by Inside Edge | Oct 10, 2017 | Baseball
1. Chasing the bad pitch. Hitters have chased 154 of Tanner Roark’s 376 off-speed pitches out of the zone (chase rate of 41.0 percent) since the All-Star Break, 16th most in MLB (League Avg: 34.1 percent). 2. Find the fastball. Jake Arrieta allowed a slugging...
by Inside Edge | Oct 9, 2017 | Baseball
1. Yu Darvish just needs to get past the first pitch. Since the All-Star Break, Yu Darvish has allowed a slugging percentage of .852 (23 Total Bases/27 ABs) on the first pitch of at-bats, third highest among qualified starters (League Avg: .587). After the first...
by Inside Edge | Oct 9, 2017 | Football
On Monday Night Football, Mitch Trubisky will lead the Chicago Bears against the Minnesota Vikings in a battle of NFC North rivals. Minnesota welcomes Sam Bradford back from an injury suffered in the opening week of the season. Both teams desperately need a win...
by Inside Edge | Oct 8, 2017 | Baseball
Playoff pitchers are not putting up zeros. During the regular season, these five playoff teams allowed opponents to score in at least three different innings in a game the fewest number of times in the Majors. So far this postseason, teams have allowed opponents to...
by Inside Edge | Oct 7, 2017 | Baseball
At home, the Dodgers always find a way. In home games when their opponents have scored three or more runs in an inning, the Dodgers have have still managed to win 54.5% of the time (12/22) this season (Rank: 1st of 30 in MLB; League Avg: 27.9%). When J.D. Martinez...
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