2024 Kernelytics Baseball Blog

A Sabermetric View of the 2024 Prospect League

By normal@prospectleague.com | August 24, 2024

By: Jantzen Terrell Introduction When a season ends it can be bittersweet. As such, we like to remember the season and reminisce on all that has happened. A normal person…

How does the Prospect League make hitters better?

By Kernelytics Team | August 3, 2024

By Owen Crandall Introduction How well does the Prospect League develop hitters? In other words, is there a discernible difference between the average performances of hitters before and after they…

KCL Expected Runs Using Markov Chain

By Kernelytics Team | August 2, 2024

By Jackson Wiggins What is a Markov Chain? Andrey Markov was a Russian mathematician in the early 1900s known for his work with probability and statistics. His research led to…

KCL Writers’ Association Awards Voting

By Kernelytics Team | July 23, 2024

With the conclusion of the 2024 Kernels Collegiate League season, it is time to name the award winners for this year. The voters for these awards are all members of…

Developing wOBA for the Kernel Collegiate League

By Kernelytics Team | June 29, 2024

By Owen Crandall What is wOBA? Weighted On-Base Average was created by statistician and baseball researcher Tom Tango, and is described in his work, The Book: Playing The Percentages In…

About Us

The Kernelytics blog is back for a third season! The blog is the work of 5 summer interns with the Cornbelters, each with a different background in baseball and analytics. It serves as a place for these interns to post various analytical projects and writing for both the Kernels Collegiate League (KCL), as well as the Normal Cornbelters. Thank you for reading!