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John Dewan's Stat of the Week
Who Are the Top Baserunners in Baseball?
May 23, 2013 Carlos Beltran is in his 16th major league season overall. Over his career, he has been a major force on the diamond, compiling 67 Wins Above Replacement according to Baseball-Reference, the 131st-best such figure of all time. He has excelled in every facet of the game including [...]
Who Are the Best and Worst Defensive Teams So Far?
May 14, 2013 More than a month into the season, the overall defensive picture is starting to take shape. Teams have only played a fifth of their total schedules, but the best and worst defensive teams have already separated by 59 Runs Saved, a total that separates them by approximately six [...]
Timing Pitchers and Catchers To Prevent Stolen Bases
April 24, 2013 There are many factors that come into play in defense of a stolen base attempt, but at the core of any successful caught stealing is a quick delivery by the pitcher and quick receipt, transfer, and throw by the catcher. Other factors come into play, such as a pitcher’s [...]
Shifting Into High Gear
April 18, 2013 Baseball Info Solutions has been tracking shifts comprehensively since 2010, and teams have shifted more and more over the last few seasons. From 2010-11, teams averaged less than one shift on a ball in play per game. In 2012, that number jumped to 1.9 shifts per team per [...]
Who Will Be The Best Defenders in 2013?
April 02, 2013 Baseball Info Solutions introduced its defensive projections in The Fielding Bible – Volume III a year ago. The 2013 projections follow the same simple formula: prorate each player’s three-year Defensive Runs Saved totals over the number of defensive innings we forecast for him in 2013. In this [...]
Who Are This Year's Potential Breakout Players?
March 27, 2013 For the most part, Spring Training statistics provide little predictive value. Many players use that time to play into shape and to work on specific aspects of their game, such as developing a specific pitch. Often, players face less than major-league quality opponents. On top of [...]
Best Defensive Players of the Decade (Part IV)
March 22, 2013 This is the fourth and final installment of our "Best Defensive Players of the Decade" series. Previously we covered the infield and outfield. Now, we’ll finish with pitchers and catchers, two positions where we measure defense a bit differently. Each has some overlapping defensive evaluators with [...]
Best Defensive Players of the Decade (Part III)
March 13, 2013 In Parts I and II of our "Best Defensive Players of the Decade" series we looked at infielders. Let’s take a look at outfielders now. We use Defensive Runs Saved as our criteria. For outfielders, we evaluate range using our Plus/Minus System. We add in throwing arm [...]
Best Defensive Players of the Decade (Part II)
February 27, 2013 The best defensive players of the decade at second base and shortstop, which we covered in the previous Stat of the Week, were close calls. Chase Utley and Adam Everett earned those distinctions against some stiff competition. This week, we’ll look at the best defenders since 2003 [...]
Best Defensive Players of the Decade (Part I)
February 19, 2013 In the last Stat of the Week, we kicked off our celebration of 10 years of Defensive Runs Saved analytics with a look back at the best defensive teams of the decade. This week we continue our retrospective with individual defenders, broken down by position. We’ll start with [...]