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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 1h

Splitter did its job (get tons of whiffs while never being in the zone)

PLV+ for Kevin Gausman's Splitter, broken out by how each predicted outcome contributes value (hint: lots of whiffs)

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 2h

Gausman's always had a hittable fastball

Kevin Gausman's 4-Seam Stuff wOBAcon, broken down by feature. "Dead zone" movement and a lack of seam-shifted wake results in it getting hit hard

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 9h

Where's the Sentiment-Over-Time chart for Phillies fans and Bryce Harper in the last 15 minutes lol

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 10h

Just walked through a “House Above Replacement” analysis to my wife for house hunting. If you ever wondered if I can ever “turn off the nerd”, no. No I can’t.

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 28/09/2026

Tired: excited for the hockey season Wired: excited for the new model write-ups

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 24/09/2026

Not just where the release angles are, but how they fit within a pitch mix

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 23/09/2026

We’re approaching a fully operational FanGraphs.com

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 22/09/2026

If you aren’t on Twitter and haven’t seen Tom’s posts about OpenCommand, now’s your chance! Lots of really cool stuff can come from this project.

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 22/09/2026

Fresh coat of paint on these, too (h/t @hockeyviz.com for the Tanaka contours inspiration)

Pete Crow-Armstrong's batted-ball distributions for 2026, relative to MLB.

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 22/09/2026

No 1-pitch PA for him this game, but there were a few that ended after a 2nd pitch Curve or Sweeper

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 21/09/2026

Fwiw, I'm running it as a script based on pitch-level Statcast data

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 21/09/2026

Not sure if there's a leaderboard somewhere. Baseball Savant has this cool visual that shows you how a pitcher uses their pitches in different counts and how they filter through. baseballsavant.mlb.com/visuals/pitc...

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Pitcher Plinko

Baseball Savant

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 21/09/2026

That is extremely high praise, thanks!

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 21/09/2026

How Gavin Williams worked through his plate appearances yesterday.

Gavin Williams' Sequencing Flow diagram for 9/20/2026

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 21/09/2026

I love the idea of a “Tinkering Score”

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Justin Choi @justinochoi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Come and work with me in the Cleveland Guardians R&D team! All backgrounds / experience levels are welcome: grnh.se/bj8qqxr42us

grnh.se

Data Scientist

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 21/09/2026

HockeyViz doesn't even have any ads on its free tier.

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 19/09/2026

I assume that when whoever is making it IPOs they will reveal the full lineup implied by the existence of Tilly Norwood.

Grid of logic gate options as Venn diagrams of Tilly Norwood, Tilly Orwood, Tilly Andwood, Tilly Xorwood, Tilly Nandwood, and Tilly Xnandwood

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Ken Arneson @kenarneson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We @weatherapplied.com forecast #MNF #Broncos @ #Chiefs tonight with 91st percentile FG impact. Only 9% of games see wind move FGs more. The path indicates where wind moves a center-aim FG at each distance from 20-70 yds, northwest end zone. A 48 yd FG hits the left upright. Longer FGs miss left.

A graphic of a NFL goalpost from the perspective from midfield, with a dot in the middle of the graphic, and a rainbow color path starting from just left of the dot to about two yards to the left of the left upright. There is text in the upper corner that says "48 yd" and a football shaped ellipse right where the upright meets the rainbow colored path.

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Lucas Seehafer @seehafer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A project I've been working on over the last few years is developing a Sports Science "department" from the ground up at my D3 school. As of this semester, we have 7 interns who force plate test nearly every athlete and I developed a dashboard for storing and communicating data.

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 10/09/2026

Look at how happy Devin Cooley is with his linear algebra. Look at him. www.instagram.com/reels/DdEpCs...

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026

Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 08/09/2026

Handedness xkcd.com/3293/

Comic. [Two people considering diagrams on whiteboard] PERSON 1 with ponytail: The W bosons produced by the collider beam will mostly be left-handed. PERSON 2: So we should send in a *right*-handed batter.

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 08/09/2026

Perfect game in AAA! Congrats to Thomas Pannone. That’s dope.

Thomas Pannone’s Pitcher List game card for his 9/7/26 perfect game

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 07/09/2026

Nate Rasmussen (@rasmussenbase.bsky.social, I think?) made this incredible resource for showing the vast array of pitch grips and permutations, along with analysis on how to achieve them, and what the benefits and drawbacks are. Incredible stuff. rasmussenbaseball.com/tools/pitch-...

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 03/09/2026

Maybe the reason it’s good is because it’s “cucumber” flavored and not cucumber flavored

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 03/09/2026

Lime Cucumber Gatorade is an elite warm weather drink

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Pitcher List Stats @pitcherlistplv.pitcherlist.com · 02/09/2026

The Top 10 starts for August according to the Pitcher List Game Score ⬇️ Tied for #10 - Jacob deGrom closed out the month with eight shutout innings against the A's

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John Edwards @johnbedwards.io · 31/08/2026

hi folks--i am hiring data science interns for my team for the 2027 season! do you like using data to solve challenging problems in sports and learning/growing in a collaborative environment? if so, i'd like to encourage you to apply! tinyurl.com/mariners-ds-...

tinyurl.com

Intern, Data Science

Job Title: Intern, Data Science Department: Baseball Operations Reports To: Manager, Data Science Status: Hourly, non-exempt Timeline: Preference will be given to candidates who can start by January 1...

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Marisa Ingemi @mingemi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

WHAT IF EVERY WNBA TEAM HAD A POKEMON TEAM? I wrote this so long ago and was saving it for Worlds weekend and here it is www.valkyriesbeat.com/p/what-if-ev...

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What if every WNBA team had a Pokemon team?

The analysis and graphic design you've been wanting, I promise

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 26/08/2026

Gonna report this because Kirby is bullying Kyle Schwarber

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Patrick Dubuque @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · 25/08/2026

Cal Raleigh with three home runs tonight, bringing his total for the year up to two

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Claire @baseball-broad.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Oh brother, here we go

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 24/08/2026

The Mariners drafted and developed their *entire* 6-man rotation, which is really cool! The weird part is: those pitchers *collectively* threw 7 innings in AAA before their MLB debuts as starters. An entire 6-man MLB rotation effectively skipped AAA, and Sloan is likely to do the same thing!

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Kyle Bland @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com · 24/08/2026

We try so hard to just shrug and be like “yeah, sometimes the kids will eat dirt. They just do that”

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