Since last season, I’ve been updating expected strikeout and walk rate leaderboards for pitchers, using data from Baseball Savant. They have now been updated through the games of August 1st this year. I will update approximately weekly, not always with an article in accompaniment, so be sure to bookmark if

  In this episode Keaton, Shelly and Jake dive into the latest news from around the league and talk 1B Rankings. Underrated: Joey Votto Luke Voit Jose Abreu Overrated: Rhys Hoskins Evan White Josh Bell Best Chance to jump into top 10 Michael Chavis Renato Nunez Mike Ford Favorite 1B

Transactions Andrew Cashner (7:40) Homer Bailey (8:35) Nick Solak (8:50) Drew Smyly (9:50) Nick Pivetta (10:20) Martin Maldonado (10:50) Ender Inciarte (11:25) Padres Call ups (13:30) Conor Menez (14:45) Chris Taylor (17:10) Batting Order: Chris Sale (17:45) Ketel Marte (22:00) Nathan Eovaldi (23:55) Tyler O’Neil (25:25) AJ Pollack (26:40) Bryce

Let’s check in with some of the pitchers that have been rehabbing from the dreaded UCL injuries, as well as checking in on some other injury risers and fallers.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thedynastygurupodcast/2018/02/26/the-dynasty-guru-podcast-episode-24-shortstop-rankings-and-listener-questions The Baseball Boys are back! First half: the guys talk about the Rays and their recent moves, the Red Sox and the JD Martinez signing, and Eric Hosmer’s deal in San Diego. Second half: the guys break down the shortstop rankings: Keaton has angry Jean Segura takes and Patrick

Baseball award season means hot takes and fierce debates between fans over minor differences, but it also means heralding greatness with trivial lists. I say, why should the great be the only ones with trivial lists? Why not let the merely competent get in on the list action? In that

There’s a common phrase that says, “numbers don’t lie” – but in baseball, often times the exact opposite is true. Luck frequently comes into play, creating misleading numbers in small sample sizes, making bad players look great, and making great players look below-average. One of my favorite exercises throughout the season involves pinpointing

It’s the time of the year where we offer congratulations to those of you brave dynasty league owners that survived the offseason. The greatness that 2016 will surely offer is upon us and that means we’ll be spending the next six weeks moving our way through the positional landscape, offering thoughts

Any of you that have been reading my articles since I started over at Baseball Professor probably think I have some strange fascination with Drew Smyly.  Let me first clarify no he doesn’t pay me to write about him as his unknown hype man and no we are not related. 

Congratulations on surviving another off-season. Now that the new year is upon us, it’s time to spend the next month  traveling across the positional landscape, labeling players with numbers that correspond to their value. It’s the very definition of freedom. A ton of hard work was put into these rankings,