I answered 12 of your biggest questions & sat down with Jed Lowry

The Mayday Report - June 27th, 2025

Trevor May

Jun 27, 2025

ANNOUNCEMENTS

I will be joining Kevin Brown & Mike Petriello once again on Sunday Night Baseball’s Nerdcast on ESPN 2 this weekend. Come watch the Tigers take on the Twins in Comerica with Tarik Skubal on the mound!
Kevin Brown lays out a bunch of info that he won’t use on Sunday Night Baseball’s Nerdcast on ESPN 2
Mayday! will be live this week on Tuesday @ 1pm PST over on Foul Territory

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Cut on the Diamond Podcast

Episode 13 - Jed Lowry

On this episode of Cut on the Diamond, Trevor May is joined by longtime MLB infielder Jed Lowrie. A Stanford alum and 14-year big-league vet, Jed opens up about how he carved out a lasting career through adaptability, consistency, and a deep understanding of the game… (1 hour & 9 mins)

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I answered 12 of your BIGGEST questions

It's that time again. You gave me dozens of awesome questions and I went into the rabbit hole this time. This is the most detailed breakdown yet of some of your most pressing questions… (20 mins)

STAT OF THE WEEK - PITCH RUN VALUE

Every pitch is assigned a run value based on its outcome (ball, strike, home run, etc.). The sum of all of a player's contributions across a season, or multiple seasons, measures his overall batting or pitching run value. A positive value represents runs created for hitters, and runs prevented for pitchers.

Statcast calculates two versions of batting and pitching run value: context-neutral and leveraged

Context-neutral run value excludes the impact of the base/out situation on the play -- i.e. it does not matter whether the play happens with no outs and the bases empty, or two outs and the bases loaded. This is the primary version of batting and pitching run value currently displayed on Baseball Savant, allowing for a more standardized comparison of players' hitting or pitching performances.
Leveraged run value weights the impact of a play based on the base/out situation -- in a higher-leverage situation, the positive or negative run value resulting from a pitch will be greater. Hitters and pitchers who have better "clutch" performances might have higher total run values using the leveraged version. This leaderboard also includes how much extra run value a player gains or loses from his performance in different leveraged situations.