Over the offseason, Kevin Gausman signed a five-year, $110 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays, one of the biggest contracts handed out this winter. For a then-30-year-old with only a season and a half’s worth of ace-like production, it was a big commitment, but one that ought to be worth it if he can […]
PUBLISHED MAY 5, 2022, AT 6:00 AM 2022 WNBA PredictionsUpdated after every game. STANDINGS GAMESAces Dream Fever Liberty Lynx Mercury Mystics Sky Sparks Storm Sun Wings AVG. SIMULATED SEASON POSTSEASON CHANCES TEAM▲▼ ELO RATING▲▼ 1-WEEK CHANGE▲▼ PROJ. RECORD▲▼ PROJ. POINT DIFF/G▲▼ MAKE PLAYOFFS▲▼ MAKE FINALS▲▼ WIN FINALS▲▼ Sun0-0 1583 — 22-14 +3.6 91% 34% 19% […]
The WNBA is back to kick off another season on Friday, and the FiveThirtyEight WNBA predictions are back as well, forecasting the outcome of each game and the season as a whole. This season projects to be a tight one, as our model sees three teams — the Connecticut Sun, Chicago Sky and Las Vegas […]
For a while now, the pick and roll has been the centerpiece of nearly every offensive attack in the NBA. The on-ball screen has arguably never been more central than it is right now. According to Second Spectrum, the average NBA team ran 71.7 pick and rolls per 100 possessions during the 2021-22 regular season […]
Bad baseball teams come and go, but one ballclub has stood the test of time to be generally regarded as the worst in all of baseball history: the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, who lost 134 of their 154 games during the franchise’s final season of existence. Among their many statistical “feats,” the Spiders had six separate […]