Wharton Moneyball

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Wharton Moneyball: 2018 MLB Postseason, NBA Preseason, & NFL Matchups Oct 10, 2018

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Show from 10/10/18

Hosts Cade Massey, Shane Jensen, Eric Bradlow and Adi Wyner kick off the show discussing the crushing loss of the Yankees to the Red Sox. Then they get into the MLB postseason, who will likely advance to The World Series? Plus a look at the NFL and College Football. What teams should you be paying attention to and who should you be betting on? Our hosts will answer those questions and more. Tune in!

Guests:

Josh Hermsmeyer – Writer for FiveThirtyEight and the Founder of AirYards.com where he works on all things football analytics

Follow him on Twitter @FriscoJosh

Rob Neyer – Longtime baseball writer and pioneer in the analytics community. He is currently the commissioner of the West Coast League and his seventh book, Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game was released yesterday

Follow him on Twitter @robneyer

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Wharton Moneyball: 2018 MLB Playoffs, NHL News, & NFL Matchups Oct 03, 2018

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Show from 10/3/18

With the MLB playoffs officially starting last night, tune in to hear from former major league pitching coach Rick Peterson on how the game changes in the postseason. Our hosts also speak with one of the leading minds in NHL analytics ahead of the 2018 season opening. Plus a look back at the Ryder Cup and some NFL projections. Tune in!

Guests:

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.

Follow him on Twitter @RickPetersonCT

Dom Luszczyszyn is a national NHL reporter for The Athletic who writes primarily about hockey analytics and new ways of looking at the game. Previously he’s also worked at The Hockey News, The Nation Network, and Hockey Graphs.

Follow his work here https://theathletic.com/author/dom-luszczyszyn/

Follow him on Twitter@domluszczyszyn

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Wharton Moneyball: College Football Matchups, The Ryder Cup, & MLB Stats. Sep 26, 2018

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Show from 9/26/18

In this episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts start off the show talking TIger Woods, NFL player stats, and MLB's Mack Scherzer Reaching 300 Strike Outs! Then they get into baseball and strength/ conditioning with a guy who worked with the New York Yankees for 12 years. Plus college football matchups. Who will make the playoffs? Alabama, Georgia, LSU? Tune in to find out!

Guests:

Dana Cavalea - Spent 12 years with the New York Yankees Organization, many of those years as the Director of Strength and Conditioning & Performance Enhancement. He was the recipient of the 2009 MLB Nolan Ryan Award, the award is given to MLB's top Strength Coach as voted by his peers. He has a new book available on pre-sale right now titled, Habits of a Champion: Nobody Becomes a Champion by Accident

Steven Godfrey - A 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”

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Wharton Moneyball: NFL 2018 Season Projections & MLB Team Stats Sep 19, 2018

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Show from 9/19/18

In this episode of Wharton Moneyball hosts Shane Jensen and Eric Bradlow dive into the 2018 NFL season talking quarterback variance and giving their projections. Then they get into MLB Team stats in matchups as well as predictive models in baseball. Plus they get into gold and over/unders. All that and more!

Guest:

Neil 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 at @Neil_Paine

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Wharton Moneyball: The Start of the NFL Season & Team Rankings Sep 12, 2018

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Show from 9/12/18

In this episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts Cade Massey, Shane Jensen, Adi Wyner, and Eric Bradlow give you the latest stats on the NFL including what teams they think will make the playoffs. Plus they talk sports tech with the CEO & Founder of Sparta Science, a Silicon Valley company that is now the leader in Force Data Visualization. All that and more!

Guests:

Dr. Phil Wagner - The CEO & Founder of Sparta Science, a Silicon Valley company that is now the leader in Force Data Visualization for more than 50 organizations worldwide- including sports organizations across all levels, the government, and the medical community.

Follow him on Twitter @DrPhilWagner

Brian Burke - A former Navy pilot, and was an early pioneer of modern football analytics. He is currently the senior analytics specialist at ESPN and a writer at espn.com.

