Dodgers Analysis

While it obviously was not the main story in last night’s dramatic win over the Padres, Kenley Jansen‘s 10-pitch save was a fitting exclamation point. He threw 10 pitches and …

Cody Bellinger has had a nightmare of a year. Less than a couple years removed from his MVP campaign, he has a .175/.269/.323/.591 line — and that’s after his recent …

Photo: Stacie Wheeler Writing an analytically-tilted baseball article this time of season is extremely difficult. Doubly so when it’s about a relief pitcher. Samples are too small to mean much, …

Jimmy Nelson Last week I wrote a piece journeying through Jimmy Nelson‘s 2019 pitch data, comparing it to the career high-water mark he set in 2017. The conclusion was this: …

Jimmy Nelson In January 2020, the Dodgers signed former Brewers starting pitcher Jimmy Nelson to a low-risk contract, hoping to seize on his considerable upside. Nelson was the ace of …

Will Smith. Photo by: Max Bay. Since his 2019 debut, the Dodgers Will Smith has been the best hitting catcher in baseball. Over his 333 career plate appearances, he’s posted …

Major League Baseball released an internal memo last month indicating they were making a change in the physical construction of the official baseball. Their goal was to deaden it by …

Last week I published an article with Baseball Prospectus detailing a probabilistic model I built to predict the effects of a deadened ball on hitters and pitchers across the majors. …

Editor’s Note: This is a guest-submitted piece by Justin Choi. Follow him on Twitter and read his work on Prospects 365. —— .400/.556/.700. That was Corey Seager’s offensive line during …

I did a quick write-up of the Corey Knebel trade on Wednesday night. In short, it’s the exact kind of move you’d expect Andrew Friedman to make when it comes …