On Monday evening, the Atlanta Braves traded minor leaguers RHP Brandon Barker and LHP Trevor Belicek to the Baltimore Orioles for LHP Brian Matusz and Baltimore’s 2nd Round supplemental pick (#76 overall) in next month’s [READ MORE]
Last Tuesday, Atlanta fired manager Fredi Gonzalez. It wasn’t a particularly shocking move. The Braves, stewards of the worst record in baseball, have an unhappy fanbase hungry for change. Change is what they got. Yes, [READ MORE]
Learning on the Fly: Advanced Metrics and Asking the Right Questions: Part 2 Sabermetrics 101 – OBP and wOBA Alright, I’m starting to dig into the advanced stats that help paint the picture of a [READ MORE]
What’s next? That’s always the question, isn’t it? Fans argued for weeks – really years – whether Fredi Gonzalez should stay or go as manager of the Atlanta Braves. But now that he is actually [READ MORE]
Learning on the Fly: Advanced Metrics and Asking the Right Questions: Part I First, I know this an Atlanta Braves-centric blogging site that we feel is not just for us to air out opinions, but [READ MORE]
Major League Baseball is continuing its quest to find the right formula to make more baseball fans as interest in the game seems to be waning. MLB’s Formulaic Strategy MLB has several initiatives designed, at least [READ MORE]
I’ve been a pretty vociferous supporter of Fredi Gonzalez these past few years. This past week or so has been a realization that I was in a state of denial. I wanted to give Fredi [READ MORE]
Welcome to the newest episode of a Podcast To Be Named Later! A Podcast To Be Named Later is a weekly podcast from the authors of OutfieldFlyRule.com covering the Atlanta Braves and other baseball news. [READ MORE]
Winning ain’t easy. Only 50% of all participating teams even win baseball games. When you have really good teams like the Cubs and Dodgers and Astros and Royals factoring in, that leaves a few teams [READ MORE]
Welcome to the newest episode of a Podcast To Be Named Later! A Podcast To Be Named Later is a weekly podcast from the authors of OutfieldFlyRule.com covering the Atlanta Braves and other baseball news. [READ MORE]
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