Archive for Analysis

How a college summer league team became one of the hottest baseball tickets in the nation at a stadium once thought to be past its prime.

The stats say the Padres should sell at the deadline, but their start makes the question more complicated.

There are times when the game can’t do quite what we want it to.

Which World Series were the most competitive?

A change in the baseball’s drag coefficient is responsible for the home run spike, but what exactly is a drag coefficient?

What have the workloads of the game’s most promising amateurs looked like?

A new way to look at FanGraph’s prospect board.

A look back at Kyle Lohse’s amazingly mediocre career.

What does the performance enhancing drug EPO do, and might its benefits be overblown?

A star’s return provided an occasion to reflect on the various versions of a player fans might remember.