TruMedia Networks Partners With Reboot Motion to Deliver Cutting Edge Biomechanic Analysis

TruMedia Networks is excited to announce that its partnership with Reboot motion to provide Major League Baseball clubs with access to Reboot’s most powerful Biomechanics data within TruMedia’s industry leading baseball analytics platform

Reboot Motion is known throughout Major League Baseball as the industry leader in biomechanics- taking in movement data of any form (including raw video) and outputting simple, objective, and actionable metrics. Reboot Motion works closely throughout organizations to deliver the right data to the right people.

Reboot’s mission is to empower coaches, data scientists, and biomechanics, allowing them to help athletes and drive change. To learn more about Reboot Motion, visit www.rebootmotion.com or follow Reboot Motion on Twitter.

Press Release, In the MediaGuest UserAugust 10, 2022baseball, baseball analyticsComment

TruMedia announces NCAA Division I baseball product

TruMedia Networks is excited to announce that its industry-leading baseball analytics platform is available to NCAA Division I college baseball teams beginning in the 2022 season.

In the past decade, TruMedia’s Major League Baseball and minor-league baseball products have become the primary way a majority of MLB teams watch video, build advance scouting reports and automate player-development reports. Coaches, players and front offices use the TruMedia analytics platform to query, filter and visualize traditional statistics and tracking data across all levels of professional baseball. Using Synergy video and Trackman data, TruMedia is bringing the same software to the college game.

Over 20 Division I schools have already signed up for 2022, including the 2021 NCAA champion Mississippi State Bulldogs, who trialed the product last season. For more information, please email ncaasupport@trumedianetworks.com.

Press ReleasePaul CarrJanuary 3, 2022baseball, College Baseball Comment

deGrom's incredible bad luck

Neil Greenberg uses TruMedia’s research site to look at the numbers behind Jacob deGrom’s incredible bad luck:

“Since 2018, the year of his first Cy Young Award, deGrom has made 78 starts and pitched 503 innings. Seventy-eight percent (61) of those starts were quality starts, meaning he lasted six or more innings and surrendered three or fewer earned runs. He’s struck out 649 batters, walked 110 and allowed just 115 earned runs (2.06 ERA) over that span. Yet the Mets are 36-42 in those matchups. No, that’s not a typo. …

How does that happen? A lack of run support is part of it. Over the past four seasons, the Mets have given deGrom 4.1 runs of support per nine innings pitched, the third-lowest of any starting pitcher over the past four years. If he had been given an average number of runs (4.6 per data from TruMedia) in support of his 2.06 ERA, we’d expect the Mets to be 45-10 in those starts. Instead they went 36-19, nine fewer wins.”

Full article: The Washington Post

In the MediaRafe AndersonApril 16, 2021baseball, Washington PostComment

Freddie Freeman crushes fastballs

Neil Greenberg looks at MLB's next three free agent classes, including what Freddie Freeman did so well in 2020:

“Freeman is a powerful left-handed hitter who sprays the ball all over the field and destroys fastballs. The reigning NL MVP batted .341 with 13 home runs and 53 RBI while playing all 60 games in this year’s shortened season. The 31-year-old also hit a major league high .431 against fastballs in 2020 with 28 extra-base hits in 123 at-bats, per data from TruMedia.”

Full article: The Washington Post

In the MediaRafe AndersonDecember 5, 2020baseball, Washington PostComment

Dodgers should start Austin Barnes

ESPN’s David Schoenfield uses TruMedia’s umpire model for strikes looking above average, to recommend the Dodgers start Austin Barnes at catcher in World Series Game 6:

“Most importantly, Barnes is the better framer. According to ESPN TruMedia data during the postseason, Barnes has an expected called strike number of 119 and an actual called strike number of 129, so he's plus-10. Smith has an expected called strike number of 235 and 225 actual called strikes, so he's minus-10. Furthermore, with Smith catching, Gonsolin has allowed eight runs in 7⅔ innings.”

Full article: ESPN

In the MediaRafe AndersonOctober 28, 2020baseball, mlb, espnComment

Astros can still win ALCS

ESPN’s Bradford Doolittle uses TruMedia’s research platform and expected wOBA model to see why the Astros could still win the ALCS:

“6. The Astros' hitters are hitting better than the Rays' hitters, and their pitchers are pitching better than the Rays' pitchers.

Yeah, it's a short sample and simple concept, but it's true. For the series, Houston has a .759 OPS against .647 for the Rays. The Astros' wOBA is .325 against an expected wOBA (based on their batted balls) of .395. Tampa Bay has a .279 wOBA and an xwOBA of .289 (per TruMedia). Better process, better results.

It goes on: Houston's hitters have 34 strikeouts and 17 walks. Tampa Bay's have 57 strikeouts and 14 walks. Houston has an 8-7 edge in homers. Both teams have had 31 at-bats with runners in scoring position and produced six hits in those spots for a .194 average. Yet the Rays have outscored the Astros 9-3 on those hits. You wouldn't light out for Vegas to bet on that trend continuing.”

Full article: ESPN

In the MediaRafe AndersonOctober 16, 2020baseball, espnComment

How the Braves built their offense around Freeman

ESPN’s Bradford Doolittle uses TruMedia’s research tool to examine how the Braves built a great offense around Freddie Freeman:

“Freeman compiled those numbers while leading the majors in both line-drive rate (41%) and total line drives hit (72), according to TruMedia. He ranked in the 41st percentile in pull rate and in the 82nd in terms of opposite-field hitting. Despite this, teams still shifted Freeman more than two-thirds of the time. According to baseballsavant.mlb.com, Freeman posted a .424 wOBA against shifts and a .509 mark against normal alignments. You can't win, really -- the league-average wOBA was .315.”

Full article: ESPN

In the MediaRafe AndersonOctober 14, 2020mlb, baseball, espnComment

ESPN: A Tale of Two Seasons for Dan Uggla

In the MediaRafe AndersonAugust 9, 2011analytics, baseball, dan uggla, espn