Analytics Fundamentals

When To Steal Home and Safety Squeeze

The Twins have augmented their boom and bust approach by taking calculated small-ball risks with runners on 3rd base

By JohnFoley August 21

Manfredball is here to stay. What’s the best way to play it?

By JohnFoley February 21

Part 7: It’s more than stolen bases. (Stealing is often not a great play, anyways.)

By JohnFoley January 31

Coming through in the clutch is (almost certainly) not a repeatable skill, but the Twins’ season might depend on it improving

By JohnFoley August 29, 2022

Part 6: Errors, Fielding Percentage, and Gold Gloves are not enough — what should we use instead?

By JohnFoley February 23, 2021

Part 5: How a bad stat has contributed to bullpen mismanagement and what we should use instead

By JohnFoley July 20, 2020

Part 4: Run Value Stats: wRC, wRAA, Batting Runs, and wRC+

By JohnFoley June 15, 2020

Part 3: Building the foundation for measuring run production: RBIs, BRS%, and run expectancy

By JohnFoley May 29, 2020

Part 2: Who should get the credit? Building the foundation of evaluating pitcher performance

By JohnFoley May 19, 2020

Part 1: The foundation of baseball analytics begins with understanding what batting average is and is not telling us

By JohnFoley May 11, 2020

Using the Twins to learn the basics of baseball analytics

By JohnFoley May 3, 2020