In Part III of the home run, we will take a look at how many homers were hit, how far they went, how many of them were earned and how many of them were rather fortunate outcomes for the men with the bat in their hands.The following data is from Baseball Savant and it required
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The Home Run, Part II: Gainers/Losers
In our continued look at the home run, we will explore the fly ball, the ever-discussed launch angle and their relation to the homers, and which players gained or lost some oomph last year. Note that the truncated 2020 season causes issues with analysis. We can’t just ignore that the season happened, but we also
The Home Run, Part I: History
Big flies are everywhere and they are a major component of offensive production league wide. Just as I we provided last year, we will be taking a three-part dive into the home run. In this piece we will explore the growth in the home run category from a league perspective before going a bit smaller
2021: Early Home Run Returns
It’s still early. I know you are tired of hearing that, but it is true. Still, we can certainly start to figure out what the landscape of the season is shaping up to look like. First, we will look at how the league is doing in the old homer category. Then, we will take a