 year old Top 100 prospect Michael Arroyo topping the lineup.
“I always thought of Michael as a leadoff hitter” his manager said.
www.mlb.com/news/michael...
“I always thought of Michael as a leadoff hitter” his manager said.
www.mlb.com/news/michael...
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It's one of the biggest home runs in World Baseball Classic Qualifier history: Dilson Herrera's 2016 home run sending Colombia to its first Classic.
Before Colombia opens the 2025 Qualifiers tonight, I sat down with Herrera to relive the moment: www.mlb.com/news/dilson-...
Before Colombia opens the 2025 Qualifiers tonight, I sat down with Herrera to relive the moment: www.mlb.com/news/dilson-...
March 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's one of the biggest home runs in World Baseball Classic Qualifier history: Dilson Herrera's 2016 home run sending Colombia to its first Classic.
Before Colombia opens the 2025 Qualifiers tonight, I sat down with Herrera to relive the moment: www.mlb.com/news/dilson-...
Before Colombia opens the 2025 Qualifiers tonight, I sat down with Herrera to relive the moment: www.mlb.com/news/dilson-...
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EXCLUSIVE: New York’s congestion pricing plan raised $48.6M in tolls during its first month, a strong start that exceeded expectations. The revenue figures, expected to be released publicly on Monday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, are the latest sign that the tolling plan is working.
Congestion Pricing Reduced Traffic. Now It’s Hitting Revenue Goals. (Gift Article)
Revenue figures from the Manhattan tolling plan showed that the program is on track to raise billions for mass transit repairs.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
EXCLUSIVE: New York’s congestion pricing plan raised $48.6M in tolls during its first month, a strong start that exceeded expectations. The revenue figures, expected to be released publicly on Monday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, are the latest sign that the tolling plan is working.
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‘NJ Transit Is Ruining My Life’: Commuters Reach Breaking Point With Aging System
Bloomberg deep dive echos findings from my NY Mag deep dive —
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Bloomberg deep dive echos findings from my NY Mag deep dive —
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
’NJ Transit Is Ruining My Life’: Commuters Reach Breaking Point With Aging System
Riders air a range of grievances with New Jersey Transit as trains and buses are snarled by crumbling infrastructure
www.bloomberg.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
‘NJ Transit Is Ruining My Life’: Commuters Reach Breaking Point With Aging System
Bloomberg deep dive echos findings from my NY Mag deep dive —
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Bloomberg deep dive echos findings from my NY Mag deep dive —
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Love the early morning WBC jersey discussion between @tylermaun.bsky.social and Hyphen. Fun game between Nicaragua and Taiwan
www.youtube.com/live/FMBtNVo...
www.youtube.com/live/FMBtNVo...
Nicaragua vs. Chinese Taipei | 2025 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers
YouTube video by World Baseball Classic
www.youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Love the early morning WBC jersey discussion between @tylermaun.bsky.social and Hyphen. Fun game between Nicaragua and Taiwan
www.youtube.com/live/FMBtNVo...
www.youtube.com/live/FMBtNVo...
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Data is from this post: www.reddit.com/r/Sabermetri...
I would have gone with rest-of-season, but you get the same ordinal results
This is RMSE, so lower is better
The "Tango" noted here is simply the actual win%, regressed by adding 35 W and 35 L to each team's record at the time
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I would have gone with rest-of-season, but you get the same ordinal results
This is RMSE, so lower is better
The "Tango" noted here is simply the actual win%, regressed by adding 35 W and 35 L to each team's record at the time
1/2
February 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Data is from this post: www.reddit.com/r/Sabermetri...
I would have gone with rest-of-season, but you get the same ordinal results
This is RMSE, so lower is better
The "Tango" noted here is simply the actual win%, regressed by adding 35 W and 35 L to each team's record at the time
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I would have gone with rest-of-season, but you get the same ordinal results
This is RMSE, so lower is better
The "Tango" noted here is simply the actual win%, regressed by adding 35 W and 35 L to each team's record at the time
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Here was the first ABS challenge of Spring Training:
Cody Poteet challenged a called ball by tapping his head. It went to a review. Umpire Tony Randazzo announced it was overturned to a strike.
Simple. Easy. Efficient.
Cody Poteet challenged a called ball by tapping his head. It went to a review. Umpire Tony Randazzo announced it was overturned to a strike.
Simple. Easy. Efficient.
February 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Here was the first ABS challenge of Spring Training:
Cody Poteet challenged a called ball by tapping his head. It went to a review. Umpire Tony Randazzo announced it was overturned to a strike.
Simple. Easy. Efficient.
Cody Poteet challenged a called ball by tapping his head. It went to a review. Umpire Tony Randazzo announced it was overturned to a strike.
Simple. Easy. Efficient.