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AI is Changing the Hunt for Pitch Tipping
A look into the future of baseball with how machine learning with computer vision is turning previously scattered, hard-to-see clues about the upcoming…
May 1
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Aaron Brill
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April 2026
Is It All About Mike Trout's Back Foot?
Everyone's talking about it, but there's more to his early success than a simple step-back move.
Apr 22
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Aaron Brill
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You're Looking at the Wrong Stats (Right Now)
The first real edge of the season is knowing which numbers deserve your attention before the obvious ones do.
Apr 17
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Aaron Brill
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Good Hitters Are Swinging Less
Modern player development is turning classic damage counts into decision tests — and the best hitters are narrowing their swing decisions instead of…
Apr 15
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Aaron Brill
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Catchers Are Worth Way More Than You Think
A Machine Learning model trained on 3.5 million pitches says catcher framing is worth 3-5x what current metrics show — and ABS doesn't change that.
Apr 6
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Aaron Brill
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March 2026
We Already Know What ABS Will Do to MLB
MLB's Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System debuts Opening Day, but Triple-A already ran ABS for a full season across 861,000 pitches, and the data…
Mar 16
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Aaron Brill
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December 2025
Watch Dominate Like Shohei Follow-up Video
Dec 28, 2025
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Aaron Brill
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November 2025
Dominate Like Shohei
Good hitting is 50% swing decisions, 50% swing mechanics. Shohei Ohtani's NLCS Game 4 performance shows what happens when you nail swing decisions — and…
Nov 9, 2025
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Aaron Brill
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October 2025
El Mago's Disappearing Act
Like any good magician, Javy Baez burst onto the scene, then vanished. But the trick is never complete until the magician reappears.
Oct 7, 2025
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April 2025
Beat the Monkey
If simplicity is the key to brilliance, then Tom Tango's Marcel the Monkey Forecasting System (MARCEL) is the shining diamond of MLB player projection…
Apr 13, 2025
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Aaron Brill
Do Something, Blue Jays
The American League lacks dominant teams as star players continue to migrate to the National League. With Soto following suit & the rest of their…
Apr 7, 2025
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Aaron Brill
March 2025
Cracking the Curve: Understanding Distributions
Mean, median, max, & min — terms for summary statistics you've likely heard since 3rd grade math. But you may not realize that these are just ways to…
Mar 30, 2025
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Aaron Brill
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