Category Archives: Sabermetrics

The math of WAR keeps analytics adding the sum of the parts!

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo refers to his analytics department as “The Pentagon”. They are a key to the Sabermetrics and the math of WAR (Wins Above Replacement) which keeps Rizzo’s analytics department on their toes as each player … Continue reading →

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2018 Season Lucky Random Predictions

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Bernie Gilbert

2018 Season Lucky Random Predictions by Bernie “Candide” Gilbert Spring training always brings predictions for the coming season. Rather than try to predict next season’s final standings and playoff results, I decided to try to see if there’s anything a … Continue reading →

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Mike Rizzo and analytics are moving forward; The Pentagon and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

After the Houston Astros won the World Series, the Jeff Luhnow hand-picked analytics team was brought into full focus that analytics can make a difference. That Astros team seemed to know every pitch that was coming and every pitch they … Continue reading →

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What Does Statcast’s New Catch Probability Metric Tell Us About the Washington Nationals?

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Casey Boguslaw

  The acquisition of Adam Eaton in the Washington outfield will provide a new look in 2017. Will he help last year’s below average defense? I helped introduce MLBAM & Statcast’s new Catch Probability metric at RO Baseball on Friday. Take … Continue reading →

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SABR Meeting in Rosslyn on February 4 — Still Time to Register!

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Section222

Some of you who’ve been on TalkNats for a while may remember a few posts a year ago about the annual meeting of the local chapter of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR). Several TN regulars attended and found … Continue reading →

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The Barrel – A New Stat to Watch, Courtesy of Statcast and Tom Tango

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Section222

Any Nats fan who has listened to Anthony “Tony Two Bags” Rendon talk about hitting knows what “barreling the ball up” means.  TTB talks about that as his goal in just about any situation – making solid contact with the … Continue reading →

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A Fan’s Graph of Nationals WAR

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Tyler Babip

Hello everyone! This is Tyler Babip (Tyler Babbie in real life), checking in with my first post for TalkNats. I am a graduate student, and this summer I got a fellowship to make some maps for a website using software … Continue reading →

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What’s up with Ryan Zimmerman at the Plate

Posted on July 24, 2016 by DonH

There has been a lot of discussion lately about what’s wrong with Ryan Zimmerman. Is he aging too quickly; is he hurt; and so on. The other day there was a debate about how he always takes the first pitch. In … Continue reading →

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Stats vs. Scouts

Posted on June 25, 2016 by DonH

Time for a change of pace. Talking about losing is a loser. Ghost found and shared a great article Statistics Level Baseball’s Playing Field that talks about how Santos Saldivar was discovered with the help of stats. There are almost certainly lots of … Continue reading →

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On Base Analysis by Batting Order

Posted on May 22, 2016 by DonH

In the last couple of weeks there have been questions about the batting order. And historically there has much debate about who, and what kind of batter should bat in certain spots in the order. So in response to those … Continue reading →

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