The Sports Resource Blog

Are relief pitchers more volatile than starters? While that seems to be the case, relievers also get evaluated in much smaller sample sizes....

Managers hate when hitters strike out. The mainstream media often criticizes high-strikeout players like Mark Reynolds, much more than it sh...

Most sports statistics – especially the ones that get attention in the mainstream media – are opportunity based. Other metrics filter out op...

Remember 1992? That was the last time National League offense had gone lower than the current level of 4.36 runs per game . The same goes fo...

I drove past the Astrodome last week, seeing the old stadium for the first time. Now dwarfed by the adjacent Reliant Stadium, it brought bac...

The Society for American Baseball Research Convention, held earlier this month in Atlanta, had something for every diehard fan. I’ll focus t...

I have been reading “The House Advantage” by Jeff Ma. The book explains the importance of incorporating data into the decision process. Ma u...