[ad_1] During most baseball games, there are eight people calling the action. Both the home and away teams have radio and television broadcasts, and most of those crews consist of a play-by-play announcer and a color commentator. If those teams have a Spanish language broadcast, the number is even higher. More often than you might…
[ad_1] Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports It’s the double-R that makes it tricky. In the name Victor Robles, all of the emphasis is front-loaded. Victor is spondaic and Robles is trochaic, which means three stressed syllables in a row followed by that one last unstressed syllable: VIC-TOR RO-bles. It’s a shout followed by a whisper, which…
[ad_1] Several preseason favorites are sliding down these rankings as we barrel toward the third month of the season, while other clubs — most notably the Guardians — are continuing their surprisingly strong starts. This season, we’ve revamped our power rankings. The old model wasn’t very reactive to the ups and downs of any given…
[ad_1] 12:01 Dan Szymborski: There’s a time for every purpose under heaven, even SzymChat 12:03 Guest: why is ZiPS still so in on Jack Suwinski’s bat? 12:03 Dan Szymborski: One thing is I’m not sure taht wRC+ is working correctly on the FG page at the moment 12:04 Dan Szymborski: But it’s still an extremely…
[ad_1] 1:59 Ben Clemens: One minute early start to the chat, let’s get going 2:00 Cube Jockey: How likely are we to see separate arbitration/free agency timelines in the next CBA for position players vs pitchers? 2:00 Ben Clemens: I think it’s incredibly unlikely 2:00 Ben Clemens: I’m just struggling to see who’s going to…
[ad_1] Brooklyn-based Jay Jaffe is a senior writer for FanGraphs, the author of The Cooperstown Casebook (Thomas Dunne Books, 2017) and the creator of the JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score) metric for Hall of Fame analysis. He founded the Futility Infielder website (2001), was a columnist for Baseball Prospectus (2005-2012) and a contributing writer for Sports…
[ad_1] Complete Power Rankings Rank Team Record Elo Opponent Elo Playoff Odds Power Score Δ 1 Braves 24-13 1606 1503 99.0% 1607 1 Tier 1 – The Best of the Best Braves: 24-13, 1606 Elo, 1503 Opponent Elo, 99.0% Playoff Odds, 1607 Power Score Dodgers: 27-15, 1596 Elo, 1498 Opponent Elo, 99.1% Playoff Odds, 1599…
[ad_1] There were several exciting matchups last week in baseball, such as Dodgers-Braves, Brewers-Cubs, and Orioles-Yankees, with the winners setting the stage for potentially thrilling playoff races ahead. This season, we have made changes to our power rankings. The previous model did not adequately adapt to teams’ performance fluctuations throughout the season, putting too much…
[ad_1] Dan Szymborski is a senior writer for FanGraphs and the developer of the ZiPS projection system. He was a writer for ESPN.com from 2010-2018, a regular guest on a number of radio shows and podcasts, and a voting BBWAA member. He also maintains a terrible Twitter account at @DSzymborski. [ad_2]
