Wharton Moneyball

In this episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts talk NBA Playoffs, Masters, MLB and more. They speak with former MLB Major Leaguer Ross Ohlendorf about evaluating amateur baseball players. Then they get the latest on the NFL draft and analytics across sports from basketball to golf. Plus, at the end, the crew does their weekly over under segment. Tune in and check it out!Guest Info:Ross Ohlendorf - A major leaguer for ten years pitching for teams including the Pirates and Nationals, He was voted MLB’s Smartest Player and is currently working with Quantified Communications to help teams evaluate amateurs.Bruce Feldman – Long time reporter and analyst in college football now with Fox Sports and Sports Illustrated.Follow him on Twitter: @BruceFeldmanCFBNeil Paine - Longtime friend of the show as well as a Senior Writer and General Editor at FiveThirtyEight. He covers a wide range of sports, with a focus on sabermetrics and statistical analysis Follow him on Twitter: @Neil_Paine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Wharton Moneyball hosts Cade Massey, Shane Jensen, Adi Wyner, and Eric Bradlow take on the headlines and talk NFL draft and NBA finals. Then our hosts look at hitting analytics in baseball with the author of Baseball Prospectus. They also get an analytical sneak peak at the Masters Tournament with the head of golf intelligence at 15th Club. All that and more, check it out!Guests:Rob Mains - Author of Baseball Prospectus, where his "Flu-Like Symptoms" column appears twice a week. Prior to joining Baseball Prospectus in March 2016, Rob's work was featured in Banished to the Pen and FanGraphs Community.Jake Nichols - Jake is the Head of Golf Intelligence at 15th Club - the leader in professional golf analytics. He helps our clients - ranging from Ryder Cup Europe to top 50 in the world professionals to major media organizations - apply context to their data to make smarter decisions and to achieve a competitive edge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode of Wharton Moneyball hosts Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, and Shane Jensen break down the NCAA Tournament, talk 2018 MLB season, and dish out their favorite sports over unders. They also interview a former MLB player about his transition to a coach and get the details on an innovative sports analytics company called Edj Analytics from the founder himself. Kick back and tune in!Guests:Brendan Harris - Former major league baseball player for multiple teams including the Twins and Rays. He now is going to school at Wharton and works in the Player Development Department with the Los Angeles Angels.Frank Frigo - Founder of Edj Analytics and Chief Business Officer of Edj Sports. Edj has a diverse team of physicists, mathematicians, engineers, programmers, world-class game theorists, product developers & inventors and has quickly pioneered new predictive modeling techniques to inform smarter decision-making in not only sports, but financial markets, healthcare and education among other industries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

During this episode of Wharton Moneyball hosts Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, and Shane Jensen talk everything from baseball stats and home run numbers to hot hands and March Madness. Tune in to hear how our hosts model and choose games as well as a funny story about Adi in the Mets clubhouse! All that and more, check it out!Guests:Rob Arthur - A journalist and consultant covering baseball, criminal justice, politics, and other topics. His articles have appeared in FiveThirtyEight, the New York Times, Slate, and VICE News.Dan Stone - Assistant Professor of Economics at Bowdoin College since 2012 and prior to that was Assistant Professor of Economics at Oregon State University. His main research interest is belief formation and decision-making under uncertainty. Jeremy Arkes - Associate Profressor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Outside of Sports his research interests include military man power, economics and substance abuse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Wharton Moneyball host Cade Massey takes listeners through a slew of interviews he had with big names in sports analytics at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. He covers everything from betting and the inter working of teams to innovation and the future of sports analytics. Check it out!Guests:Mina Kimes, ESPN (00:00)Ben Alomar, ESPN (18:00)Sandy Weil, head of analytics, Kroenke Sports (27:17)Kurt Lacob, Assitant GM Warriors (39:29)Chad Millman, Action Network (53:12)Jeff Ma, Twitter (1:05:29)Dean Oliver, Basketball on Paper (1:13:14)Brian Burke, ESPN (1:30:40) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts have a post 2018 Winter Olympics review, discuss the NFL draft, talk MLB forecasting, and much more. Plus a discussion with American freestyle skiier Nick Goepper about his silver medal at the most recent games and his outlook for the future of the olympics. The National Recruiting Director & Editor for SBNation.com Bud Elliot also joins the show to shed light on college football recruiting. Take a listen!Guests:Bud Elliott - The National Recruiting Director & Editor for SBNation.com. He holds degrees from Alabama and Florida State, both of which have fan bases that are obsessed with recruiting.Nick Goepper - Two-time Olympian, and most recently Silver Medalist in Men’s Ski Slope. Nick is 24 years old out of Lawrenceburg, Indiana and brought a medal back to America from Pyeongchang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This edition of Wharton Moneyball covers everything from the 2018 Winter