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Sports Intelligence Put Simply
Data Sources
Blaze Sports Intel
Sports Intelligence Put Simply
Every score, stat, and ranking on BSI is sourced and stamped. Here’s who we pull from, how often the numbers refresh, and what to expect when the calendar goes sideways.
Primary paid data lane when it supports the college baseball surface
Scores refresh while games are in progress; standings and rankings refresh on the worker schedule
This is the default BSI paid provider lane for college baseball surfaces. Source labels still reflect the actual serving layer returned by the worker.
Fallback source for college baseball scores, standings, rankings, and schedules
Scores refresh during games; standings and rankings once a day
Backup source for college baseball when the primary paid lane is unavailable. ESPN labels game times in UTC, but they are actually Eastern. We normalize everything to Central Time so what you see on the page matches the clock on your wall.
Fallback and verification sources for college baseball rankings, schedules, and team context
Varies by source
NCAA.com, official conference sites, and official team pages are used when they are the verified source for a college baseball surface.
The Read engine. wOBA, wRC+, FIP, expected stats, HAV-F scouting grades.
Takes raw game data, adjusts for the park the at-bat happened in, and grades every player on a D1-calibrated scale. 920+ players on the board.
Refreshes multiple times a day, plus a full rebuild once every night
Weekly podcast episodes built from BSI editorial, rankings, and recaps
We feed our own writing and box scores in, and Google’s tool turns it into a podcast-style conversation.
A new episode drops weekly
Opening weekend (mid-February) can be patchy until conferences hit full stride. Rankings refresh once a week during the regular season.
Every number on this site is tagged with where it came from and when it arrived. You’ll see a source label and a “last updated” stamp on every data surface, so you never have to guess whether you’re looking at live numbers or last night’s.
When a primary provider goes dark, the site falls back to the next source in line, then to the most recent good read on file. You always see something. The source label tells you exactly how fresh it is.
If a number looks wrong, it’s usually the calendar’s fault, not ours. Check the site status page for a live read on every feed.
Want the full methodology behind The Read? How park factors are computed, how HAV-F is scaled, what the error bars look like? Head to the Data Quality & Methodology page in the Models hub.