Python & Baseball Savant — Lesson #2In our first blog entry here, we went over the very, very basics of Python, Pandas, and the Baseball Savant data set. You should check out…Jul 8, 20214Jul 8, 20214
Published inThe Sports ScientistAnalyzing MLB Savant Data with Google Colab and Python Programming, IntroductionThe best dataset in the history of sports is undoubtedly the Baseball Savant pitch-by-pitch dataset that MLB updates daily.Jun 29, 20217Jun 29, 20217
How Does the DH Affect National League Pitchers?One of the many drastic changes to the 2020 MLB season is the presence of the universal designated hitter. National League pitchers have…Jul 13, 202011Jul 13, 202011
Published inThe Sports ScientistAnalyzing Stacking Strategy — MLB DFSStacking is probably the most common lineup building strategy in the game of MLB DFS. Every day during the season you will see various…Jul 10, 2020101Jul 10, 2020101
Published inThe Sports ScientistAre Hot and Cold Streaks Real in Baseball?I wrote this piece as a DFS analysis project for FantasyPro’s, but what it really does is speak to the question of whether or not hot and…Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020
Published inThe Sports ScientistMinor League Stat Stickiness — PitchersIn this post, we went through an extensive analysis looking into the relationship between Minor League and Major League hitter stats. For…Jun 15, 2020Jun 15, 2020
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Published inThe StartupUsing Data Analytics to Explore the Change in the MLB BaseballAs you may have heard, there were quite a few home runs hit in Major League Baseball last season. The league shattered the record for most…May 18, 202052May 18, 202052
Quantifying Pitcher Fastball DeceptionWe have a number for everything in the baseball statistics world, well, almost everything.Apr 19, 20202Apr 19, 20202
Published inThe Sports Scientist2019 Josh Bell Analysis with Statcast and PythonJosh Bell had a pretty interesting 2019 season at the plate. He was one of the best hitters in baseball for the first three months of the…Apr 14, 202010Apr 14, 202010
What Would a 100 Game MLB Season Have Looked Like the Last Five Years?Major League Baseball has been forced to severely delay their 2020 season. When and if the season will start is still way up in the air as…Apr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020
