John LaLoggia
Beyond the Box Score
Chicago, IL, United States
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Past articles by John:
Interview with Rapsodo GM, Art Chou
The rise of technology in MLB player development is changing the sport's landscape. → Read More
Ryan Pressly’s 40 straight scoreless appearances streak
How the Astros’ nerd cave created a strikeout machine → Read More
The recent dominance of Hyun-Jin Ryu
The quest for Orel Hershiser’s 59 consecutive scoreless innings record comes short, though → Read More
New kid on the chop: Austin Riley
How the Braves will claim their second straight NL East title → Read More
How Tommy Hottovy revolutionized the Cubs’ pitching staff
The 37 year-old pitching coach combines advanced technology and simplified communication for success → Read More
How Rocco Baldelli successfully changed the culture of the Twins
The first-year manager has turned things around in the Twin Cities → Read More
The Baltimore Orioles are terrible… for now
Hypothetically speaking, if you owned an MLB team that was terrible and looking to rebuild, which teams around the league would you emulate? Also consider you have one of the worst farm systems and virtually no analytics department. A good idea might be to choose the two most successful rebuilds of all-time. The Cubs won the World Series in 2016, led by Theo Epstein. The Astros won the World… → Read More
What happened to Kenley Jansen?
The Los Angeles Dodgers are arguably the best team in baseball right now. Cody Bellinger is having an MVP-caliber season and they have tremendous depth and talent all around the diamond. Their starting pitching staff, led by Walker Buehler (4-0) has an average ERA of 3.63, according to Baseball Reference. The team is leading the NL West with a 23-14 record, which is also the best record in the… → Read More
The extraordinary baserunning of Javier Báez
“He’s always thinking ahead and never gives up on a play. We’ve got a lot of special guys like that here, but Javy’s Javy.” —Jason Heyward, Cubs outfielder The Cubs shortstop is fueled with an incredible amount talent. He has power at the plate, a strong throwing arm, and a tagging ability that no other player seems to possess. However, it’s his instinctual base running ability that makes him… → Read More
The sudden power surge of Tommy La Stella
How a 30 year-old utility infielder has more home runs than Mike Trout → Read More
The real life of an MLB bat boy
The unsung heroes of your baseball-watching experience → Read More
Ramón Laureano is the new human highlight reel
The A’s outfielder has tremendous arm strength, but also pin-point accuracy. → Read More
The unlikely power of Khris Davis
How the five-foot-ten designated hitter is hitting homers at a record pace → Read More
The unwritten rules are getting in the way of “letting the kids play”
Why hitters celebrate home runs, but pitchers don’t celebrate strikeouts → Read More
Pitching to contact in a strikeout market
Why contact pitchers will continue to wait for MLB jobs → Read More
The video game-like dominance of Josh Hader
He might be the most dominate relief pitcher of our time → Read More
The Cardinals’ homegrown pitching system
How the Cardinals have developed so many good pitchers → Read More
How the Yankees created a dynamic analytics department
The Yankees went from payroll to analytics juggernaut over the past decade. → Read More
The secret life of a bench coach
They’re more important than you think. → Read More
The Red Sox outfield is historically great
The secret behind the defensive prowess of the killer B’s → Read More