Connor Dague

@wvufootball | @wvubaseball Data Science Intern

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

@ven_armbarn Those numbers are all against his “slow” fastball this year. Took no other pitch into account.

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

Lowest FF velo yet Skenes’ fastball has:

-Career best in AVG, xAVG, SLG, wOBA, weak contact rate, average EV, K% and BB%

Only numbers that are worst (besides MPH) is whiff (-0.2% from 2025) and barrel rate (+0.2%)

[Ryan Venancio @ven_armbarn]

Paul Skenes career velo by game.

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

@pierreanalytics He’d be an alright sign I guess

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

MLB DFS Lineups - July 2

[Noah Bieniek (Bee-Nick) @NoahB77_]

West Virginia Coach Steve Sabins goes into great detail about the Biomechanics Lab that @WVUBaseball has on campus.

“For Courtney Semkewyc it was kind of a no brainer… She’s a unicorn - PHD in Biomechanics, that’s a baseball rat, that wants to be in a dugout, and be at practice all day, and grind. You can’t just go create that person or system.”

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

His swing decisions are allowing Cruz to have good contact at a high rate, although it increases the big misses. His whiff rate is down 13% and his competitive swing rate improved to 83.3%.

2025 v LHP: .102/.224/.176 (1 HR in 106 ABs)
2026 v LHP: .312/.361/.506 (4 HRs in 77 ABs)

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

Oneil Cruz has made the biggest jump against lefties, among MLB hitters this year. His swing profile on fastballs has seen minimal improvement. When facing a breaking ball from a lefty, his biggest improvement is how he swings and misses....

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[reed collins @reeedo_4]

Chills

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

@LanceBroz Baker avoiding the middle of the plate is his biggest development this season. The vert fastball and 16 HB change play well off each other, especially when you put it where you want to. (2025 v 2026)

[WVU Baseball @WVUBaseball]

🎥 𝐊-𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩

#HailWV

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

In honor of Selection Sunday, I recently developed an app of filterable shot charts from every shot this CBB season. In addition to that, I included Shot+ and Result+ models that evaluate shot decisions and shot making abilities.

https://t.co/imvKny0cA7

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

Built an end-to-end college basketball play by play pipeline using the ESPN API. Restructuring and cleaning to create a ready to use function for any desired date(s).
https://t.co/Ru4WTUe1mo

[On3 @On3]

BREAKING: Cincinnati transfer QB Brendan Sorsby has committed to Texas Tech, @Hayesfawcett3 and @PeteNakos report🌵

https://t.co/a5nGvYUVyS

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

5 of the bottom 6 punters are on teams that will have a top 10 pick in a couple months...

[Puntalytics @ThePuntRunts]

Final punter rankings of the 2025 season:

Congrats to everyone on another great year!

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

Instead, LA only needed ~20 yards with more than enough time to get into FG range. One quick out and a pass over the middle (12 seconds needed for play and spike), Atlanta is lucky Stafford didn’t tie it up.

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

Under the new kickoff format, the automatic TB decision last night made no sense in that situation. When in the landing zone, the average return brings the ball to the -30.7 YL. These returns also average 5.18 seconds of game clock being run off, which is crucial late game.

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

@ESPN_Schick I’m not saying they wouldn’t get it, but they’d need to get it at least once so might as well go for it early. Getting the 2 early also allows you to end it in reg instead of going to OT

[Connor Dague @cdague10]

@tejfbanalytics Tomlin letting him walk out of the building a couple years ago, and keeping Teryl Austin was definitely a decision…

[WVU Baseball @WVUBaseball]

A couple of big leaguers - James Wood, Trey Lipscomb, and our own Victor Scott II - checking out the facility!

Thanks for stopping by!