Stolen Signs
Kendall Guillemette and Harry Pavlidis discuss baseball statistics, as well as look for the stories and people behind the stats.
We found 10 episodes of Stolen Signs with the tag “baseball”.
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Episode 32: How big can this Hall get?
December 15th, 2018 | 53 mins 41 secs
baseball, baseball prospectus, mlb
Shohei Ohtani revisited, baseball Hall of Fame bar lowering and how it affects who gets in, lining up optimal player development and what happens when you launch a new statistic.
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Episode 31: Changing Pitchers, Changing Players, Changing Owners
November 15th, 2018 | 54 mins 46 secs
baseball, baseball prospectus, mlb
Harry and Kendall talk about the quantifying The Opener phenomenon, Bill James' comments about replacing players, trying to figure out if regular baseball fans could visibly tell the difference between top MLB talent and replacement level talent. Then cap it off with a discussion about the changes at Baseball Prospectus.
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Episode 30: In the playoffs (and always) pitching and catching are important
October 25th, 2018 | 25 mins 45 secs
baseball, catching, pitching, world series
In the playoffs (and always) pitching and catching are important
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Episode 28: Women's Baseball World Cup and the Rise of the 100 MPH Pitcher
August 23rd, 2018 | 50 mins 16 secs
baseball
Harry and Kendall talk about the Women's Baseball World Cup, then look at how the number of 🔥high velocity🔥pitchers has increased over the last 10 years. They wrap up with a discussion of how bullpen usage affects lineups and how it might affect your daily fantasy league.
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Episode 26: It seems the seam material has a material impact with Dr. Meredith Wills
June 14th, 2018 | 1 hr 10 mins
baseball, home runs, knitting, mlb
Talking about the materials that make up a baseball with Dr. Meredith Wills. We also revisit two-way players, dig into defensive metrics and why they're difficult, and are reminded that everything old is new again.
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Episode 25: Sergio Romo is The Opener with R.J. Anderson
May 31st, 2018 | 1 hr 11 mins
baseball, cbs sports, mlb, mlb draft
R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports came on to talk with us about the Rays recent usage of Sergio Romo as a starting pitcher. We talk about whether this concept will continue and if there may be other teams willing to try it out. We also talk with Anthony Rescan about his Baseball Prospectus Intern project for calculating surplus draft value. We threw in a handful of things we've learned over the last few weeks including tidbits about Kendrys Morales, Jordan Hicks, and the predictive value of xStats.
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Episode 24: Report of the Committee Studying Home Run Rates in Major League Baseball
May 24th, 2018 | 1 hr 51 mins
baseball, home runs, mlb
We discuss the Report of the Committee Studying Home Run Rates in Major League Baseball released on May 24, 2018. We talk with committee chair Dr. Alan Nathan, and committee member Dr. Dan Brooks as well as radar and target tracking research engineer, Dr. Sean O'Rourke. We examine what the report is saying and what it means going forward.
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Episode 23: Evaluating Baseball Statistics with Sam Miller of ESPN
May 17th, 2018 | 1 hr 14 mins
baseball, pitching, statistics
Sam Miller joined us to talk about his recent article about evaluating Statcast's new Pop Time metric. Surprising exactly no one, we also talk about Shohei Ohtani, again. And take a look at Robinson Cańo's Hall of Fame candidacy.
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Episode 21: Baseball is Back
April 5th, 2018 | 1 hr 1 min
baseball, mlb, world series
Baseball is back and we're all so glad.
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Episode 20: Spin Rates and Designing Pitches with Jeff Long
March 15th, 2018 | 1 hr 21 mins
baseball, mlb, pitching, radar
2:32 Revisiting PECOTA team projections
10:44 Announce winners of The Shift by Russell A. Carleton giveaway
14:40 Spin Rates and Pitch Design with Jeff Long
1:08:45 More juiced ball talk (h/t Rob Arthur)