Wow. 😂

No doubt Brett Huston taking the day off and celebrating

Not every successful offseason needs to involve big ticket items, but the Cubs have done little since hiring manager Craig Counsell. Will the inactive contender sign one of the 'Boras Four'? Zach Crizer on how such a move might alter the Cubs’ reality🔻 theanalyst.com/na/2024/02/the…

The Cubs have to sign one of the Boras Four … right? At Opta Analyst US, I break down which of the major remaining free agents would help the Cubs offseason make sense. theanalyst.com/na/2024/02/the…

The new uniforms look like a video game from 20 years ago, when it didn’t look quite realistic but you figured the graphics were as good as they could get.

Bringing Cody Bellinger back undoubtedly makes the Cubs better — and that contract should not keep a team this rich from doing anything. Will he be 2023 Bellinger, though? As I wrote for Opta Analyst US this week, there are some warning signs there. theanalyst.com/na/2024/02/the…

The bracket has been revealed! Did the committee get it right? TRACR rank, last four in: ✅Boise St. 27th ✅Colorado 31st ✅Virginia 67th ✅Colorado St. 48th TRACR rank, last four out: ❌Oklahoma 42nd ❌Seton Hall 73rd ❌Indiana St. 33rd ❌Pittsburgh 24th

While March is made for the Madness we all love, our TRACR-powered supercomputer has simulated the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament to get a more accurate read on it, including round-by-round probabilities of each team's advancement. theanalyst.com/na/2024/03/202…

In the last 100 years, 2 MLB teams have had a game with at least: 4 doubles 3 triples 2 innings with 4+ runs 1 grand slam The 1927 Yankees did it and won 21-1 (on July 4). The Cubs did it last night and lost.

It'll be MLB's hardest-throwing starter vs. its softest tosser today at Wrigley when Paul Skenes opposes Kyle Hendricks. In his debut, Skenes' fastball averaged 100.1 mph – the highest mark by a starter in 2024. Hendricks' heater averages a league-low for a starter at 87.9.

We've moved past the Memorial Day marker of the season. Who has the best chance of winning each division? How about the World Series? We’ve fired up our TRACR-powered supercomputer to simulate the rest of the way and give us its playoff predictions🔽 theanalyst.com/na/2024/05/mlb…

Really cool to be on Vince Gennaro’s MLB Network Radio show Saturday night (7pm CST) to discuss some of the fun ⚾️stuff we’ve done on Opta Analyst US recently.

It looked like Chris Sale's days as an ace were over, but a change of scenery has rejuvenated the left-hander. Now, he's heading back to the All-Star Game. But was it more than that? We take a look into how Sale has resurrected his career in Atlanta: theanalyst.com/na/2024/07/chr…

Gotta expect this makes some teams really go for it at the deadline

Proud to be nominated alongside a great list of writers, especially in a year where baseball writing was no longer my full-time gig. Here's the Opta Analyst US piece that is nominated. theanalyst.com/2024/04/mlb-re…

👏 Opta Analyst US have been named a 2025 #SABRanalytics Conference Research Award finalist. Zach Crizer’s piece “Does The Search For A Starting Pitcher Now Start in the Bullpen?” was nominated in the Contemporary Baseball Analysis category. Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3Q5BEEG

Wide receiver Cooper Kupp has announced the Los Angeles Rams will seek to trade him this offseason. Taylor Bechtold and @kylecunoads look into which NFL teams would have the largest team-rating increases by acquiring him.

We're excited to introduce the Opta Analyst Predictor Bracket, a bracket game with win probability points to reward upset picks. Below is an explainer for how the scoring is utilized and why we think this is a great amendment to your March Madness pool. theanalyst.com/na/2025/03/nca…

We’ve simulated the NCAA men’s basketball tournament thousands of times to find the chances of each team making it to every round in March Madness. Here’s everything we learned with Evan Boyd . theanalyst.com/na/2025/03/202…

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