Olympics to sports betting and high stakes poker. Our hosts delve into a March Madness preview and get all the details about Ken Pomeroys innovative analytics. They also get the scoop on famous poker player Annie Duke's strategy as well as advice on controlling your emotions and having a commitment to accuracy.Guests:Annie Duke is a professional poker player who won the inaugural WSOP Tournament of Champions defeating ten World Champion opponents and has had career winnings exceeding $4Millon. She is also the author of the new book “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts.”Ken Pomeroy is the creator of a popular college basketball website and statistical archive, kenpom.com. His website includes his College Basketball Ratings, tempo-free statistics for every NCAA men's Division I basketball team, with archives dating back to the 2002 season, as well as a blog about current college basketball. You can follow Ken on Twitter at @KenPomeroy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:John Templon - An investigative data journalist for BuzzFeed News where he has reported on figure skating, tennis, immigration and politics among other things. He joined BuzzFeed in 2014 from Chicago-based technology startup Narrative Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:Oliver Miller-Farrell is the Business Development Director of North America at Perform GroupDerek Belch is the CEO and Co-Founder of STRIVR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Gill Alexander – Host of “A Numbers Game” on SiriusXM Radio’s VSiNTodd Steussie – Former All Pro Offensive Lineman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Adam Kingsbury - Head Coach Canadian Olympic Women’s Curling TeamPeter Keating - Senior Writer at ESPN the Magazine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Neil Paine - A longtime friend of the show as well as a Senior Writer and General Editor at FiveThirtyEight. He covers a wide range of sports, with a focus on sabermetrics and statistical analysis and can he can be foundNeil Greenberg – Statistics Reporter at the Washington Post. Neil is a staff writer with The Washington Post whose beat is sports analytics. You can find his analysis and insight on the Fancy Stats blog where he covers all pro sports as well as college football and basketball. He also hosts “Crashing the Net” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Michael Salfino is a sports analyst for Meadowlands Media Group whose appears in the Wall Street Journal, FiveThirtyEight and YahooIan Levy is the senior NBA editor for FanSided.com and the man behind the curtain at The Step Back and Nylon Calculus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Steven Godfrey - Senior reporter for SB Nation based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is also the co-host of the college football podcast, “Podcast Ain’t Played Nobody” and you can follow him on Twitter @38Godfrey.Nathan Jahnke - Director of Analytics at Pro Football Focus where he has worked for over seven years. As the Director of Analytics, he developed the methodology of turning the raw grades PFF collects into 0-100 season and game grades as well as some of the statistics used at PFF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Ty Schalter – FiveThirtyEight, where he covers the NFLBen Alamar - Director Sports Analytics at ESPN and the author of Sports Analytics: A Guide for Coaches, Managers and Other Decision Makers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Ty Hildenbrandt - Host and producer of The Solid Verbal, an independent college football podcast he co-founded in 2008. Through the podcast, Ty has worked with ESPN, Sirius XM, SB Nation and other national media outlets.Neil Hornsby – Founder of Pro Football Focus (PFF) in 2006 and developer of a patent pending grading methodology to objectively assess and rank individual player performance. Neil is responsible for partnerships with 24 NFL teams and many College football programs as well as major media networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Prather - Co-Founder and Principal of SportSource Analytics, which helps provide information for the selection process of the College Football Playoff.Chris Alexopoulos - Soccer producer for ESPN Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Jerry Palm – A senior sports writer for CBS Sports where he has covered college basketball and college footballDean Oliver - Currently the Vice President of Data at TrueMedia Networks and was one of the pioneers of the advanced statistical revolution in basketball with his fundamental book, Basketball on Paper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Chase Stuart - The owner of FootballPerspective.com. Chase has also been a contributor in the past for Pro-FootballReference.com and FiveThirtyEightTom Haberstroh - He is part of Spotlight Media Ventures and its Leverage the Chat media network, where he is a part of The Basketball Friends podcast. He also serves as a writer-at-large Bleacher Report Mag. Tom previously spent seven years as an NBA writer and analyst for ESPN Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

