Can Adolis García replicate the power and speed in 2023? In this week's American League Facts/Flukes, we cover Corey Kluber, García, Andrew Heaney, Nick Gordon, and Drew Rasmussen.
The catcher pool is usually pretty ugly, but in 2023 it's been upgraded to homely. Not in a Clark Kent sense, where there's a hunky superhero lurking underneath an unassuming façade, but it's still... not unattractive.
Using a batter's swinging strike rate as a leading indicator of their contact rate can help us identify batting average outliers, especially in combination with their batted ball metrics.
Is Kyle Tucker worth the first round price he is going for in early drafts? Plus outlooks on Shane Bieber, George Springer, Scott Barlow, and Salvador Perez.
An updated look at the metrics that are closely tied to a pitcher's command helps us identify several young arms with strikeout potential that could be worthy of your investment on draft day.
Andrés Giménez surprised everyone by batting near .300 and flirting with a 20/20 season. What will he do for an encore? Plus Byron Buxton, Corey Seager, Nestor Cortes and Jordan Romano.
Sandy Alcantara took the career-best skills he developed in 2021 and turned them into a Cy Young performance in 2022; how's his outlook for 2023? Plus, Lourdes Gurriel, C.J. Abrams, Alexis Díaz, and Patrick Wisdom.
Can Adolis García replicate the power and speed in 2023? In this week's American League Facts/Flukes, we cover Corey Kluber, García, Andrew Heaney, Nick Gordon, and Drew Rasmussen.
The catcher pool is usually pretty ugly, but in 2023 it's been upgraded to homely. Not in a Clark Kent sense, where there's a hunky superhero lurking underneath an unassuming façade, but it's still... not unattractive.
Using a batter's swinging strike rate as a leading indicator of their contact rate can help us identify batting average outliers, especially in combination with their batted ball metrics.
Is Kyle Tucker worth the first round price he is going for in early drafts? Plus outlooks on Shane Bieber, George Springer, Scott Barlow, and Salvador Perez.
An updated look at the metrics that are closely tied to a pitcher's command helps us identify several young arms with strikeout potential that could be worthy of your investment on draft day.
Andrés Giménez surprised everyone by batting near .300 and flirting with a 20/20 season. What will he do for an encore? Plus Byron Buxton, Corey Seager, Nestor Cortes and Jordan Romano.
Sandy Alcantara took the career-best skills he developed in 2021 and turned them into a Cy Young performance in 2022; how's his outlook for 2023? Plus, Lourdes Gurriel, C.J. Abrams, Alexis Díaz, and Patrick Wisdom.