Analytics Fundamentals
Examining the Twins’ Extra-Innings Strategy
Manfredball is here to stay. What’s the best way to play it?
Twinkie Town Analytics Fundamentals: Running the Bases
Part 7: It’s more than stolen bases. (Stealing is often not a great play, anyways.)
We Need to Talk About Clutch Hitting
Coming through in the clutch is (almost certainly) not a repeatable skill, but the Twins’ season might depend on it improving
Twinkie Town Analytics Fundamentals: Measuring Defense
Part 6: Errors, Fielding Percentage, and Gold Gloves are not enough — what should we use instead?
Twinkie Town Analytics Fundamentals: The Tyranny of the Save
Part 5: How a bad stat has contributed to bullpen mismanagement and what we should use instead
Twinkie Town Analytics Fundamentals: Using Linear Weights to Accurately Measure Run Production
Part 4: Run Value Stats: wRC, wRAA, Batting Runs, and wRC+
Twinkie Town Analytics Fundamentals: RBIs, A Misleading Statistic
Part 3: Building the foundation for measuring run production: RBIs, BRS%, and run expectancy
Twinkie Town Analytics Fundamentals: Busting the Myths of Pitcher Wins and ERA
Part 2: Who should get the credit? Building the foundation of evaluating pitcher performance
Twinkie Town Analytics Fundamentals: The Flaws of Batting Average
Part 1: The foundation of baseball analytics begins with understanding what batting average is and is not telling us
Twinkie Town Analytics Fundamentals: Introduction
Using the Twins to learn the basics of baseball analytics