(00:00) - Baseball HOf/NFL/CFB(32:45) - Chris Herring - FiveThirtyEight(53:42) - Brian Burke - ESPN (1:27:15) - CFB/NFL Look Ahead Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Kelly Dwyer - Basketball writer who has been covering the sport for over twenty years and whose work has appeared at Yahoo, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated. He has now started his own subscription based website called “The Second Arrangement”Ben Reiter - A senior writer for Sports Illustrated and for SI.com who has been with the magazine since 2004. Ben penned the now-famous 2014 Sports Illustrated cover story that featured future World Series MVP George Springer and predicted the Astros to be the 2017 World Series champions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:Jeff Luhnow - The current general manager of the Houston Astros, serving in the role since December 2011. He worked for the St. Louis Cardinals in their scouting department from 2003 through 2011. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:Ben Falk - Owner of CleaningTheGlass.com, a subscription service Falk runs that provides a statistical NBA database as well as research and analytical articles about basketball. Falk previously served as the VP of Basketball Strategy with the Philadelphia 76ers and as the Basketball Analytics Manager with the Portland Trailblazers.Bill Connelly – At SB Nation. You can also find his written work at Rock M Nation, Football Outsiders and Football Study Hall or listen to his podcast, “Podcast Ain’t Played Nobody.” Follow Bill on Twitter @SBN_BillC and with that we welcome Bill Connelly live here on Wharton Moneyball Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Neil Greenberg - Staff writer with The Washington Post whose beat is sports analytics. You can find his analysis and insight on the Fancy Stats blog where he covers all pro sports as well as college football and basketball. He also hosts “Crashing the Net” on 106.7 WFAN in Washington D.C.Rick Peterson - Former Major League Pitching Coach for the Mets, A’s, Brewers and the Orioles. He is now a sought-after motivational speaker and is co-author of Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When It Matters Most. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Guest:Steve Palazzolo - Senior analyst at ProFootballFocus, where he contributes to the grading and analyzing of every player on every snap during NFL and FBS seasons, heads up the development of college football products, and works with NFL teams to help them best optimize usage of PFF’s dataRick Peterson - Former Major League Pitching Coach for the Mets, A’s, Brewers and the Orioles. He is now a sought-after motivational speaker and is co-author of Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When It Matters Most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Justin Gatlin - The 2004 Olympic gold medalist in the 100m, a multi-time world champion and one of the most accomplished sprinters of his generation. He most recently won Gold at the 2017 World Championships.Rob Arthur - FiveThirtyEight’s baseball columnist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests: Aaron Schatz - The creator of FootballOutsiders.com and a number of advanced NFL metrics used on that website, including DVOA, DYAR, adjusted line yards, and the KUBIAK fantasy football projectionsBill Connelly - Works for SB Nation. You can also find his written work at Rock M Nation, Football Outsiders and Football Study Hall or listen to his podcast, “Podcast Ain’t Played Nobody.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Brian Burke - Joined ESPN in June 2015 as a senior analytics specialist and is one of the leading voices in NFL analyticsCraig O’Shannessy - Recognized as the world leader in teaching and analyzing tennis strategy. Craig specializes in this specific area of the sport, creating his online Brain Game Tennis business to teach players, coaches and fans the patterns of play, and winning percentages that dominate the sport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Scott Kacsmar - Assistant Editor at Football Outsiders, where some of his work and content is featured on ESPN. Scott has additionally written for Bleacher Report and done statistical work for Pro-FootballReference.comRick Peterson - Former Major League Pitching Coach for the Mets, A’s, Brewers and the Orioles. He is now a sought-after motivational speaker and is co-author of Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When It Matters MostChase Stuart, who is the owner of FootballPerspective.comRufus Peabody, one half of Massey-Peabody Analytics. Rufus is a professional sports analyst who lives in Las Vegas, Nevada and Washington, D.C. Previously, he worked as a statistical analyst for Las Vegas Sports Consultants, the largest and most influential odds-making company in the worldMichael Baumann - A staff writer for The Ringer and the co-host of the Ringer MLB ShowKevin Ferrigan - Kevin is an independent writer who focuses on the NBA and the numbers germane to analyzing basketball effectively. He also hosts the Nothing But Nylon podcast, Nylon Calculus's official podcast, where he picks the brains of the talented writers of Nylon Calculus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Scott Kacsmar - Assistant Editor at Football Outsiders, where some of his work and content is featured on ESPN. Scott has additionally written for Bleacher Report and done statistical work for Pro-FootballReference.comRick Peterson - Former Major League Pitching Coach for the Mets, A’s, Brewers and the Orioles. He is now a sought-after motivational speaker and is co-author of Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When It Matters Most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Football Preview ShowGuests:Chase Stuart - Football PerspectiveSteven Godfrey - SB Nation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:Ty Schalter - A writer for ESPN’s FiveThirtyEight, where he covers the NFL using both words and number to analyze the sport of footballMichael Baumann - A staff writer for The Ringer and the co-host of the Ringer MLB Show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Full show from 7/26/17Guest: Kevin Ferrigan - Kevin is an independent writer who focuses on the NBA and the numbers germane to analyzing basketball effectively. He also hosts the Nothing But Nylon podcast, Nylon Calculus's official podcast, where he picks the brains of the talented writers of Nylon Calculus Rick Peterson - former Major League Pitching Coach for the Mets, the A’s, the Brewers and the Orioles. He is now a sought-after motivational speaker and is co-author of Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When It Matters Most. