Taylor Tarter

In baseball, there are generally three types of batted balls that a hit is classified into – line drives, ground balls, and fly balls. Ground balls turn into outs more often than the other types of hits. In fantasy, it … read more »

Currently, 103 qualified batters have a higher expected weighted on-base average or xwOBA than their actual wOBA. According to MLB.com, wOBA “accounts for how a player reached base,” determining value from “how much that event is worth in relation to … read more »

Eno Sarris’ Stuff+ model made its debut on Fangraphs this season, so for today’s column, we will look at some leaders in Stuff+. Pitching+, Stuff+, and Location+ were developed by Sarris and others to further narrow down a pitcher’s true … read more »

Nathan Eovaldi, Sonny Gray and Justin Steele are among some of the biggest surprises of the season so far in that they are performing much better than expected. Each pitched well last season, finishing with 3.87, 3.08, and 3.18 ERAs, respectively, … read more »

In last week’s column, I looked at the wRC+ leaders at the time. Yandy Diaz still leads the league in weighted runs created plus (wRC+), but second and third are now occupied by Aaron Judge and Nolan Gorman, respectively. Here … read more »

According to MLB.com, wRC+, or Weighted Runs Created Plus, “takes the statistic Runs Created and adjusts that number to account for important external factors — like ballpark or era. It’s adjusted, so a wRC+ of 100 is league average and … read more »

Spencer Strider, Clayton Kershaw, and Domingo German seem like an odd trio to tie together, but they have one thing in common. They are each among the 10 best pitchers in chase, contact, swinging strike, and CSW rate. O-swing%, or … read more »

Only 10 qualified hitters have a higher walk rate than strikeout rate. Those players are Luis Arraez, Jeff McNeil, Alex Bregman, Adley Rutschman, Jose Ramirez, LaMonte Wade Jr., Steven Kwan, Keibert Ruiz, Masataka Yoshida and Gleyber Torres. Among those 10 hitters, … read more »