Category Archives: Sabermetrics

The Grapefruit League finale game (weather permitting) 3/30/16 #Nats

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats travel to Port St. Lucie to face their division NL East rival, the NY Mets, in the Nats finale in 2016 for the Grapefruit League. Max Scherzer will stay behind in Viera and pitch in a minor league … Continue reading →

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#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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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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Does Dusty Do Platoons? #Nats

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

There are some GMs like Billy Beane and Managers like Don Mattingly who embrace the platoon concept and many times it’s out of circumstance rather than design. Some would say you need the right personnel to make a good platoon … Continue reading →

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Does Dusty Baker subscribe to statistical splits in setting line-ups and roles?

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Baseball managers sometimes suffer from paralysis by analysis as there are reams of stats available that go well beyond the summary or game data found in the typical Baseball Reference databases.  For instance, if you wanted to know how Bryce … Continue reading →

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Exactly who are the DHs in the AL?

Posted on November 21, 2015 by DonH

In the Time for MLB to get rid of the DH article, there were a few interesting questions by our readers. For example: Who are the DHs How many teams have a dedicated DH vs. using it to rest position players. This … Continue reading →

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Time for MLB to get rid of the DH

Posted on November 18, 2015 by DonH

One of the recurring topics that the talking heads like to talk about during the Hot Stove season is why the NL needs to get with the times and adopt the Designated Hitter. And with the recent announcement of David Ortiz’s … Continue reading →

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Proposed Rule Change: Relievers must face two batters

Posted on November 12, 2015 by DonH

One of the reports out of the GM meeting was that support was growing for a rule change that would require a reliever to face at least two batters. There was little or no detail about how the rule would … Continue reading →

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Who are your Free Agent Reliever Targets? #Nats

Posted on November 9, 2015 by DonH

It is pretty clear that Mike Rizzo needs to build a better bullpen for 2016 than he did in 2015. Continuing our Rizzo for a Day series, who are your free agent reliever targets?

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