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Full show from 7/19/17 Guest: Dan Rosenheck - Data and Sports Editor, The Economist Louis Passfield - Professor, Kent University School of Sport and Exercise Sciences Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Full show from 7/12/17Guests: Jon Wertheim - a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, is one of the most accomplished sports journalists in America. His work has been cited in The Best American Sports Writing anthology numerous times, as well as in The Best American Crime Writing. He is the author of various book including New York Times bestsellers Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won (co-written with University of Chicago finance professor Tobias Moskowitz) and You Can't make This Up (with sportscaster Al Michaels.) His most recent book, This is your Brain on Sports, was released in February 2016. Rick Peterson - former Major League Pitching Coach for the Mets, the A’s, the Brewers and the Orioles. He is now a sought-after motivational speaker and is co-author of Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When It Matters Most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests: Mark Glickman - Senior Lecturer on Statistics at Harvard University, Author of the Handbook of Statistical Methods and Analyses in Sports Sean Foreman - Founder of Baseball Reference Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:Keith Law - Senior baseball writer for ESPN Insider; Analyst for ESPN’s Baseball Tonight; Author of Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About BaseballFinbarr Kirwan - High Performance Director at the US Olympics Committee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest: Dan Okrent - Founding Father of Fantasy; Author; First public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and managing editor of Life magazine Rick Peterson - Spent over 15 years in the Majors as Pitching Coach for the Oakland A’s during the Moneyball era, the New York Mets and more recently as Pitching Development Coach for the Baltimore Orioles. He’s an acclaimed keynote speaker and has a recent book, Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When it Matters Most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 6/21/17 Guests: Mark Glickman - Senior Lecturer on Statistics at Harvard University, Author of the Handbook of Statistical Methods and Analyses in Sports Sean Foreman - Founder of Baseball Reference Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests: Neil Paine- Senior Sportswriter FiveThirtyEight Rick Peterson – He spent over 15 years in the Majors as Pitching Coach for the Oakland A’s during the Moneyball era, the New York Mets and more recently as Pitching Development Coach for the Baltimore Orioles. He’s an acclaimed keynote speaker and has a recent book, Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When it Matters Most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 6/7/17 Guests: Stephanie Kovalchik - Lead data scientist in the Game Insight Group at Tennis Australia - Tennis Analytics Patrick Lucey - Director of Data Science at STATS (Returning Guest) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests: Stephanie Kovalchik - Lead data scientist in the Game Insight Group at Tennis Australia - Tennis Analytics Patrick Lucey - Director of Data Science at STATS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 5/31/17 Guests:Rick Peterson – Former pitching coach for the major leaguesJeff Sackman – Runs TennisAbstract.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:Matthew Reicher - MS, ATC, CSCS, CISSN; Head Athletic Trainer and Exercise Scientist for NY Sports Science Lab Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 5/24/17 Guest:Matthew Reicher - MS, ATC, CSCS, CISSN; Head Athletic Trainer and Exercise Scientist for NY Sports Science Lab Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests: Luke Bornn - VP of Strategy and Analytics for the Sacramento Kings Rick Peterson – He has spent over 15 years in the Majors as Pitching Coach for the Oakland A’s during the Moneyball era, the New York Mets and more recently as Pitching Development Coach for the Baltimore Orioles. He’s an acclaimed keynote speaker and has a book, Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When it Matters Most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 5/17/17Guests:Luke Bornn - VP of Strategy and Analytics for the Sacramento KingsRick Peterson – He has spent over 15 years in the Majors as Pitching Coach for the Oakland A’s during the Moneyball era, the New York Mets and more recently as Pitching Development Coach for the Baltimore Orioles. He’s an acclaimed keynote speaker and has a book, Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When it Matters Most Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show from 5/10/17 Guests: Rick Ankiel - Former Major League Pitcher and Outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals, among other teams for eleven seasons; Author of The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life Ben Hansen - CTO for MOTUS and lead developer of motusBASEBALL Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.