My MLB Job Hunting Experience

In 2016, I decided I wanted to pursue a career in a Major League Baseball front office. I was a senior in…

Pre-Pitch Predictions

To me, the best part about baseball is the game within the game that the batter plays with the pitcher between every…

Measuring Pitch Quality

Measuring pitch quality is an attractive idea for a baseball researcher. I’ve…

The Physics of Roy Hobbs’ Dinger

One of the most iconic scenes in baseball movie history comes at the climax of “The Natural” when Roy…

SPLITTERS!

The Best Pitch

Today I’ll be diving deep into my favorite pitch type in the game, the split-fingered…

Examining Pitching Approach Angles

Understanding pitching is hard. The interaction between the batter and the incoming pitch is…

Change Piece: Finding the Ideal FB/CH Combination

Why Sliders Drop

As I’ve hopefully established by now, I am very interested in pitch design and its…

What’s the Deal With Thumbs?

Recently while feeding my frequent craving for submarine pitcher highlights, I came across what I thought to…

What is an Eephus?

Until recently, I thought I knew what an eephus was. I’d seen videos of old-timey eephuses, and they always looked something…