For just over two years, I wrote for (and was an editor at) Beyond the Box Score. Here you can find links to my work. The articles are listed reverse-chronologically.
- The Ichiro-Lynn: Simultaneously the Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year (March 29, 2016)
- Beyond the Box Score “elects” nine players to the Hall of Fame (January 8, 2016)
- Offensive production around the defensive spectrum (October 1, 2015)
- If you build it, they will come: The Blue Jays’ huge attendance boost (September 24, 2015)
- Terry Francona: Small-ball using, run environment chameleon (September 17, 2015)
- What’s the deal with all these no-hitters? (September 3, 2015)
- Madison Bumgarner is more than just a great pitcher (August 20, 2015)
- Reliever domination is at a historic level (August 13, 2015)
- Changes in playoff odds heading into the deadline (July 30, 2015)
- Measuring Zack Greinke’s scoreless innings streak (July 28, 2015)
- Getting on the right side of the strikeout scourge (July 23, 2015)
- The impending regression of Chris Colabello (July 16, 2015)
- Pitchers beware: Hitters are doing damage on your first pitch (June 25, 2015)
- Another thing Max Scherzer is pretty good at: Controlling the running game (June 18, 2015)
- The Mariners have 99 problems and Robinson Cano is one (June 11, 2015)
- The Athletics have been the Anti-Twins: Flukey in a bad way (June 4, 2015)
- Another look at the changes in playoff odds (May 28, 2015)
- A tale of two months for Shin-Soo Choo (May 14, 2015)
- A stance on Jason Heyward’s early season difficulties (May 7, 2015)
- Playoff odds after one month: The risers and fallers (April 30, 2015)
- The man who has not stopped at second (April 23, 2015)
- Win streaks and 85+ win seasons (April 18, 2015)
- Some advice for opposing hitters when facing Sonny Gray (April 9, 2015)
- Swinging at 3-0 pitches: A high-risk decision (March 5, 2015)
- Some thoughts on shortening the season (February 27, 2015)
- Mike Napoli’s improved health could mean a big season (February 19, 2015)
- Beyond the Box Score Writers Elect 7 Players to Hall of Fame (January 6, 2015)
- Beyond the Box Score HOF 2015: The Outsiders (January 6, 2015)
- White Sox sign David Robertson (December 9, 2014)
- Does playing on artificial turf affect how players age? (November 28, 2014)
- Consecutive Seasons of a Power Decline (November 19, 2014)
- 2014 Qualifying Offers: Batting Edition (November 5, 2014)
- 2014 Qualifying Offers: Pitching Edition (November 5, 2014)
- Run Differential in the World Series (October 28, 2014)
- Fun with World Series matchups (October 22, 2014)
- How do the season’s ‘best’ teams fare in the playoffs? (October 8, 2014)
- Assessing the Impact of the Instant Replay-Challenge System (October 1, 2014)
- Wrapping up the season’s intentional walks (October 1, 2014)
- The man, the myth, the mystery. Much ado about Colby Rasmus. (September 24, 2014)
- Corey Kluber deserves to be the AL Cy Young winner (September 16, 2014)
- Best teams at taking the platoon advantage (September 3, 2014)
- Tracking playoff odds across the season (August 27, 2014)
- James Russell, Righty Killer? (August 20, 2014)
- Stealing a base after a disrupted attempt (August 13, 2014)
- Piecing the Blue Jays Lineup Together for their Playoff Push (August 6, 2014)
- Danny Salazar is back in the big leagues (July 23, 2014)
- Clayton Kershaw’s Scoreless Inning Streak (July 16, 2014)
- Updating the Intentional Walk Rage Scale (IWRS) Leaderboard (July 16, 2014)
- Pitching above and below expectations: ERA-FIP after the first half (July 9, 2014)
- Playoff odds and games back in the standings (June 18, 2014)
- Henderson Alvarez and throwing a Maddux (June 11, 2014)
- Swing Rates Across Ball-Strike Counts (June 4, 2014)
- The pluses and minuses of strikeouts (May 21, 2014)
- The Intentional Walk Rage Scale (IWRS) Leaderboard (May 14, 2014)
- Charlie Blackmon’s emergence (May 7, 2014)
- Pitcher Pace and Pitch Repertoire (April 23, 2014)
- Jedd Gyorko gets his Contract Extended. Who Might be Next? (April 16, 2014)
- Buster Posey’s difficulty hitting sliders (April 9, 2014)
- 2014 Team Previews: Toronto Blue Jays (March 26, 2014)
- Can Yoenis Cespedes recapture his 2012 magic? (March 19, 2014)
- Times through the order revisited: GB and FB pitchers (March 12, 2014)
- Estimating number of runs saved by infield shifts (March 5, 2014)
- Yankees lock up Brett Gardner (February 26, 2014)
- Training the brain to enhance plate discipline (February 20, 2014)
- Perspective for Billy Hamilton’s baserunning projection (February 12, 2014)
- A look at offensive efficiency (February 5, 2014)
- Royals need Hosmer, Moustakas to step up in 2014 (January 29, 2014)
- Can we use RE24 to predict relievers’ performance? (January 22, 2014)
- Pitcher’s Pitch-type Arsenal and Getting Through the Order (January 15, 2014)
- Solving the Blue Jays’ black hole at second base (January 8, 2014)
- The hidden perfect games of relievers (December 29, 2013)
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