Archive for October 2024

The BABS system will begin moving to BaseballHQ.com for the 2025 season. (NOTE: The BABS Database is undergoing maintenance and will be inaccessible for a few weeks.) It makes too much sense. The Broad Assessment Balance Sheet (BABS) was derived from a system called the Mayberry Method, which I developed when I ran BaseballHQ.com. It…

As much as we were in awe of Ronald Acuna, Jr.’s performance in 2023, Shohei Ohtani took it up a notch in 2024. Registering baseball’s first ever 50-50 season is one thing, but he also accomplished something else of BABSian proportions — he became the first player to post a perfect (P+,S+,A+) BABS rating. Amazing.…