Sr. Platform Engineer at @workleaphq // I write about baseball at cubofcoffee.com and other things at benbailey.me // Hampshire College alumn
Joined March 2007
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13 Nov 2024
Did a quick thread on the other site about Yusei Kikuchi. You can find my baseball takes more frequently there for now.
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19 Oct 2024
It didn't quite work out, but good to see someone pinch hit for a lefty with a righty against Leiter. Always wondered why more teams didn't do that when he was with the Cubs.
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12 Oct 2024
The most whiffs the Guardians pitching staff got in a game all year was 31. They already have 27 through 5 innings today.
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5 Oct 2024
In 2023 (when Hosmer was on the Cubs), the Cubs hit .353/.389/.471 against Williams in four appearances
4 Oct 2024
Great find ! Cubbies had this in 22 when I took my talents there
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17 Sep 2024
Shota Imanaga tied a career high in swinging strikes today with 22. Drew Smyly keeps the Cubs record since 2021 with 23 whiffs against the Giants on September 9, 2022 baseballsavant.mlb.com/statc…
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1 Sep 2024
The Cubs are lined up to face Skenes and Jones again this series which would be the 4th time this year for each. No other team has faced either 3 times.
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7 Aug 2024
Shōta Imanaga has six of the top ten Cubs starts by whiffs since 2022 and 8 of the top 20.
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28 Jul 2024
Mark Leiter Jr. has a better K-BB% over the last two seasons than Tanner Scott, and he’s under team control for two more seasons
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7 Jul 2024
I've always wanted more granular tracking of Statcast's Outs Above Average metric, so I spent the last month or so working on a website that lets you see how each player's OAA has changed each day oaamonitor.benbailey.me
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7 Jul 2024
I don't think tiny-sample defensive metrics like this are necessarily useful, but I've been curious about daily changes in OAA for a while. One note, Baseball Savant doesn't seem to update for yesterday's games, so today's changes won't always correspond to to yesterday's game.
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7 Jul 2024
Of course, this wouldn't be possible without Baseball Savant. All the data comes from there, and I continue to be thankful that we have this data publicly as a sport. Player and team pages also link to their Savant pages.
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12 Jun 2024
The Cubs haven't hit a 3-run homer or grand slam since June 1st.
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13 Jun 2024
The Cubs had five three-run home runs before May and one since.
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11 Jun 2024
I wonder if the Cubs take a chance on Nido here. He's heated up a little with the bat (though expectations there should be low) but he's been a good defensive catcher his whole career.
11 Jun 2024
Catcher Francisco Alvarez has been reinstated from the 10-Day IL.
Catcher Tomás Nido has been designated for assignment.
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24 May 2024
Luke Little’s two most recent appearances were his first two consecutive outings without walks of his major league career.
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22 May 2024
Nico Hoerner has only struck out three times in a game three times in his career: 7/17/23, 4/30/23, and tonight.
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