Matt Benson

26 year old Data & Analytics Consultant born and raised in London, UK. A massive American Sports fan which I follow as much as possible, most importantly the St Louis Cardinals who I watch on tv and live wherever I can!

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Paul Goldschmidt is the best baserunning 1B in MLB

It may be surprising to hear, but St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt is the best baserunning first baseman in baseball. When you...

Which St. Louis Cardinals season could win the MLB bracket?

MLB has set up its second dream bracket, looking at 64 historic seasons in MLB history. The St. Louis Cardinals have two teams competing, the 1967...

The Cardinals dream team falls at the quarter final

After two successful series wins, the St. Louis Cardinals all-time dream team was knocked out in a Game 7, extra-innings series finale against the...

Who would represent the Cardinals in a home run derby?

With lots of discussion happening to get us baseball in 2020, one idea is to decide all extra-innings games with a home run derby. This poses the...

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St. Louis Cardinals MLB London Series 2020 is cancelled

Spring training was cancelled partway through, opening day has been pushed back indefinitely and now we have another casualty of the COVID-19 ...

The Cardinals Wrigley Field massacre: 6 months later

Thursday, September 19th, was the start of a pivotal four-game series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. What...

Why the Cardinals should shift more in 2020

The Fielding Bible has updated its Defensive Runs Saved statistic and it gives a good insight as to how the St. Louis Cardinals defense has improved...

Outs Above Average and how defense affected the Cardinals

Statcast has updated it’s Outs Above Average leaderboard to show how batters were affected by the defenders they faced. It makes for interesting,...

Something for the St. Louis Cardinals to improve on (and no

The St. Louis Cardinals had a successful 2019, but aside from a lacking offense, there was one surprising statistic they really struggled with,...

Is spring training predictive for the St. Louis Cardinals?

Spring training is underway, with the St. Louis Cardinals' first game against the New York Mets on Saturday, February 22nd. But how predictive are...

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