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Mashin’ Moose

This has become an annual exercise in this segment of bandwidth. For the third year running, it’s time to celebrate the hitting transformation of one Michael Christopher Moustakas.  Let’s just get this out of the way: Moustakas is absolutely punishing the baseball. According to data from Statcast and Baseball Savant, Moustakas is barreling a pitch […]

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Moving the bats out of cold storage

The streets are still teeming with the Small Sample Size Cops. In this kind of statistical police state, it’s dangerous to cite any kind of example from these first eight or so games, lest you be set upon by those who would throw scorn on your numbers.  Yet it’s not too early to look for […]

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Third Annual BP Kansas City Predictions

As we do every year at BP Kansas City, we’re here on Opening Day to predict the future. This doesn’t mean that you should skip watching this season, you just know ahead of time how things will turn out. If you’re okay with spoilers, read ahead. In addition to division winners, wild cards and World Series […]