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Max’s Sporting Studio @MSportingStudio

Insightful Data-Driven Analysis

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New post: Meet my new predictive metrics maxsportingstudio.com/meet-m… Max Goldstein

Meet my new predictive metrics

Over the MLB All-Star break, I introduced expected pitching plus, a stat determined by expected swing percent plus, expected swing and miss percent plus, expected called strike percent plus, and ex…

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New post: Explaining xPitching maxsportingstudio.com/explai… Max Goldstein

Explaining xPitching

The Home Run Derby was on Monday, the All-Star Game on Tuesday. It is Thursday, and there is no baseball to be played today. Back in May of 2023, I published “An update to expected swing and …

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Post Edited: An All-Time Low in Anaheim: Why Can’t the Angels Figure It Out? maxsportingstudio.com/an-all…

An All-Time Low in Anaheim: Why Can’t the Angels Figure It Out?

The Los Angeles Angels are amid one of the biggest downward spirals a playoff-hopeful team has ever been on. This is the story of how the team went from being on top of the baseball world by embarr…

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31 Mar 2025
Pavin Smith turned heads with signs of a breakout last season. Could he take another step forward in 2025? #Dbacks maxsportingstudio.com/pavin-…

Pavin Smith: The Late Bloomer?

Pavin Smith figures to play a key role with the Arizona Diamondbacks in a platoon role this 2025 MLB season at the DH spot after seeming to put it all together last year between two extended stretc…

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New post: Pavin Smith: The Late Bloomer Who Could Surprise maxsportingstudio.com/pavin-… Paul Beckman

Pavin Smith: The Late Bloomer?

Pavin Smith figures to play a key role with the Arizona Diamondbacks in a platoon role this 2025 MLB season at the DH spot after seeming to put it all together last year between two extended stretc…

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New post: The whole is not always greater than the sum of its parts maxsportingstudio.com/the-wh… Max Goldstein

The whole is not always greater than the sum of its parts

Over 2,000 years ago, Aristotle said something along the lines of “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. Unsurprisingly, I dwell on a team and its players when I come across …

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New post: Zac Gallen keeps giving back to local kids maxsportingstudio.com/zac-ga… Paul Beckman

Zac Gallen keeps giving back to local kids

Gallen poses for a photo with the children of the Boys & Girls club of Gilbert, Arizona.

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New post: Power, speed, and an evolving landscape maxsportingstudio.com/power-… Shane Simon

Power, speed, and an evolving landscape

Introduction There’s something uniquely electrifying about players with power and speed that catches the eye. Somewhere along the line, the baseball community has drawn a line in the sand, st…

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8 Oct 2024
Wrote something about what Ohtani has accomplished the last four seasons and how it compares to the best peaks in MLB history. Read here: maxsportingstudio.com/the-fo…

The Four Year Peak Club and Ohtani’s Historic Pace

The baseball world is running out of unique ways to describe Shohei Ohtani, but he continues to give fans new feats to marvel at. His remarkable first season with the Dodgers featured another new t…

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New post: The Four Year Peak Club and Ohtani’s Historic Pace maxsportingstudio.com/the-fo… Alex Jonietz

The Four Year Peak Club and Ohtani’s Historic Pace

The baseball world is running out of unique ways to describe Shohei Ohtani, but he continues to give fans new feats to marvel at. His remarkable first season with the Dodgers featured another new t…

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New post: Investigating Cade Smith’s Splitter maxsportingstudio.com/invest… Max Goldstein

Investigating Cade Smith’s Splitter

About two weeks ago, I posted a thread on Twitter showcasing the five most likely pitches to result in a swing and miss based on my models from 7/23 to 8/2. It is worth noting that all five pitches…

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New post: Pitching Performance of Position Players maxsportingstudio.com/pitchi… Max Goldstein

Pitching Performance of Position Players

As some of you may already know, I am a critical, die-hard Tigers fan. In three of their last four games, a position player has taken the mound. On Wednesday night, after Kenta Maeda left the game …

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27 May 2024
I wrote an analytical article modeling what Ted Williams' and Joe DiMaggio's careers would have looked like if they didn't miss time from WW2. maxsportingstudio.com/what-i…

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New post: What If Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio played their in primes? maxsportingstudio.com/what-i… Shane Simon

What If Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio played their in primes?

Have you ever wondered what if? What if she answered yes to a date? What if I took school more seriously? What if I accepted that job offer? Life is a decision tree, and it’s hard not to wonder wha…

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28 Mar 2024
Opening Day is here!! I wrote an article about batting order philosophy and how the Angels could use that to get the most out of their 2024 offense. Check it out: maxsportingstudio.com/the-id…

The Ideal Angels’ Batting Order for 2024

There are many schools of thought on batting order, and some modern analysts will argue that it has little effect on the record of a team. That being said, there are clear evolutions and optimizati…

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New post: The Ideal Angels’ Batting Order for 2024 maxsportingstudio.com/the-id… Alex Jonietz

The Ideal Angels’ Batting Order for 2024

There are many schools of thought on batting order, and some modern analysts will argue that it has little effect on the record of a team. That being said, there are clear evolutions and optimizati…

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New post: Rerevising my Predictive Metrics maxsportingstudio.com/rerevi…

Rerevising my Predictive Metrics

Seven weeks ago ago, I published an update to expected swing and miss% . Today, I will give a necessary update on my predictive metrics, which I revised in early April of last season. Honestly, I s…

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New post: An update to expected swing and miss% maxsportingstudio.com/an-upd…

An update to expected swing and miss%

During last year’s All-Star break, I introduced x_swing_and_miss_percent_plus, a metric whose goal was “… to quantify how a good pitcher’s stuff is — through the lens of inducing …

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Drew Haugen@Drew_Haugen
13 Aug 2022
Excited to showcase my recently finished pitch quality models, especially Stuff , on @MSportingStudio! I focused more on model results and what Stuff likes, so feel free to dm me with any questions on my process/methodology!
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New post: Introducing Stuff , Location , and Pitching maxsportingstudio.com/introd… Drew Haugen
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