Spencer Torkelson’s Power Surge
Jerry McKennan It has been nearly 2 full months since I wrote about Spencer Torkelson (which you can read here) and all the data that I gathered for that. He has since…
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Detroit Tigers Run Values
This was a really fun exercise on Detroit Tigers Run Values. This gist of this post: who has seen discrepancies between their run values based on bad calls? It’s one…
Fixing Joey Wentz
Joey Wentz had shown flashes of brilliance in 2022, despite starting only 18 games between Toledo and Detroit due to injury. With the known injuries, we were hoping he would…
Player profile: Eduardo Rodriguez
This is the second in the Player Profile series (you can read the first one here) and the first pitcher version. We thought that, similar to the first hitter one,…
Player Profiles: The Bash Bros
Welcome to our first Player Profile! This is going to be a reoccurring series using some of the Statcast data available, giving yet another look to players. As a Patreon…
Spencer Torkelson, the good and bad
Spencer Torkelson. The future of Tiger baseball. An enigmatic player. The guy a lot of people have high hopes on and lots of frustrations with. I wanted to know: is…
Matt Vierling’s quick start
Matt Vierling excited me from the start. His propensity to draw walks in 400+ PA at AA/AAA, his defensive versatility, his speed. I really felt they could have a pretty…
Mario Feliciano Thoughts and Scouting Report
by Jerry McKennan @JerryMackinem Mario Feliciano was recently re-assigned to Minor League camp. Earlier in the offseason, I was asked about why Mario wasn’t higher up in prospect lists. I…
Colt Keith: Statcast edition
In my final Statcast post on hitters, it’s the prospect that is generating most excitement and buzz Colt Keith. If you thought and liked that I was kind to Parker…
Parker Meadows: Statcast edition
Parker Meadows is next up in my series. If you haven’t already, you can read about Dillon Dingler (https://tigersmlreport.com/2022/12/30/dillon-dingler-statcast-edition/) and Gage Workman (https://tigersmlreport.com/2022/11/27/gage-workman-statcast-edition/). Season stats and quick overview Parker Meadows…