Some of the things we've seen on defense this season, we fee like we've seen before. It's not just Pete Crow-Armstrong (pictured), but also Wilyer Abreu, the Guardians and Gavin Williams, and the Dodgers www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/04/16/s...

Dodgers turned 33 of 35 grounders & bunts into outs in their 3-game sweep of the Mets. They lead the majors in Defensive Runs Saved and in how often they've turned a grounder/bunt into an out this season.

Most HR Robbing Catches - Last 2 seasons Jackson Merrill 4 Fernando Tatis Jr. 4 Jo Adell 4

When do we get to the part where Carlos Beltrán hits a game-winning home run vs John Smoltz?

Latest edition of my 1986 Mets reminiscence newsletter is out Remembering the day that Steve Carlton put up a bizarre pitching line against the Mets (10 strikeouts and 8 walks!) Flash back to the game Ralph Kiner called "wild and wooly" 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/5-1986-met...

Latest edition of my 1986 Mets reminiscence newsletter is out Remembering the day that Steve Carlton put up a bizarre pitching line against the Mets (10 strikeouts and 8 walks!) Flash back to the game Ralph Kiner called "wild and wooly" 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/5-1986-met...

Poor Geraldo Pedromo! First the WBC and now he can't seem to buy a hit ... Our data tracking shows how often he's already been robbed of hits... LINK: www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/04/13/g...

Poor Geraldo Pedromo! First the WBC and now he can't seem to buy a hit ... Our data tracking shows how often he's already been robbed of hits... LINK: www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/04/13/g...

Today is the 40th anniversary of a baseball game that was out of the Twilight Zone, but (probably) turned into the plot of a Seinfeld episode On the first loss of the season for the 1986 Mets 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/4-1986-met...

This was fun to help on

Thanks, @marksimon.bsky.social, for featuring Elaine. She is a gem and a wonderful leader. We ❤️ having her on the team.

If you were still watching that rough Mets loss and heard Steve Gelbs talking about the Pirates parachuting parrot, you can read more about it in my super-geeky 1986 Mets newsletter 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/3-1986-met...

 "How much should we care about that? I can tell you that umpires care, I can tell you that there's some pitchers and catchers who care, but most people are just figuring this is the deal. We wanna live with it. And fans seem like they don't care..." - @jaysonst.bsky.social on ABS margin of error

Had an awesome time talking ABS with @sportsinfosolutions.com and @marksimon.bsky.social! Check out the pod, and the rest of their work!

What kind of baseball game do you get when you combine Rod Serling, Jerry Seinfeld, Charlie Chaplin, Keith Hernandez & Steve Jeltz? The kind of game that was played on April 12, 1986 that affects people in a deep & profound way 1986 Mets reminiscing: 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/4-1986-met...

New baseball podcast episode! We talk all things ABS - Buffer zones and overall reaction with @jaysonst.bsky.social - Strategy and process with the team at @oysteranalytics.bsky.social who have devised a guide for when to challenge and when to hold back. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

40 years ago tomorrow the 1986 Mets began their run towards a World Series title Recently rewatched most of that game ... in the latest edition of my 1986 Mets newsletter, I reminisced about what I saw. 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/3-1986-met...

My latest journalist interview is with Elaine Díaz Rodríguez of @tinynewscollective.bsky.social Elaine formerly was a journalist in Cuba. Now, she works with journalists who are just starting their own venture. We talked about all that and much more with her. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

My latest journalist interview is with Elaine Díaz Rodríguez of @tinynewscollective.bsky.social Elaine formerly was a journalist in Cuba. Now, she works with journalists who are just starting their own venture. We talked about all that and much more with her. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

40 years ago tomorrow the 1986 Mets began their run towards a World Series title Recently rewatched most of that game ... in the latest edition of my 1986 Mets newsletter, I reminisced about what I saw. 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/3-1986-met...

We already have our Stat of the Week for this week. Thanks Jo Adell! Who's the only other player to have 3 HR robberies ... in a week? Who has the most since we've been tracking them? Fun tidbits: www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/04/06/s...

We've been tracking HR robberies since 2004. Jo Adell is the first player with 3 HR robberies in a game in that time!

