During the 2014 World Series I had the idea to rank Game 7’s by average leverage, which is just a measure of how important or stressful the average at-bat was. Apparently, the same day I [READ MORE]
By most any measure, the Atlanta Braves bullpen has had a terrible performance in 2015. The collection of rookies, castoffs, and grizzled veterans have combined for a 4.81 ERA, which ranks 30th in baseball. If, [READ MORE]
Thanks to the excellent baseballsavant.com, some Statcast data is finally starting to accumulate. Go over there, look through their stats. It’s good stuff. I’m focusing on their batted ball leaderboard. Looking at players which Statcast [READ MORE]
There’s never too much to glean from Opening Day. With the Braves, despite all the offseason changes, many things were familiar on Monday in Miami. Julio Teheran pitched really well. Andrelton Simmons displayed defensive wizardry. [READ MORE]
With all apologies to Bruce Buffer…”Itttt’ssssssss Tiiiiimmmmmeeee!”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irFtTYP-H6I It’s been a while since I last wrote about the Braves. Part of it is because I entered the busy part of my work year, dealing with [READ MORE]
Just weeks away from Spring Training, it’s time to delve into the projections. While FanGraphs crawls toward the ZiPs finish line and Baseball Prospectus’ initial PECOTA projections were fun but shallow (the real fun of [READ MORE]
Last month the Atlanta Braves traded talented young right fielder Jason Heyward to the St. Louis Cardinals, creating an opening in the outfield. I wrote at the time that the deal was a sound business [READ MORE]
As you have probably heard, on Monday the Atlanta Braves traded RF Jason Heyward and RP Jordan Walden to the St. Louis Cardinals for SP Shelby Miller and SP prospect Tyrell Jenkins. The Jason Heyward [READ MORE]
It usually takes me a few days to really process trades and major organizational moves. With the requisite waiting period over, I think I’m finally ready to talk about the Jason Heyward trade. The team [READ MORE]
Earlier this week the Braves parted ways with reliever Cory Gearrin, dropping the occupied portion of the 40 man roster to 36. Gearrin was an effective closer at Mercer University here in Georgia, and was [READ MORE]
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