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Eno Sarris welcomes Andrew Perpetua, founder of xSTATS to the show. Andrew explains his unorthodox path into the Mets' front office after an accident kept him out of medical school. Eno and Andrew also discuss why he started xSTATS, what is the future of baseball research and where he's headed next.
Rundown
2:27 Andrew's education background and journey into baseball
10:50 Realizing that the data is not perfect
17:25 The three types of people that do baseball analytics
21:12 How baseball front offices need to change
31:45 What Andrew learned once he was "inside the game"
34:00 Improving technology for visual tracking
40:20 The next frontier is meshing all the technology together
47:00 What's coming next for Andrew
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Paul Sporer of Fangraphs joins Eno for this episode of Rates & Barrels. The guys discuss the blind spots in their player analysis, and how they attack FAB in the middle of the season.
From there, they get into discussions on José Urquidy, Ketel Marte, and Sporer's idea of a "kitchen sink" player. They also discuss organizations that regularly develop MLB talent, rotation questions in Oakland and Houston, and buy/sell/bench cases for Luis Castillo, Sonny Gray, Jameson Taillon and Eduardo Rodriguez.
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Eno and DVR discuss second chance leagues, long-term struggling players they are interested in adding, a few others they're ready to move on from, Alek Manoah's impressive debut, El Mago's incredible baserunning in Pittsburgh, and elite advertising placement.
Rundown
2:03 Second-Chance Leagues
11:55 Big Movers: 'New Aces'
25:01 Tough Adjustments: Starting Pitchers
28:22 Biggest Non-Injury Busts So Far
49:34 Alek Manoah's Impressive Debut
58:55 El Mago's Greatest Trick Ever?
63:07 Ad Optimization
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Eno and DVR discuss the stabilization of barrel rates, sinkers v. two-seamers, Corbin Burnes as a potential outlier ace, the Giants' improving offense, and more.
Rundown
4:44 Barrel Rate Stabilization
17:55 Sinkers vs. Two-Seamers
27:54 Why Are There So Many Corbins?
29:18 Is Austin Gomber Getting Better?
40:48 Corbin Burnes: An Outlier Ace?
50:59 Digging Deep: Tyler Ivey & Edward Olivares
61:46 (No, DVR Isn't Really on Joe West's Side)
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Eno and DVR discuss the four-player swap between the Rays and Brewers that sent Willy Adames to Milwaukee, Taylor Walls' promotion, organizational brain drain, making in-season decisions nearly two months in, expectations for Spencer Howard, and a surprising development with changeups.
Rundown
1:02 A Meaningful May Trade!
8:02 Taylor Walls Gets the Call
14:02 Joey Wendle is On Fire
16:01 Organizational Brain Drain
26:45 Making Better In-Season Decisions
33:01 Rallying in Roto Leagues
38:18 Spencer Howard is Back!
47:34 Concerns About Changeups w/Current Baseball?
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Eno, Britt & DVR discuss the current league-wide edge to pitching and the likely related six(!) no-hitters that we've seen in the first two months of 2021 before drafting pitchers in an effort to predict who will throw the seventh no-hitter of the year. Plus, the return of Stephen Strasburg, another unwritten rules violation, projections and different run environments, and an inquiry about the unquantifiable.
Rundown
1:14 Hitters Are Not Having Much Fun
11:50 The Sixth No-Hitter of 2021(!)
17:51 The Bottom End Offenses
23:01 The No-Hitter Draft!
34:25 Expectations for Stephen Strasburg
43:23 That Rule is Written Somewhere
53:14 The Weight of the Unquantifiable
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Eno and DVR discuss the challenges of replacing a star, Spencer Turnbull's no-no, the skill of home-run suppression, and more.
Rundown
1:11 Replacing Mike Trout (or any star during a prolonged absence)
11:18 A Plea for Mid-Week Injury Replacements
18:43 Spencer Turnbull's No-Hitter Against Seattle
25:46 The Challenge of Selling High on Pitching
33:24 Recent Pitching Debuts
43:58 Home-Run Suppression as a Skill
49:06 Buy, Sell or Hold: Jameson Taillon
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Eno and DVR discuss several surprising 2021 rebounds, the limitations of using launch angle as a standalone stat, year-over-year risers in barrel rate and wOBA, and more.
Rundown
3:00 Surprising 2021 Bouncebacks
10:43 Buying the 'new' Madison Bumgarner?
19:54 Launch Angle Changes: Kris Bryant, Mike Trout, and Ronald Acuña
27:24 Year-over-Year Barrel Rate Risers
35:47 DVR Sticking with JVM + Other Undervalued Bats
43:11 Great Deliveries & Spin Direction, Less than Elite Stuff
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Part Three of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann continue on about the company’s expansion into the U.K., how the team got through the shutdown of sports and challenges that lay ahead. Writers, Marcus Thompson, Anthony Slater, Zach Harper and David Aldridge give their thoughts on that process as well.
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Part Two of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann continue on about the company’s first steps into the marketplace. The challenges they met selling this idea to investors, and journalists they were trying to recruit, specifically with the expansion into the Bay Area. Writers, Marcus Thompson and Anthony Slater give their thoughts on that process as well.
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