Life is about evolving. At some point in your life, you weren’t able to walk, but look at you now! Heck, there was a time where I wouldn’t have had the technological resources to talk to you here! As much as we like it or not, change is natural over time, and it’s up to…
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MLB xxWins Projection Update: August
Welcome to the next update of my new tool to better project team success: xxWins! Looking at a team’s performance on offense, defense, and pitching, we’ll not only be able to project a team’s win total, but their expected run differential. Run differential is useful, but takes more time to stabilize, so this tool can…
MLB Award Index Update: August
Welcome to the next update of the MLB Award Index! Every two weeks, we will be taking a close look at what the index forecasts in terms of MVP and Cy Young voting, looking to find favorable odds on the betting markets, as well as create more accurate projections. For more information on the basis…
NFL Study: Quantifying Offensive/Defensive Play-Calling
Something that is great about sports is how much of it can be quantified. We have plenty of metrics to evaluate players, and from there, can have a decent understanding of the value they provide for a team. However, the games aren’t just won the players; they need to be put in a position to…
2020 NFL Week 6 Game-By-Game Model Projections
This is not going to be a normal season, and Week 5 was a great indication as to why. Due to COVID-19 protocols, not only did we have a game on Tuesday night, but the Broncos and Patriots were postponed to this upcoming week. Overall, though, this was a very telling week with a lot…
2020 MLB Free Agent Rankings: How Much Should Each Free Agent Be Paid?
As the postseason winds down, it’s time to turn our attention to offseason. However, should it really be considered an “offseason”? Between the end of the postseason and the start of the next season, there is so much action; it’s honestly my favorite time to be a baseball analyst. This free agency will be far…
NFL Week 12 Predictions
Who would’ve thought that the season could go by so fast! It’s already Week 12, and it still feels like there are more questions than answers surrounding teams- it’s time for the premier contenders to separate themselves from the rest of a very clustered pack. Luckily for us, we have more intriguing matchups, especially in…
Is Christian Yelich Cruising To Another NL MVP?
When the Brewers traded for Christian Yelich, they were expecting to receive a player who’d have an OPS around .850 and a WAR around 4.5. However, the 27-year-old exceed all expectations last season; he posted a 7.6 WAR and 166 weighted runs created plus (wrc+). The general expectation was that Yelich would regress in 2019,…
NFL Conference Championship Predictions
We are now down to four teams in the quest for a Super Bowl title. With a Super Bowl title on the line, these teams will surely give it all they have left in the tank on Sunday. What could possibly be more exciting than that? Let’s predict these two games. Rams (14-3) at Saints…
NFL Divisional Round Predictions
After an entertaining wildcard round where three of the four games were decided by one score, the divisional round gives us more intriguing matchups. We are down to eight teams in the quest for a Super Bowl championship, and that total will get cut in half after this week. Who will win to keep their…
MVP Sports Talk 