Even for the newest fans of Major League Baseball, it doesn’t take long for them to wonder, “What the heck is a trade deadline? Followed up, inevitably, by “When is it?” The MLB trade deadline traditionally is July 31. However, for 2022 due to a player’s strike before the season, the deadline was moved to …
In the baseball book “Moneyball,” the author laments poor statistics used through the 20th century to judge defensive play: “The statistics were not merely inadequate; they lied,” he wrote. Out of this, around the turn of the century, came defensive measurements like Total Zone. Total Zone in baseball is a statistical measurement of defensive performance …
Of all the distinctive terms used in Major League Baseball, “Designated for assignment” must be near the top of the list for the hardest to explain to new fans. When a player is declared this, often stated as “He was DFA’d,” what exactly does it mean? Designated for assignment refers to a player’s contract, and …
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Baseball statistics have been an essential part of the game since the very beginning, and fans are always looking for new ways to evaluate their favorite ballplayers. Popular statistics like home runs, batting average, and RBI have been around for a long time and are still popular today. However, fans have begun to use newer …
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When Major League Baseball introduced Statcast cameras to all 30 stadiums in 2015, it was the beginning of a new era in baseball analysis. These devices allowed MLB to measure aspects of the game we could previously only evaluate with the eye test. In particular, Statcast has had a tremendous impact on how we assess …
Baseball is considered to be what is called a “low-scoring” game. However, now and then there are games, these special instances, where the offense just goes off the charts. Ever wondered about a game with the most runs scored in MLB history? To the point, the most runs scored in Major League Baseball game play …
Just about everyone knows there are 9 positions in baseball, and most fans know their names, but not every person knows what is expected from each player depending on where he or she stands on the field. It may seem overly simple, but newcomers to baseball are apt to ask, What are the positions, and …
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The annual game for the best Major League Baseball players is so popular, its name is applied to almost anything nowadays: games, teams, songs, burgers, you name it. To be an All Star in anything means being better than the rest. What, exactly, is the All-Star Game in baseball anyway? The All-Star Game is a …
Major League Baseball pitchers are constantly developing new ways to deceive opposing batters. Breaking balls, such as curveballs and sliders, are prevalent in the modern era because they spin and move in such a way that hitters have trouble knowing when and where to swing. Pitchers also try to deceive batters by switching up the …
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Breaking in new baseball gloves is not easy, and the number of ideas about how to speed up the process must by now reach into triple digits. Among the multitude of these break-in methods is to bake the new glove in an oven, to soften the stiff, still unused leather. Yes, you can put a …