Mets should do a 2000 Mets bobblehead. The Agbayani HR? Mike Piazza's frame job on Barry Bonds game-ending K in Game 2? Robin Ventura jumping on Bobby Jones? (no Game 1 or 5 World Series references please)

Late-night vent This isn't what ABS is meant for. It's an unfortunate consequence I hope next year there's an addition of a buffer zone to account for margin of error described in Jayson Stark's article. The "strike by 0.1 inches" or "ball by 0.2 inches" shouldn't be a thing

Our Stat of the Week looks at the history of Defensive Runs Saved for teams in center field Specifically it hones in on one who is hoping for much better things from its center fielder this season www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/04/02/s...

Latest edition of my 1986 Mets reminiscence newsletter features an interview with children's book author Margaret Gurevich There's a reason for that- her terrific new book features the 1986 Mets as one of the main characters. 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/2-coming-o...

Still true. C'mon MLB, fix this! CC: anyone who follows me that works for an MLB entity

I went down a Keith Hernandez-comments induced rabbit hole of the final days of the 1974 NL East race and there was some stuff in there that was pretty bananas A game for first place where one team scored 3 in top 11th, other scored 4 to win Last 2 days had a 2011 Red Sox/Rays feel to it. Crazy.

For the journalists following me here New interview: I talked to 2 student journalists from the Philippines whose paper just won several awards at the College Media Association national convention. Learn how things are done on the other side of the world: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

For the journalists following me here New interview: I talked to 2 student journalists from the Philippines whose paper just won several awards at the College Media Association national convention. Learn how things are done on the other side of the world: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Hit probabilities of 73% and 71% in Bo Bichette's last 2 plate appearances. Booing someone 3 games into a season is an interesting choice

Anyone else having the issue with the MLB TV app that it's going infinitely for commercial breaks and you have to re-select the game to watch the next half inning?

This is my favorite part of the interview.

Latest edition of my 1986 Mets reminiscence newsletter features an interview with children's book author Margaret Gurevich There's a reason for that- her terrific new book features the 1986 Mets as one of the main characters. 1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/2-coming-o...

A good No Kings turnout in Bethlehem, PA

Why I'm attending a No Kings Protest today indivisiblelvb.substack.com/p/why-attend...

I worded this slightly weird when I told Chelsea in that I'm counting 2026 as a season He's had 2 longer ones, a 12-pitch in 2021 and an 11 in 2023 I actually thought that BB was the best moment of the game Robert was a 40% chase rate guy for a while ... he cut it back to 32.5% last yr

It occurs to me that the first of those two balls misplayed by Oneil Cruz is the reason that sports analytics companies like the one I work for (Sports Info Solutions) exist. Yes, it's a double in 'official scorer' world. But it's so much more than a double in actual baseball.

Oneil Cruz finished 2nd-to-last in Defensive Runs Saved among CF last season

New SIS Baseball Podcast! We preview the MLB season & do a round of random and unusual predictions with @marksimon.bsky.social @chelseajanes.bsky.social Plus we interviewed WPBL shortstop Joely Leguizamon about our path to professional baseball & the importance of resilience tinyurl.com/sisjoely

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2,430 wins - here's how: TOR 92, NYY 91*, BOS 90*, BAL 84, TB 75 DET 86, KC 84, CLE 83, MIN 66, CHW 60 SEA 90, TEX 86*, HOU 82, SAC 80, LAA 63 PHI 87, NYM 86*, ATL 85, MIA 77, WSH 62 CHC 96, MIL 86*, CIN 82, PIT 78, STL 66 LAD 103, ARI 86*, SD 84, SF 80, COL 60 19 teams over .500!

On the baseball podcast I do (SIS Baseball Podcast- out Thursday), I said one of the Easts would be tied entering the final weekend. Maybe they both will be.

Blue Jays over Cubs in World Series

2,430 wins - here's how: TOR 92, NYY 91*, BOS 90*, BAL 84, TB 75 DET 86, KC 84, CLE 83, MIN 66, CHW 60 SEA 90, TEX 86*, HOU 82, SAC 80, LAA 63 PHI 87, NYM 86*, ATL 85, MIA 77, WSH 62 CHC 96, MIL 86*, CIN 82, PIT 78, STL 66 LAD 103, ARI 86*, SD 84, SF 80, COL 60 19 teams over .500!

I've got a prediction Pete Alonso will be robbed of a HR 5 times in 2026, more than any other player. The new Chris Davis in that regard!

Daytime crowd too...

I couldn't bring myself to rank the 30 MLB teams by defensive quality So I put them into tiers instead. I will gladly revisit this at year's end to see how I did. Read to see how I view your team: www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/03/24/s...

This will be a lot of fun.