The somewhat indifferent start of the Braves this season, a quarter of a season of 0.500 ball (or so), concerns folks, and not without … Finish Reading
After the Swanson Miracle Homer, I posted a list of the top single-game WPA performances in Braves history. Dansby’s walk-off homer had a WPA (WPA, or Win Probability Added, is the winning probability after you come to the … Finish Reading
As has been pointed out, any player can get hot (or cold) for a 60 game stretch. Here’s a quick note to suggest just how hot or cold a . I took the main 14 Braves position players and calculated … Finish Reading
If you have missed all 5 pieces in “The Playoffs are a Crapshoot” well…tough! You should’ve been reading Braves Journal more, ya twit!
Nah, just joshing. Here are the links to the first 5 parts:
In case you missed the first 4 parts of “Playoffs are a Crapshoot”, here they are:
In case you missed the first 3 parts of “Playoffs are a Crapshoot”, here they are:
In the previous installment, we estimated … Finish Reading
Before we get to Jonathan F’s brilliance, Playoffs are a Crapshoot Part 3, Here are Notes from Matt L:
Last night, we successfully migrated BravesJournal to a new host. This officially gives Ryan and the community full access/ownership to … Finish Reading
If you missed the first piece in “Playoffs are a Crapshoot”, it provided a basic overview of what will be discussed and you can find it here.
There are 10 teams that make the playoffs every year, six division winners … Finish Reading
It was Billy Beane in Moneyball who famously remarked, “The playoffs are a crapshoot”. The argument goes that whatever assiduousness and craft goes into producing a winning regular season team, the outcome of the playoffs is random. I want to … Finish Reading
There’s been speculation here at several points about whether the Braves 2018 edition is streaky. The main reason we might want an answer to that question is the supposition that a streaky team will have trouble when they get … Finish Reading
