MLB

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…



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…


Why Missing Spring Training and the Preseason Matter

Authors: Tim Wegener (timothywegener2023@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg ’23 Rishab Jayanthi (rishabjayanthi2023@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg ’23 The COVID-19 crisis has upended economies, lives, and cultures around the world. Among the endless list of COVID-19 affected markets lies sports. For months,…


Three Bold Predictions for the 2021 Chicago Cubs

Author: Jackson Florsheim (jackson.florsheim2023@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg ‘23 To preface the following predictions for the upcoming MLB season, it’s important to remember how truly devastating 2020 was for the professional baseball industry. The 2021 Major League Baseball…


The Shift

Drew McDermott (drewmcdermott2024@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg In recent years, “the shift” has become one the most widely used defensive techniques – and also one of the most controversial. At its core, the shift is defined as changing the…


White Sox Add Lance Lynn and Adam Eaton

Author: Michael Canmann (michaelcanmann2024@u.northwestern.edu) The White Sox made two big moves this week trading for Lance Lynn and bringing back Adam Eaton from the Nationals. The White Sox have high expectations going into the season…