Major League Baseball has announced that its revered Statcast system will now generate Hit Probability and Catch Probability ratings for batted balls this season. MLB plans to incorporate new Catch and Hit Probability metrics into its BaseballSavant.com searchable database, and to feature the content on MLB Network and MLB gameday broadcasts. New Hit and Catch […]
Few sports have embraced technology in the way that baseball, America’s unwavering pastime, has somewhat surprisingly done. From special tape on bats to a “smart” baseball that stores massive amounts of data, to allowing wearables to be worn by players during games, the presence of tech in baseball is easily felt on a daily basis. As […]
Cycling is a sport that is much easier to quantify than the average game. The position, altitude, speed acceleration, heart rate, power and cadence of a rider can tell a lot about the race, and how the rider is faring in it. Velon, the joint venture that includes 11 of 18 WorldTour teams, will be […]
A lot of people can’t stand baseball because it is “too boring,” or because there are “too many games [in a season],” or because the sport “never changes.” While those can all be valid concerns, the reality is that baseball is indubitably America’s pastime, and watching baseball is a relaxing daily endeavor that puts most […]
In its debut season, Statcast has changed the way that players and fans look at the game. It has been well documented that professional sporting teams of all types are beginning to move into tracking and stat-driven decision-making, but for MLB, during the 2015 season the fans were able to look at the game on […]
