After four years of experimentation in the minor leagues, MLB will allow teams to challenge umpires’ ball-strike calls based on the results of an automated system. The challenges are limited in number ...
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In this eye-opening video, we dive into the world of Major League Baseball to examine the worst framing catchers currently playing. Framing can make or break a game, and poor execution by catchers can ...
Of all of the recent advances in sabermetrics, catcher framing is likely the one with the greatest impact on our view of the game. Already, it has begun to affect our notions of player value, giving ...
What am I thankful for? Plenty of things! But somewhere on the list is pitch-framing metrics, which are just about my favorite baseball thing in this halfway-through decade. Speaking of which, this ...
The tandem proved a source of stability, at least, for a second straight season. Diaz or Caratini started all but three of Houston's games behind the plate. They combined to start all but seven games ...
The team that traded him away, the Seattle Mariners, might as well have been baseball purgatory for a catcher eyeing ...
When Diamondbacks General Manager Mike Hazen traded for Gabriel Moreno this past off season he believed he was getting his catcher of the future. The initial plan was to work him into a starting role ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SAN FRANCISCO — Hunter Goodman rakes. His skills at the plate made him the Rockies’ lone All-Star and produced the best offensive season by a catcher in ...
The New York Yankees are still chasing an outfielder in Cody Bellinger or Kyle Tucker, and appear rocky on their other stated offseason objectives. Off to a qui ...