blandalytics

Why a pitch grades the way it does: Stuff+ and PLV+ split into what each trait adds or takes away, and where each trait sits against the league.

A pitcher's start as a Sankey: every plate appearance's pitch-by-pitch path, by pitch number and type.

Bat Speed, Acceleration, and Jerk through an MLB hitter's swing, derived from their Baseball Savant swing-path card.

Where a hitter's batted balls go — spray angle against launch angle — compared to the rest of MLB or their own prior season, and what they're worth on a 3D xwOBA surface.

A pitcher's release angles by pitch type, and how much they overlap, as images and an animated GIF.

How often one MLB team beats another in a playoff series of any length, and in how many games, from runs scored and allowed.

Simulate nine innings of any 2026 lineup, plate appearance by plate appearance, and see where it ranks among all 30 teams. Includes a contact-vs-power tradeoff at equal wOBA.

Play two 2026 lineups and their pitchers against each other as full MLB games, or load any completed 2026 game, and see the box score and the chance of every final score.

How much every MLB and MiLB park helps or hurts hitters, by batter side and outcome, adjusted for who batted and pitched there.

How the run environment of MLB and each minor-league level moves through the season, week by week: the model's calendar curve against what each week produced.

Every 2026 hitter's Created Runs above an RE24 baseline, at the plate and on the bases: batted ball quality, hit luck, walks and strikeouts, beating out grounders, baserunning and steals.

Auction dollar values for every projected hitter and pitcher, priced for your league's roster, budget and scoring: roto categories or points.

What moves each 2027 projection: a player's line, stat by stat, from a league-average player to his projection, one factor at a time, with its 10th–90th percentile range.

How much playing time every 2027 projection expects to lose, by cause (injury, the minors, platoons, rest), and what that risk costs in auction value.

Each prospect's chance of a first MLB day in each of the next five seasons, and in which service-time window of 2027.

Sit in one seat of a roto snake draft. Every option is priced by simulating the rest of the draft — roto points, category by category. Runs in your browser.

How a player scored in any game or across the season: shot volume, shot quality and shot making, then free throws earned, drawn and made. With leaderboards and team minutes.