Live From Right Field with TJ Mathewson TJ Mathewson

Welcome to Live from Right Field with TJ Mathewson: Season 1 Episode 4. With Major League Baseball finally enforcing its' sticky substance rule, there was plenty of reaction across the sport in the past week about MLB's handling of the issue. TJ looks into those reactions and how the league got to this point. He also chats with prospect writer Joe Doyle of Lookout Landing and Prospects Live. They discuss the impacts this rule has on scouting and development, and how teams will re-evaluate players under these different circumstances.



You can find Joe's work on Lookout Landing here and on Prospects Live here

Follow him on Twitter: @JoeDoyleMiLB

Welcome to Live From Right Field with TJ Mathewson: Season 1 Episode 3. It's all about the offense today(or lack thereof). TJ breaks down the offensive problem that plagues MLB in 2021. Who is to blame: the pitchers, the hitters or the baseball? What effect did the universal DH have on balancing offense throughout the league? The stats tell an intriguing story. TJ also discusses the issue with freelance journalist Rob Arthur. They break down what makes a ball "juiced" and the effects the new baseballs are having on hitters and the sport.



You can follow Rob on Twitter here (@No_Little_Plans) and find his work here (www.robarthurwriter.com).

Article referenced in the podcast: The New Baseball Still Seems Juiced (The Ringer).

Welcome to Live From Right Field with TJ Mathewson: Season 1 Episode 2. TJ discusses baseball's pace of play problem and the rules MLB is trying to implement to speed the game up, such as extra inning/runner on second, limiting mound meetings, and the three batter minimum. He looks into the data to see if those rules actually are having any effect on the game. TJ also chats with Jim Albert, a retired professor at Bowling Green State University, author, and writer at "Exploring Baseball Data with R". They discuss the pace of play issue and the research Jim has done on the subject to see why exactly games are getting so long.



You can get to know Jim here.

Articles reference in the episode: 

Why are baseball games getting so long?

The 100 pitch limit and pitcher efficiency.

More work: Exploring Baseball Data with R

Welcome to Live From Right Field with TJ Mathewson: Season 1 Episode 1. TJ introduces the podcast and its purpose of breaking down important stories in professional baseball. He then gives a brief synopsis of rule changes an experiments being implemented up and down the minors leagues in 2021, a brief history lesson on the 1968 "Year of the Pitcher", and what we can learn from the changes implemented after the 1968 season for baseball's current struggles with pitcher dominance.