May 18, 2016

MLB DFS Plays for 5/18/16

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Afternoon baseball returns to start a 16-game day on Wednesday. With the high number of ‘aces’ throwing on Tuesday, the follow-up appears to be much more forgiving for hitters. Currently, we are using xFIP and wOBA simply to compare one pitcher’s performance against another – especially against opposite-handed hitters. We aren’t using these numbers for calculation. […]

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Baseball Vortex: Joey Votto, Stephen Strasburg, and Adam Eaton

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The following are quick summaries of a few charts I posted and retweeted on Twitter recently. LEADING OFF The motivation for the following chart came from a discussion about Joey Votto, the polarizing first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds. Polarizing because many people will agree that he has a unique talent, but does not alway deliver

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