What is the Probability the Royals’ Offense Would be this Bad?
At the time of writing, the Royals are a disappointing 40-47. This performance is disappointing considering they won a playoff series last year.
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Clustering Negro Leagues Baseball Players
I have visited The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City many times in my life. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
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Player Height and Weight Over Time
Recently, someone posed the following question to me, “have the physical builds of MLB players changed over time?” I went to the Lahman
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Visually Analyzing the Royals Turnaround
The 2024 KC Royals were a pleasant surprise, making the franchise’s first postseason since 2015. Finishing 86-76 was a marked turnaround from the
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Predicting Winning Percentages
Earlier this season, my beloved Royals got off to a terrible start. Through 40 games, they were 14-26. The organization said they would
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Scraping Spring Training Rosters
Earlier this spring, I wanted to pull down spring training rosters and found that Wikipedia was the friendliest source. Below is the approach
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World Series Predictions
Who will win the World Series? That is the classic question asked before the start of every MLB season. As with many baseball
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Tutorial: Machine Learning on Cy Young Voting
This post serves as a tutorial for building machine learning models in Python. The entire codebase for this tutorial can be found on
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Are MLB Stars More Ephemeral?
I have long hypothesized that current MLB stars are more ephemeral compared to past decades. That is, they more quickly come and go,
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Analyzing the MLB’s Home Run Boom
In recent years, Major League Baseball has experienced a boom in home runs. Anyone who remotely follows the game likely know this fact.
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