The Moneyball thesis

[king ward]

Back to the Moneyball comparison - Billy Bean and the Athletics were able to identify their players using mathematics. Don't know why this couldn't work with other sports if someone could develop the formulas.

Depends on the amount of data available on a player and the soundness of the particular analytics being employed.

 

[DarkHorse2001]

Depends on the amount of data available on a player and the soundness of the particular analytics being employed.

The rewards could be absolutely mind blowing huge.

 

[Bleedgarnet33]

Analytics already are a big part of basketball but the nerd approach by Bean won them what exactly?

 

[DarkHorse2001]

Analytics already are a big part of basketball but the nerd approach by Bean won them what exactly?

With the lowest payroll in Major League Baseball, and the loss of their top three players from the previous season, the Moneyball method provided the Oakland A's 1st place in their division. Even though the New York Yankees had the highest payroll in baseball, the lowly A's tied with them for the most wins in MLB. They did not make it to the World Series, but the Moneyball approach made a lasting impact on MLB. Two years later the Boston Red Sox using the Moneyball system won their first World Series since 1918. A number of teams adopted this method. The problem with that is, the more teams that are using the method the more the method gets watered down due to the limited number of overlooked players.

 

[king ward]

With the lowest payroll in Major League Baseball, and the loss of their top three players from the previous season, the Moneyball method provided the Oakland A's 1st place in their division. Even though the New York Yankees had the highest payroll in baseball, the lowly A's tied with them for the most wins in MLB. They did not make it to the World Series, but the Moneyball approach made a lasting impact on MLB. Two years later the Boston Red Sox using the Moneyball system won their first World Series since 1918. A number of teams adopted this method. The problem with that is, the more teams that are using the method the more the method gets watered down due to the limited number of overlooked players.

I think that it could also be said that the Rays are getting a lot of mileage out of it right now - even as they did last season.

 

[VirgilCaine]

The transfer portal could be our “moneyball” scenario

 

[DarkHorse2001]

The transfer portal could be our “moneyball” scenario

Too few players, too many teams to compete with.