This led to two competing tracing frameworks, which led to the informal reference “the Tracing Wars.” Usually, competition is a good thing for end-users since it breeds innovation. However, in the open source specification world, competition can lead to poor adoption, contribution, and support...
and one of those is that with a gilded right arm and 6-foot-6 and 285 pounds of mass to buttress it, he should throw the baseball as much as he can. But during spring training in 2021, as theToronto Blue Jayswere mapping out Manoah's first full season in org...
What to expect from Red Sox prospect Campbell in big leagues March 26th, 2025 Jim Callis@JimCallisMLB Share Four years after he went undrafted out of high school and three years after Georgia Tech's coaching staff decided he needed to redshirt as a freshman, Kristian Campbell will begin the...
only 53 games pitched. so this exercise in comparing him to bob feller, one of the other great fireballers in baseball history, means a lot of extrapolation. but with significant projection, it's very reasonable to think williams would've eclipsed the 2,000-strikeout mark, at least, and m...
Bring in the robo umps The concept of the strike zone is simple. The stewards of the game identify a vertical space over the irregular pentagon that is home plate. If a pitcher throws a baseball in that space over the plate, it is a strike. Anything else is a ball. This ...
What ifManny Being Mannynever became a Boston phenomenon, with Ramirez instead exiled to Texas for his best years? For step one, let's perform an exercise that probably isn't very applicable in real life but is nonetheless our only real option. Let's compare the stats of all involved part...
So what we notice is that when we observe something repeatedly, whether it’s baseball players or students, is those who did better or worse than the mean (or average) tend to perform closer to the mean as we add more observations. What it looks like in practice Let’s take a look at...
I’ve seen the catalog and this is not all of them (there’s an especially sweet San Diego Padres one), but this is a good sample of what’s available at the moment. I bought the Minnesota Twins one the first day it came in my store. I will probably own at least five of these...
Related:What is OPS? What is the fastest pitch in history? The fastest pitch in history was a 105.8 mph fastball, thrown by relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman on Sept. 24, 10. Chapman also holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest baseball pitch ever recorded. ...
But if Wallner can repeat, the Twins lineup is in a fantastic spot. The Twins' lineup should be comfortably good. Projections have them around the upper third in baseball for Offensive Wins Above Replacement. It places them at the top of the AL Central in offense, requiring the p...