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How to read spray charts, why the pull-side era reshaped the game, and profiles of the hitters whose spray patterns tell the clearest stories.
Methodology2026-07-10
Does a pitcher really get 'hot' mid-game?
Broadcasters say it every night. We tested it on 20,099 pitcher stints, and the streak survives at 4% of what the raw numbers suggest.
Methodology2026-05-30
How to spot a breakout before the wRC+ moves
The signals that consistently precede a hitter's leap, and the ones that just look like noise.
Methodology2026-05-29
What hitters actually do at every age
The Potential rating used to assume Roman Anthony would add 50 wRC+. Empirically, he might add 35, but the variance is the whole story.
Methodology2026-05-27
Reading a spray chart
Zone size is volume. Zone color is value. Read them as separate channels.
Hitting Strategy2026-05-25
The pull-side era
Why modern hitting reorganized around the pull-side outfield gap.
Player Profile2026-05-23
Matt Olson, the pull-power archetype
What a clean modern pull-power hitter's spray chart actually looks like.