Travis Sawchik
@Travis_Sawchik
.@DrivelineBB contributor. Former MLB writer for @theScore, @fivethirtyeight, @fangraphs Books: The MVP Machine, Big Data Baseball. Contact: sawchik at gmail
Some personal news: I am a free agent. I am among those being laid off by theScore/Penn Gaming. I look forward to whatever is next in journalism, or baseball, or elsewhere. My direct messages and email are open.
Welcome @Travis_Sawchik to the @DrivelineBB team - his first article is about Greg Maddux and pitching command. We've been working hard at quantifying and developing command improvement protocols over the last five years, so this comes at a perfect time!
Thrilled to be joining @DrivelineBB in a part-time capacity to help place a spotlight on research/athletes/training/other cool stuff happening here and around the game. First story? We had Inside Edge grade 19 Greg Maddux starts. What did we learn? x.com/DrivelineBB/st…
Thrilled to be joining @DrivelineBB in a part-time capacity to help place a spotlight on research/athletes/training/other cool stuff happening here and around the game. First story? We had Inside Edge grade 19 Greg Maddux starts. What did we learn? x.com/DrivelineBB/st…
Greg Maddux’s command wasn’t just elite — it was historic. New data shows just how far ahead of the curve he really was. 📊 Full breakdown in our newest blog: drivelinebaseball.com/2025/07/greg-m…
David Bednar has been awesome since he returned in April. Another scoreless inning and save tonight. If the Pirates do move him, and perhaps Santana (which they probably should do for the right return) what is the end game for 2026? They are not paying for a similar talent on the…
With two more home runs tonight, Sal Perez is going to get to at least 20 homers for a 9th consecutive full MLB season, he's hit 290 for his career, approaching 12,000 innings behind the plate ... some of the advanced numbers don't love the overall resume but the volume for a…
There were zero reporters covering the A's - a major league team - in Cleveland this weekend. Even given their in-transit status, that's still pretty wild.
Baseball Savant has been the Mecca for MLB data 🕋 But I’ve been digging into pitch physics lately and just realized something… Baseball Savants pitch animations ARE LYING TO US!! And I can use Paul Skenes’ sweeper to prove it 🧵
Aaron Judge was adopted the day after his birth in 1992 by two California teachers. At around 10 years old, he realized he was adopted after noticing physical differences between himself and his parents.
Great to be back at League Park today. Real men. No gloves. Vintage baseball.
Guardians have won 7 of 10 since Slade said this
More Cecconi: “I’m really looking forward to at the end of the season when we look back at this eight-game skid and go, ‘man, remember how tough that was? Remember how we got through it?' We’re gonna see ourselves in a great spot at the end of the season. I fully believe that.”
Here’s the hard truth of the last 24 hours: Most of us like Coldplay and they put on a great live show
he was ceo she was head of HR can I make it any more obvious
What is the ROI on this?
I’m sorry it costs WHAT to attend UMiami?!
John Smoltz keeps telling us watching at home that we don’t know anything about baseball. I disagree.