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September 17, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: There is No Such Thing as TINSTAAPP

by Jeff Long and Jeff Quinton

TISNSTAT? Sure, TISNSTAT.

September 4, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: On Manager Analysis

by Jeff Long

Should manager's decisions been evaluated in or out of context? Ignoring or including leverage?

August 27, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: Casey Fien Makes No Sense

by Jeff Long

The Twins reliever bucks most conventional wisdom and has still been successful. Why?

August 20, 2015

Pitching Backward: Cribs, Dorms, Ballplayers in Swarms

by Jeff Long

One aspect of minor-league life is substandard housing. It doesn't have to be that way.

August 17, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: Mother May I?

by Jeff Long

Could Trevor May be a hidden gem? What improvements does he need to make to be successful?

August 9, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: The Next Collin McHugh?

by Jeff Long

Is there McHugh-like value to be derived from Tyler Lyons?

July 23, 2015

Pitching Backward: Spin That Curveball

by Jeff Long

Statcast gives us a view on pitch spin that we haven't had before

July 14, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: Advance Scouting the All-Star Game: National League

by Jeff Long

How can you get the National League's starters out? You can't, but maybe the American League's pitchers can.

Premium Article Pitching Backward: Advance Scouting the All-Star Game: American League

by Jeff Long

How can you get the American League's starters out? You can't, but maybe the National League's pitchers can.

July 3, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: Manny Happy Returns

by Jeff Long

Put away those other hot young things: Manny Machado is already a star.

June 30, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: Chaz Roe and the Mechanics of Aesthetics

by Jeff Long

Chaz Roe threw an insane slider; what made it what it was, and what made it what it appeared to be?

June 17, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: Reflections on a Golden Changeup

by Jeff Long

What is two-pitch pitcher Lance McCullers if he's actually a three-pitch pitcher?

June 12, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: To Rush or Not to Rush

by Jeff Long

What factors are teams weighing when they decide whether to call up a pitcher?

May 28, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: Started From the Bottom, Added a Forkball, How About Now

by Jeff Long

On Oliver Drake and the fancy, unforgettable pitch that makes batters think they're doing it wrong

May 21, 2015

Pitching Backward: How Offense is Created

by Jeff Long

Visualizing the components of offensive production.

May 11, 2015

Pitching Backward: Who'll Throw The Greatest Pitch Ever?

by Jeff Long

Can anyone beat the Bard?

May 1, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: PITCHf/xing and Pitcher Fixing

by Jeff Long

How PITCHf/x informed Nick Hagadone's offseason improvements.

April 23, 2015

Pitching Backward: Every Player In Its Right Place

by Jeff Long

Using topological data analysis to define the six archetypes of the modern ballplayer.

April 10, 2015

Pitching Backward: The Future of Leadership

by Jeff Long

Major-League teams can't leave it to chance that their leaders will be leaders.

April 3, 2015

Premium Article Pitching Backward: Do the Bullpens that Stay Together Parade Together?

by Jeff Long

Looking at the Giants' never-changing bullpen.

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