Yankees and Dodgers Struggle as Payroll Offers No Winning Guarantees
The New York Yankees have invested $2.35 billion in player contracts since they last won the World Series in 2009, including $200.5 million this season as they struggle…
Tampa Bay Rays
‘Just Win Tomorrow’: Dodgers’ Six Free Agents Focus Amid Uncertainty
ARLINGTON, Tex. — After Clayton Kershaw pitched his way to a victory for the Dodgers over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the World Series Tuesday night at Globe Life…
MLB Postseason Pitch Counts Continue to Decline Amid Strategy Changes: Data Viz
ARLINGTON, Tex. – When Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash let starter Tyler Glasnow throw a postseason high 112 pitches in Tuesday night’s Game 1 World Series, 8-3, loss…
MLB’s Postseason Sprint Turns Pitching Innovation Into Standard Practice
The Tampa Bay Rays were built for this: incessant bullpen games and the use of an opener in this year’s Major League Baseball playoffs. Then there’s the postseason…
Tampa Bay’s Worst-to-First Teams May Set Stage for Revenue Rebound
Nobody ever thought to call Tampa/St. Petersburg–or the Tampa Bay area, for that matter–Titletown. But here we are, and not a moment too soon for a metropolitan area…
MLB Hopes for a TV Ratings Rally as Yankees Stave Off Elimination
The New York Yankees earned another day in baseball’s bubblicious postseason with Thursday’s 5-1 win over Tampa Bay, but the team, MLB and network partners now face a…
San Diego’s Petco Park Grows From Fly Ball Graveyard to Home Run Launching Pad
SAN DIEGO–There was a time when San Diego’s Petco Park was considered a paradise for pitchers. The dimensions were deep, particularly in right field, and the damp marine…
Playoff Baseball Bubble Begins With Yankees-Rays At San Diego
SAN DIEGO—This anomaly of a COVID postseason continues Monday, as the New York Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays in a battle of the top two American League East teams…
Play Moneyball! Determining MLB’s Most Efficient Payrolls
Sportico is proud to partner with The Harvard Sports Analysis Collective, a student-run organization dedicated to the quantitative analysis of sports strategy and…
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