Roy Halladay did the unthinkable, throwing a no-hitter in a postseason game. Not only that, he threw a perfect game in May. A total of 55 batters faced between the two games, with just a slight change in approach. Despite being “imperfect,” I’d argue Doc was better in October than in May. Based on the […]

Here’s a look at what batters will be seeing from Game 1’s starters.

Nothing brings strangers together quite like a postseason no-hitter. Today is as good a day as any to throw aside my mantle of impartiality and expose myself as a Phillies fan. I grew up and lived all of my pre-college years in New Jersey, about 20 minutes from the Vet and Citizens Bank Park. My […]

Today’s installment of AfterGlow features the remaining NL playoff contenders, the Giants and Braves. The Giants have spent the last year in the “all pitching, no hitting” quadrant of AfterGlow, and in 2010 they came close to finally busting out.

Welcome to the first edition of The Hardball Times “Dancing with the Playoff Stats”! Matt Philip (a.k.a Pip) from Fungoes and I will bring you some postseason entertainment—and be informative as well. In our contest we list the 16 ballplayers most likely to have the greatest influence in the postseason. As the playoffs progress, twice […]

Today’s installment of AfterGlow features the remaining AL playoff contenders, the Rangers and Twins. The Rangers have come a long way since 2008, with major improvements in pitching and returning to where they were in 2006. (Note: some of the ranking data I used for these visuals is a few days old and some of […]

The prospect news is scarce these days as we float here in prospect purgatory between the end of the minor league season and the start of the winter leagues, but there’s always something to dig up, and I don’t mind doing the digging. For instance, there is some action going on in Florida and Arizona. […]

Today’s installment of AfterGlow features two of the NL’s playoff contenders, the Phillies and Reds. What I find most interesting about the Phillies AfterGlow is that they are so good they even found a way to have their five-year trajectory spell a “P.”

Braves 8, Phillies 7; Giants 3, Padres 0: You gotta feel bad for San Diego. The Padres played above their heads all year. You also gotta feel bad for the people who were wishing for the awesome three-way tie that would have occurred had the Padres won yesterday. Braves and Giants fans are pretty darn […]

The first comment on Thursday’s article about Stephen Strasburg related to biomechanical analysis. Regrettably, I glossed over that aspect of the Strasburg puzzle because quite frankly, the article I had written was already a little overwrought. Here’s what reader “tbr” had to say on the subject: While in theory, I welcome the idea of biomechanical […]