Writing
Notes on baseball research, player development, and the tools I use to do both.
- Jun 2026 Medium
How the Tampa Bay Rays Are Beating a Model That Can't See Them (opens in a new tab)
The Rays were leading the AL East on a bottom-three payroll by building around contact and speed, the skills predictive models systematically undervalue.
- Jan 2026 Medium
Is the Splitter Baseball's Most Underutilized Weapon? (opens in a new tab)
A statistical look at the splitter's quiet resurgence, and why one of the game's best swing-and-miss pitches is still thrown so rarely.
- Dec 2024
Interactive Video Analysis in the CSP Bullpen App (opens in a new tab)
Updates to the R Shiny app I built at Cressey Sports Performance: interactive strike zone, movement, and release plots that pull Edgertronic video straight from Google Drive, plus pitch-by-pitch PDF reports for the staff.
- Nov 2024
Building Bullpen Data and Video Tools at Cressey Sports Performance (opens in a new tab)
My first month in the CSP Pitching Department: R code that links Edgertronic clips to TrackMan data and organizes them by player, and an R Shiny app that centralizes bullpen metrics and one-click PDF reports.
- Feb 2024 Medium
Hagen Smith's Pitching Masterclass: Dominating Oregon State and Conquering Travis Bazzana (opens in a new tab)
Breaking down the Arkansas lefty’s 17-strikeout outing against Oregon State, and how his slider neutralized the eventual No. 1 overall pick.