Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Hitters we don’t have a lot of control when we step in the box. They can’t control the pitcher, the pitch location, pitch type. Along…

Pitchers are continuously being monitored. From the amount of throws that they make in a given start, to how many throws they make in a bullpen. There are even instances where pitches are limited with how much they can throw on the side. The general idea of pitchers is that…

Language is one of the most important tools that we as coaches have. Creating a system around vocabulary for both players and coaches is a worthwhile task to undertake. Creating a systemic approach to vocabulary has several benefits for everyone involved. Without a properly vetted and agreed upon term it…

Language is one of the most important tools that we as coaches have. Creating a system around vocabulary for both players and coaches is a worthwhile task to undertake for just about every team and organization. …

Coaching and teaching can be boiled down into a group of actions that a person displays when they see different things. These actions eventually get transferred into long term memory and they start to form habits as a person starts to coach longer. Coaches are taking these individual actions and…

While reading the exceptional book The Biggest Bluff you get a pretty good first hand look at different biases that humans have to face while they are making decisions. Much of the research has been focused on how these different biases effect our thinking as humans. Almost all of the…

There has been some public work done on how counts, and different outcomes within an at bat change the overall value of a players potential outcome. I think the very best work that has been done on this has been the work done by Masaru Kanemoto in The Theory Of…

When it comes to building any house or structure the end is pretty clear. You have an ideal in mind and you know roughly what the final product is going to look like. Small adjustments here and there are made by carpenters, finishers, and roofers. Everyone who is involved in…

When we look at data for players I think often we rush into the information without taking a step back sometimes. I wanted to do that in today’s post and look at what density plots are teaching us about players. Density plots are a common way to display information about…