Follow him of Twitter @bburkeESPN

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Wharton Moneyball: NFL Preview, US Open, & MLB Stats Sep 05, 2018

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(Show from 9/5/18) In this episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts kick off the show looking at sports headlines from the US Open and MLB to college football. Then they talk NFL preseason for the rest of the show giving you their latest predictions, player stats, and much more. Plus they're joined by two pro football experts from Pro Football Focus and Football Outsiders Almanac. Tune in!

Guests:

Nathan Jahnke - Director of Analytics at Pro Football Focus. He started in 2010 as a data collector and now as Director he has 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.

Follow him on Twitter @PFF_NateJahnke

Aaron Schatz - Launched a revolution in football analytics when his website FootballOutsiders.com went online in July 2003. He remains editor-in-chief and head statistician for that website as well as the book series Football Outsiders Almanac. In addition, he writes for ESPN.com Insider and ESPN The Magazine.

Follow him on Twitter @FO_ASchatz

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Sports Headlines (0:00)

NFL Preview w/Pro Football Focus (32:08)

NFL Preview w/Football Outsiders (53:17)

US Open/Moneyball Matchups (1:23:55)

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Wharton Moneyball: College Football 2018 Preview Aug 29, 2018

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Show from 8/29/18

In this week’s episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts along with guest co-host Ty Hildenbrandt dive headfirst into the 2018 college football season. They talk player stats, coaches, team rankings, and everything else to do with predicating game outcomes. Plus they bring on special guest Mack Brown a former National Championship winning coach at Texas who now covers games for ESPN and ABC. Tune in!

Guests:

Mack Brown is a former National Championship winning coach at Texas. He joined ESPN in 2014 and this year will be part of the ABC studio team with Kevin Negandhi and Jon Vilma.

Bill Connelly is a writer for SB Nation host of “Podcast Ain’t Played Nobody” and Author of The 50 Best* College Football Teams of All Time.

Ty Hildenbrandt – Host of college football podcast The Solid Verbal

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Wharton Moneyball: Special w/ Former National Championship Winning Coach Mack Brown Aug 29, 2018

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Our hosts talk to Mack Brown, former National Championship winning coach at Texas, about his projections for the upcoming 2018 College Football Season.

Follow him on Twitter @ESPN_CoachMack

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Wharton Moneyball: MLB 2018 Season, US Open, & NFL Projections Aug 22, 2018

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8/22/18 In this episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts kick off the show talking MLB and Premiere League soccer. Then they bring on the founder of Tennis Abstract.com to talk about the US Open. Plus senior analyst at Pro Football Focus comes on to discuss NFL projections. All that and more!

Guests:

Jeff Sackmann is a tennis analyst and the Founder of Tennis Abstract.com where he uses numbers and stats to analyze tennis. You can read all of Jeff’s work on Twitter at @TennisAbstract or online at TennisAbstract.com.

Mike Renner is a Senior Analyst at Pro Football Focus where he has worked for six years, Mike’s role includes evaluating performance of NFL and FBS players as well as project future performance.

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Wharton Moneyball: 15th Club Golf Analytics & the Houston Astros Aug 15, 2018

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(8/15/18) In this episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts start off the show talking about player performance, MLB projections, golf, and Tiger Woods. Then they bring on Jake Nichols, head of golf intelligence at 15th Club to talk about the PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup, and much more. Plus the senior director of baseball operations and analytics for the Houston Astros joins us to talk about the MLB season. Check it out!

Guests:

Jake Nichols - Head of Golf Intelligence at 15th Club - the leader in professional golf analytics. He helps 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.

Follow him on Twitter @jalnichols

Brandon Taubman - Been with the Astros since 2013 and is in his first season as Senior Director of Baseball Operations and Analytics. He assist the General Manager in areas including player evaluation, contract valuation and negotiation, roster construction and economic modeling.

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