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Here\u2019s your chance to vote for the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards<\/a> winners.<\/p>\n The SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards will recognize baseball researchers who have completed the best work of original analysis or commentary during the preceding calendar year. Nominations were solicited by representatives from SABR, Baseball Prospectus, FanGraphs, the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America, and Sports Info Solutions.<\/p>\n To read any of the finalists, click on the link below. Scroll down to cast your vote.<\/p>\n Contemporary Analysis<\/p>\n Ryan Blake<\/a>, \u201cThe Batter\u2019s Eye at T-Mobile Park: A New Perspective,\u201d<\/a> Lookout Landing, May 8, 2025 Contemporary Commentary<\/p>\n Davy Andrews, \u201cUnfuzzing the Strike Zone,\u201d<\/a> FanGraphs, January 3, 2025 Historical Analysis\/Commentary<\/p>\n Benjamin Alter, \u201cJosh Gibson\u2019s Place in History: A Statistical Analysis,\u201d<\/a> SABR Baseball Research Journal, Spring 2025 John Dewan Defensive Analysis<\/p>\n Zach Crizer, \u201cEvolution in the Outfield: Is Center Field Morphing Into a Defensive Specialist Position?\u201d<\/a> Opta Analyst, March 24, 2025 Voting will be open through 11:59 p.m. MST on Friday, February 6, 2026.<\/p>\n Mobile or Safari users, click here to access the survey<\/a><\/p>\n Results will be announced and presented at the SABR Analytics Conference, February 27-March 1, 2026, in Phoenix, Arizona. Learn more or register for the conference at SABR.org\/analytics<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t \t\t\tThank you for reading<\/p>\n This is a free article. If you enjoyed it, consider subscribing to Baseball Prospectus. Subscriptions support ongoing public baseball research and analysis in an increasingly proprietary environment.<\/p>\n![\"2026](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-Analytics-banner-full.jpg\")
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\nHannah Keyser, \u201cHow Fast Should Your 12-Year-Old Throw?\u201d<\/a> New York Times, August 21, 2025
\nMaddie Landis, \u201cBaseball\u2019s Gatekept Pitching Metric: Inside Vertical Approach Angle,\u201d<\/a> Talk Sox, September 7, 2025
\nMichael Rosen, \u201cHow Much Do Trail Runners Matter? An Investigation,\u201d<\/a> FanGraphs, September 8, 2025
\nStephen Sutton-Brown, \u201cUnderstanding Swing Processes Through Bat and Pitch Tracking,\u201d<\/a> Baseball Prospectus, September 22, 2025<\/p>\n
\nMichael Baumann, \u201cJhoan Duran and the One True Split-Finger Fastball,\u201d<\/a> FanGraphs, September 17, 2025
\nBen Lindbergh, \u201dIf Pitches Are Fixed, Baseball Is Broken,\u201d<\/a> The Ringer, November 10, 2025
\nRJ McDaniel, \u201cWearing the Hat,\u201d<\/a> Baseball Prospectus, September 17, 2025
\nRichard Staff, \u201cThe Secret Brotherhood of the Phantom Ballplayers,\u201d<\/a> Defector, July 21, 2025<\/p>\n
\nR.J. Anderson, \u201cWhat MLB\u2019s salary cap history can tell us about the upcoming CBA negotiations,\u201d<\/a> CBS Sports, December 1, 2025
\nSteven Goldman, \u201cEvery Day They Burn the Book,\u201d<\/a> Baseball Prospectus, April 3, 2025
\nJay Jaffe, \u201cNever is a Long, Long Time: Permanent Ineligibility and the Hall of Fame,\u201d<\/a> FanGraphs, March 10, 2025
\nDavid Roth, \u201cOctavio Dotel Made a Life in Baseball,\u201d<\/a> Defector, April 10, 2025<\/p>\n
\nDaniel R. Epstein, \u201cStand in the Place Where You Are,\u201d<\/a> Baseball Prospectus, May 5, 2025
\nDan M. Kahan, \u201cFielding Before and After Baseball\u2019s Great Transformation,\u201d<\/a> Journal of Sports Analytics, Volume 11, 2025<\/p>\n