Is Adley Rutschman already a top-10 player?

Author: Alex Devorsetz alexdevorsetz2025@u.northwestern.edu, Weinberg, 2025 There have been few prospects in baseball to be considered as sure a thing as Adley Rutschman. As a junior in high school, he committed to Oregon State after…

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Can the Struggling Pitchers of 2022 find it again?

Author: Michael Canmann (michaelcanmann2024@u.northwestern.edu) Finding elite pitching is difficult. Even teams contending for the world series often have holes in their pitching staffs. Nonetheless, each of the teams in this article thought they had, at…


Judge vs Ohtani — Who should win the 2022 AL MVP?

Author: Alex Devorsetz (alexdevorsetz2025@u.northwestern.edu) This has been an incredible season of baseball. From Albert Pujols’s resurgence, to the trade of Juan Soto, to Paul Goldschmidt solidifying his Hall of Fame case, 2022 has been a…


What wins games in the NFL?

Author: Michael Canmann (michaelcanmann2024@u.northwestern.edu) Many clichés get thrown around in football. “Defense wins championships.” “Establish the run.” “The game is won in the trenches.” At their core, each of these statements attempt to point out a…



Developing an MLB Game Similulator

Author: Ben Gutstein (bengustein2024@u.northwestern.edu) A critical aspect of doing deep dives into sports data is being able to use current data to simulate thousands of games accurately at once. This allows you to change aspects…



The Most Underpaid and Overpaid NHL Players

Author: Harrison Rubin (harrisonrubin2023@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg ’23 Each year in the hockey community, there is a debate about who are the most underpaid and overpaid players in the league. Twitter users would go back and forth…


UFC 270 Main Card Breakdown and Predictions

Author: Drew Miller UFC 270 While we have lost plenty of interesting fights, the main card of UFC 270 is still strongly anchored by two highly anticipated title fights. Below I will go over my opinions…


Living Up To The Contract

Author: Mike Pastuovic (michaelpastuovic2023@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg ’23 Intelligent spending in free agency is crucial for constructing rosters that are built for sustained success. Knowing that championship-caliber teams are rarely built through solely internal player development and…