Author Archives: DonH

#Nats Sam Mondry-Cohen Presentation at the SABR Meeting

Posted on January 31, 2016 by DonH

Sam Mondry-Cohen of the Nationals presented at the DC chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) on Saturday, January 30, 2016. He provided an excellent overview of how the Nationals’ analytics group has grown and some of the things … Continue reading →

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Preview of Coming Attractions – SABR Meeting

Posted on January 30, 2016 by DonH

Lots of very interesting presentations at the DC SABR meeting today. Sam Mondry-Cohen of the Nationals had the meatiest presentation. Will have an overview of his presentation within the next day. But here is a quickie post to give Ghost a … Continue reading →

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Umpires vs. PitchFx Game Day Data

Posted on January 23, 2016 by DonH

The post The Automated K Zone & Technology. Is it time? generated a discussion of how good/bad are the umpires at calling balls and strikes. So lets take a look at that question using the Game Day data which is … Continue reading →

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Assists by Position

Posted on January 18, 2016 by DonH

In the post Should an upgrade at Catcher be a Rizzo Priority? #Nats, Section222 asked this question One additional thought — do the available fielding stats show how many assists players had throwing to the different bases? It would be … Continue reading →

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Should an upgrade at Catcher be a Rizzo Priority? #Nats

Posted on January 15, 2016 by DonH

There has been quite a bit of discussion lately regarding whether the Nationals need to go out and get a catcher to replace Wilson Ramos. There is concern about his offense given his performance in 2015. There is also concern … Continue reading →

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The Qualifying Offer and the next CBA

Posted on January 9, 2016 by DonH

Seems pretty clear that the current Qualifying Offer (QO) system is working to the detriment of the players; and it is not clear that it provide any significant benefits to the teams. The way QOs will work (if they even exist) … Continue reading →

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The Fallacy of 5 Starters

Posted on January 3, 2016 by DonH

There has been a lot of discussion lately about trading Gio. And many of those suggesting it do qualify that suggestion by saying that the Nats should first sign a Free Agent starter. In 2015, the Nationals had 9 different … Continue reading →

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Sign and Trade to Game the QO

Posted on December 22, 2015 by DonH

Ken Rosenthal included a tidbit in his column on Free Agent Signings. Apparently the CBA allows a team with a protected pick to sign a Free Agent and then immediately trade him to another team as long as the Free Agent who is … Continue reading →

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Win Now vs Consistently Good/Great Teams for the #Nats

Posted on December 21, 2015 by DonH

Time for a philosophical debate. In the spirit of the season, if you are sitting on Santa’s lap or you get a visited by the baseball gods, and you were granted one wish for the next twenty years of Nats … Continue reading →

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Drew Storen – The Good, the Bad & the incredibly Ugly

Posted on December 2, 2015 by DonH

One of the recurring issues that comes up on many of our discussions is the bullpen, and specifically Papelbon and Storen.  There are lots of opinions about both of them. As both a fan (and fans, by definition, are not … Continue reading →

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