Michael Baumann
Writer at FanGraphs
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1 week ago |
blogs.fangraphs.com | Michael Baumann
REMINDER: The Fan Exchange Program Starts Today! Four weeks ago, I announced a fun little summer project we’re doing here at FanGraphs: A fan exchange program in which you give up your own team to follow another for one week, and share your thoughts and feelings in the interest of science.
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2 weeks ago |
blogs.fangraphs.com | Michael Baumann
In 2023, Mets left-hander David Peterson struck out 128 batters in 111 innings. Peterson’s strikeout rate that year, 26.0%, was 27th in the league out of 127 pitchers who threw 100 or more innings. He was tied with Zac Gallen, not far behind Luis Castillo, Gerrit Cole, and Zack Wheeler. The next year, Peterson’s strikeout rate dropped by more than six points, to 19.8%, but he shaved three-quarters of a run off his FIP, and more than two runs off his ERA.
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2 weeks ago |
blogs.fangraphs.com | Michael Baumann
I thought the other shoe was dropping on Andrew Abbott when the Brewers knocked him around last week. If your worst start of the season is five runs on seven hits in six innings, that means you’re having a damn good season, but I didn’t expect Abbott to keep rocking an ERA in the 1.50s all year. Surely some regression was coming. A week later, it seems the other shoe remains aloft.
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2 weeks ago |
blogs.fangraphs.com | Michael Baumann
The Pirates beat the Phillies 2-1 on Sunday, and near as I can tell everyone was pissed about it. The Phillies, a would-be World Series contender, had just gotten swept by a team they’d been hoping to do some damage against, and dropped to 1-9 in their previous 10 games. The Pirates, for their part, had just gotten one over (three over, actually) on their intrastate rival, but Paul Skenes didn’t get the win.
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2 weeks ago |
blogs.fangraphs.com | Michael Baumann
Baseball suffers from the same fundamental contradiction as every spectator sport. It is an entertainment product, a work of narrative nonfiction, if you like. A compelling narrative must adhere to certain norms and strictures; even when expectations are subverted, the audience responds best when those expectations are built up first. The players and managers who act out the on-field drama, and the front office personnel who hire and direct them, aren’t in the business of storytelling.
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