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US coronavirus cases posted the slowest spread since the pandemic began almost a year ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said vaccinated people can visit indoors without masks. Chicago’s ballparks are reopening to fans. The European Commission is “tired of being the scapegoat” for the slow rollout of vaccines, said its president, Ursula von der Leyen. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said more than one third of the population has received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine as deaths from the disease continue to fall. India is seeing a jump in vaccinations after a sl...

January 22, 2021 In the 2021 ZiPS projections that are live on this very website, Lucas Giolito is projected with the most WAR of any pitcher in baseball. If my social media is any indication, this projection is, so far at least, the source for the most joy and the most consternation. What is it about Chicago’s young ace that gives him such an aggressively optimistic projection? One of the common complaints you see from readers about projections is that they don’t go out on a limb very often. To me, this makes perfect sense: when talking about the mean projections, massive performance cha...

All park factors are for right-handed batters On the whole, this is mildly surprising to me, as the perception (at least to me) is that Guaranteed Rate Field (GRF) is a very hitter friendly park, while Citi Field is pitcher friendly. Therefore, I would have expected a clearer win for GRF on the hitting park factors, which isn’t the case. Let’s begin with the AVG park factors. Citi has slightly suppressed batting average, while GRF has increased it by two percent. As I’ve mentioned in each of these park factor articles, we don’t know what’s driving the AVG park factor, as it could be...

This is a very interesting park factor comparison, so let’s dive right in. Eaton moves to Guaranteed Rate Field (GRF), a park that has suppressed batting average, and departing a park that has slightly inflated average. As I’ve mentioned in previous park factor comparison articles, these factors don’t describe what’s driving the batting average park factor, as it could be effects on BABIP, strikeout rate, or both. Eaton has been a strong BABIPer over his career, as he sports a .332 mark, thanks to a ground ball tilt and low IFFB%. He had posted six straight seasons of BABIP marks of a...

Down the lines at the guaranteed rate field coming into play on this one. makes the catch. and then watch he just uses the netting to slingshot himself back on the field. it also probably saved mcneil from getting some bumps and bruises. it probably would have hurt where he was going to land if not for that netting. >> that is a win/win for the spectators and for the players. >> fantastic. all right. andy, thank you. there's a lot of breaking international news this morning. let's get right to it. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." the...