Dellin Betances has been the best relief pitcher in baseball this season. That’s difficult to contest. The Yankees right-hander has thrown the second most innings (64) out of the bullpen of anyone in baseball, and among pitchers with at least 40 innings on the season, he ranks second in ERA (1.13), first in FIP (1.67), […]
Day: August 21, 2015
Jacoby Ellsbury and the vagaries of ‘having power’
Imagine you are at a bar with a friend. Good. Now make sure you don’t get too drunk in this daydream. Alcohol has a nasty way of decreasing one’s interest in complex things like the statistical analysis of baseball. You are sitting with a friend who is not a big fan of the New York Yankees […]