Do right-handed hitters generally hit lefty pitchers better, and vice versa? The answer is yes; this is generally true of most major leaguers. However, by no means is this applicable to every situation. Sometimes you’d rather have your lefty batter hit against a lefty pitcher, or even bring in a left-handed pitcher to face a […]

After noticing Jason Bartlett’s ridiculous .327 batting average, I got to thinking whether he and Ben Zobrist were having the best season ever for any two middle infielders on the same team. According to Fangraphs, Zobrist has been worth 7.2 Wins Above Replacement (WAR), while Bartlett has been worth 4.6. Those numbers rank them No. […]

In honor of FJM’s triumphant return to the interwebs today, I want to go ahead and put together my own FJM-style piece (call it Ken Tremendous Karaoke, if you will) on the one and the only, Murray Chass. After reading Dak’s whooping of the guy earlier today, I felt compelled to check out Chass’s not-blog […]

Over at Deadspin, Ken Tremendous, Dak, and Junior are hosting the FJM Reunion. I feel like it’s a holiday, only scrappier.

He is… the most hackiest man in the world (Icon/SMI) I recently wrote a piece for Driveline Mechanics, in which I looked at the illustrious career of Miguel Olivo. As most people know, he swings at an astonishing percentage of pitches that our outside of the strike zone, over 45% according to FanGraphs. Indeed, some […]

Yes. The question you asked back in May was, “Could Zack Greinke Be Worth His Entire Contract in One Season?” So far this season, with about two weeks left to play, Greinke has been worth $37.4 million. He will assuredly reach that $38 million plateau in his next start or two, so it’s safe to […]

Earlier in the week, Mike Fast linked to some hack’s attempt to measure a pitcher’s stuff. Over at The Book Blog, poster CDM (Chris Moore) posted a ranking of the top fastballs in the game based on velocity, movement, and location. It’s an awesome data presentation that’s definitely worth checking out. I look forward to […]

Here’s a random factoid for you: the Pirates haven’t had a 16-game winner since 1991. They ain’t bloody likely to get one this year, either. How does their 18 consecutive seasons without having a single stinking pitcher win 16 games stack up across history? Well, below are the longest stretches in MLB history where a […]

This is some research I did for an aborted column I originally intended to go up tommorrow. (I’ll have a column up, just not the one I originally expected). Why would someone want to look up the most recent 18-win month for all 30 franchises? Well, I think you’ll figure it out when you see […]

On September 11, I published this article on Barry Zito, where I stated that he dropped a hard curve, while adding a slider to his arsenal. Many readers commented that what I noticed might just be a change in the MLBAM classification algorithm, rather than in Zito’s repertoire. I’m not surprised, since I had the […]