2026 Gold & Platinum Gloves: Do the Winners Match the Defensive Metrics?
Do Gold Glove winners have the defensive numbers to back up their awards? Harry D looks at the 2026 Gold and Platinum Glove winners, where the metrics agree—and a few picks worth debating.
Peter's Gold Glove Research: https://hive108.com/data-analysis/colab11-gold-gloves-defensive-data/ (https://hive108.com/data-analysis/colab11-gold-gloves-defensive-data/)
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31 Oct 2026
The Brewers Win It All / Halloween Edition
The Milwaukee Brewers are World Series champions. Harry D recaps how they beat the Tampa Bay Rays four games to one for the first title in franchise history, including the Game 1 double play that was overturned, the Rays' 12-inning walk-off in Game 4, and William Contreras winning World Series MVP.
Then Siera, Hive108's social media manager, joins Harry to share some of her favorite posts from the Series: the Brewers' eight-game postseason win streak, seven straight hits in Game 3, Jackson Chourio matching Babe Ruth, Aaron Ashby passing Andrew Miller, and a franchise that began as the 1969 Seattle Pilots.
It's Halloween, so Harry and Siera tell three spooky World Series stories. Derek Jeter becomes Mr. November after midnight in 2001. Curt Schilling's bloody sock leads into the blood moon that shined on the Red Sox sweep in 2004. And Game 6 of 1986 turns up three sixes: Game 6, Bill Buckner's number 6, and the Mets' sixth run.
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23 Oct 2026
World Series, the Fisk camera, and does the best team win?
The World Series is here: the Milwaukee Brewers against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Brewers had the best record in baseball (103-59) and the Rays had the best record in the American League (98-64). Game 1 is the first World Series game in Milwaukee since 1982, and the first ever at American Family Field. Harry D welcomes Siera, the newest member of the Hive108 team, who runs our social media on X.
Siera explains why the Brewers and Rays share a start date: March 31, 1998. Then she and Harry revisit Carlton Fisk's Game 6 home run in 1975, the camera inside the Green Monster, and the rat story (as the cameraman told it, and why it's disputed). Then Harry walks through new Hive108 research: how often does the best team, or the best player, actually win the title?
Colab 7, Does the best team, or the best player, win the title?
https://hive108.com/data-analysis/colab7-does-the-best-win/ (https://hive108.com/data-analysis/colab7-does-the-best-win/)
Siera on X, @BeetleJuiceTres
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17 Oct 2026
2026 Moneyball Players: Top 5 Countdown
In Moneyball, Billy Beane went after players nobody else wanted: David Justice at the end of an All-Star career, and Scott Hatteberg, a catcher who had never played first base. Why? Because they got on base. Harry D and Peter count down the first annual 2026 Moneyball Top 5. These are the veterans, 28 or older, on smaller contracts who quietly did the things that win games: getting on base, drawing walks, scoring runs, and producing value for every dollar they were paid.
After the countdown, they look at the stories behind two names on the list. Ty France had to fight for a roster spot on a minor-league deal. Jake Bauers came close to retiring to be a stay-at-home dad. Then he hit a go-ahead home run against the Dodgers in Game 3 of the NLCS.
Peter's research
- 2026 Moneyball Players: Top 5 Countdown. https://hive108.com/data-analysis/colab6-moneyball-top5-countdown (https://hive108.com/data-analysis/colab6-moneyball-top5-countdown)
9 Oct 2026
How to win in October - Buyers, builders, and value-finders
Join Harry D as he discusses the 2026 MLB playoff teams that are still alive, and their approaches to building a winner.
Dodgers buy, and it's a proven strategy that is working for them. But if you are a smaller market team like the Guardians, Rays, or Brewers, what are they doing to compete at the same level.
Based on the research available on 108 Hive, https://hive108.com/data-analysis/colab5-how-playoff-teams-were-built/, Harry D breaks it down and gives insight into what got these teams to this position in October, and how it will create some interesting matchups yet to come this postseason.
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4 Oct 2026
Hot Streaks vs Confidence
Harry D from www.hive108.com (http://www.hive108.com) talks with Peter, a data scientist at Hive108, and Leslie, a clinical psychologist who works with athletes. Peter checked years of games to see whether a win streak, or a hot hitting streak, tells you anything about the next game once you already know how good that team or player is. His answer: it doesn't. Leslie walks through published research on confidence and performance. A confident athlete can still play better. That is not the same claim as a hot streak. They don't have to agree.
The back half is the 2026 playoffs. The Padres were hot in September and swept the Cubs. The White Sox were not, and they swept the Astros anyway.
Peter's research
Team hot streaks. hive108.com/data-analysis/colab1-team-hot-streaks (https://hive108.com/data-analysis/colab1-team-hot-streaks)
Player hot streaks. hive108.com/data-analysis/colab3-player-hot-streaks (https://hive108.com/data-analysis/colab3-player-hot-streaks)
Leslie's references
Lochbaum, Sherburn, Sisneros, Cooper, Lane, and Terry (2022). Revisiting the Self-Confidence and Sport Performance Relationship: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116381 (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116381)
Lochbaum, Sisneros, Cooper, and Terry (2023). Pre-Event Self-Efficacy and Sports Performance: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis. doi.org/10.3390/sports11110222 (https://doi.org/10.3390/sports11110222)
Avugos, Köppen, Czienskowski, Raab, and Bar-Eli (2013). The "hot hand" reconsidered: A meta-analytic approach. doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.07.005 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.07.005)
Iso-Ahola and Dotson (2016). Psychological Momentum—A Key to Continued Success. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01328 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01328)
2 Oct 2026
Hive 108 - Welcome to the show!
Join Harry D to discuss MLB news, trends and dig deep into analysis. We talk daily fantasy, discuss the models and algorithms we are building, and try to give baseball insight into the game and predictions of how we think it will play out. Fun and energetic, while hoping you walk aware having learned something new or at the very least sparked some curiosity.
To take a look at what all we are working on head over to www.hive108.com. Welcome to the journey!
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