Mike Trout
The Mike Trout Problem
The best player of his generation spent his career in Anaheim, missed 350+ games to injury, and may never play in a World Series.
Data-driven visual essays that make the invisible physics of baseball visible. Spin rates, swing decisions, and probability shifts, designed to be felt, not just read.
150 years of baseball. 20,000+ careers. Pick your ballot from the data. WAR, peak value, postseason performance, and the arguments that never end.
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The best player of his generation spent his career in Anaheim, missed 350+ games to injury, and may never play in a World Series.
West-to-east travel costs MLB teams measurable offensive production. Body clocks set to Pacific time face 7 PM first pitches that feel like 4 PM, and some teams pay a much heavier price than others.
MLB's automated ball-strike system achieves 99.4% accuracy vs. 92.3% for human umpires, but ABS changed pitcher behavior in unexpected ways.
Data-driven analysis of baseball's biggest shifts. No fluff, no gatekeeping.
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