Leading Off This week’s episode begins where the last weekend left off: the Orioles are still stuck in neutral, but they seem to be…
Sabermetrics
Bird’s Eye View – Episode 68: Propagation Of Errors
Leading Off Spring Training continues, with many happy returns for Orioles fans. After running though their usual crap, the guys reignite their quest for…
Getting Hitters To Go Fishin’
One of the skills of good pitchers is the ability to get hitters to swing at pitches outside of the strike zone. This week,…
Small Sample Sizes To Believe In
The return of April baseball has begat the rebirth of By The Numbers. This week we try and weed through the myriad of “on-pace”…
Orioles Plan to Play Moneyball?
According to MLB Trade Rumors and The Baltimore Sun, The Orioles have just hired a new economic advisor. This sabermetric approach was featured in…
BirdStat: The Cost of Production
Image Courtesy of The Baltimore Sun BirdStat is a periodic look at the Orioles through the lens of a stat nerd. One of the…
BirdStat: Cracking the WHIP
If you missed Part One of this first edition of BirdStat, “Opining on OPS,” be sure to check it out here. As we’ve discussed,…
BirdStat: Opining on OPS
BirdStat is my periodic look at the Orioles through the lens of stat head. If you like this piece, come back later in the…