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The MVP Machine

5/30/2019

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I recently pre-ordered The MVP Machine by Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik, and I wanted to take a minute to recommend this book to like-minded baseball fans. I really enjoyed Ben's previous book, The Only Rule Is It Has To Work, co-written with Sam Miller, Ben's co-host on Fangraph's Effectively Wild podcast (Nate Silver called the book "brutally honest" and "blissfully funny").

If you pre-order before June 4th (and forward your receipt to [email protected]) you'll also get "a bonus chapter, an exclusive conversation about the book, and other extras" (on June 4th).

Semi-Retired?

In other news, I recently received the following e-mail:
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As many of you know, I was effectively "semi-retired" for several years while struggling with some health problems. But I'm now back to work full-time, and really appreciating all the positive feedback around this year's game. If you haven't played Baseball Mogul 2019 yet, the free version is now available here. And, through this weekend, you can still get 30% off the full version by using the coupon code 'NEWSLETTER' at checkout.

Free Downloads for U.S. Active Military

Finally, a reminder that Baseball Mogul and Football Mogul continue to be free for all active members of the United States armed forces with access to a ".mil" e-mail address, Just enter the coupon code 'MILITARY' at checkout. Please forward this information to friends and family who would benefit from it.

Thanks!

Clay
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Improved AI in Pitch-By-Pitch Mode

5/24/2019

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Version 22.08 of Baseball Mogul 2019 includes improvements to the artificial intelligence in Pitch-By-Pitch mode. Pitchers now select and locate pitches more realistically -- based on the count, batter and game situation -- and batters behave more realistically in terms of the pitches they choose to swing at.

One way to see these changes is by viewing pitch-by-pitch results in Version 22.08 alongside results from Version 22.06, and comparing them to actual data from Major League Baseball:
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As you can see, the first-pitch swing rate in Version 22.07 was way too high (52%). Version 22.08 is much more realistic, with swing rates within a few percentage points in every count.

​Similarly, pitch selection by count is now much more realistic:
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Thanks to everyone that gave feedback about the pitch-by-pitch AI and brought some of these discrepancies to my attention.
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