Understanding Common Sabermetric Statistics June 1, 2019micahmelling@gmail.com WAR, wRC, SPD…all are common sabermetric stats. What do they all mean? How much insight do such stats provide over and above standard [...]
Machine Learning to Predict Player Decline April 18, 2018February 21, 2021micahmelling@gmail.com This past off season was interesting for the MLB. Mike Moustakes never signed a big contract. All-star players like Eric Hosmer and Jake [...]
Testing Hypotheses using Data Viz July 25, 2017February 21, 2021micahmelling@gmail.com As documented previously on this blog, I am a pretty big Royals fan. The month of July was, then, pretty exciting for me [...]
Finding Similarities Among Pitchers June 8, 2017January 20, 2018micahmelling@gmail.com I’ve had several conversations recently about the nature of baseball stats compared to statistics in other sports, like football and basketball. Baseball, to [...]