Before we get started, I’d like to thank my boss, editor and friend Brandon Funston for the freedom and confidence in me to take on these types of studies — without honestly knowing what, if anything, ...

Targeting players for batting average and on-base percentage (OBP) are two very different things in today’s game. Outside of the top few rounds, you often have players who are good at hitting for ...

With a weekend left in the regular season, the .300 hitter appears as close as ever to extinction. Only six qualifying American League players reside above that longtime benchmark. Just one member of ...

Attending a baseball game is — by the accounting of time, money and proximity — the most invested a fan can be in their team. In other ways, though, showing up to an MLB contest in person can leave ...

A popular stat for fantasy baseball managers over the last decade is BABIP (Batting Average Balls in Play). However, this data point isn’t a good reference for determining a player’s batting average.