Baseball analysis and discussion.
Here is the thing: Danny Duffy was supposed to be the ace that the Royals needed to build their pitching staff around, and during his ten years with them he has shown stretches of performance that made it look like he would deliver on that promise. The highest point in his career, so far, was … Read more
As we are closing the midway point for this season, I’m updating the Kwindex Leaderboard. Let’s divided it into groups of ten pitchers and comment about them. I have made the cut on pitchers with at least 19 IP and please remember that it is ordered by better Kwindex which is an aggregate index that … Read more
Every endeavor has its ultimate goal: some call it the finish line, the holy grail, the epitome, etc. I like to use what is called KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid. I love data, all kinds of it. I like to go through rows and rows of numbers in multiple tabs in multiple spreadsheets while trying … Read more
(Yes, really). A couple of days ago, when most people were expecting to witness something really awesome as Shane Bieber was trying to break the record for more Ks in three starts, I was rooting for Kevin Gausman to get a Quality Start. I know it is not as exciting, for sure, but it would … Read more
