Hardball Times: So Teams Have Lots of New Data, Then What?

[weams]

http://www.hardballtimes.com/so-teams-have-lots-of-new-data.-then-what/

A team might have a handle on the best metrics and impeccable data and systems, but that still doesn't mean it will maximize its return from analytics. Somebody still has to do something with all the information. Data can't act on their own. This is where people come in, and they can make a huge difference when it comes to the advantage teams hope to achieve.

[Frobby]

So the question is, who uses it well? My impression is the Orioles have done very well in this regard, particularly when it comes to employing shifts and positioning the defense.

[Il BuonO]

Doesn't Dan have someone specifically designed to assist him with this? I thought I remembered it was a position he created.

[Can_of_corn]

Doesn't Dan have someone specifically designed to assist him with this? I thought I remembered it was a position he created.

Was it one of the promoted interns?

[Il BuonO]

Was it one of the promoted interns?

Could be, but I was thinking it was someone devoted entirely to the dissemination of analytics.

[Can_of_corn]

Could be, but I was thinking it was someone devoted entirely to the dissemination of analytics.

They need a whole team. The problem of being able to properly parse the data collected is a real issue in certain fields.

[weams]

Was it one of the promoted interns?

No. Not at all.

ANALYTICS

Director, Baseball Analytics Sarah Gelles

Coordinator, Video Michael Silverman

Coordinator, Advance Scouting Ben Werthan

[Can_of_corn]

No. Not at all.

ANALYTICS

Director, Baseball Analytics Sarah Gelles

Coordinator, Video Michael Silverman

Coordinator, Advance Scouting Ben Werthan

Well she went to Amherst so I guess we have our next GM.

[weams]

No. Not at all.

ANALYTICS

Director, Baseball Analytics Sarah Gelles

Coordinator, Video Michael Silverman

Coordinator, Advance Scouting Ben Werthan

Sarah Gelles, Amherst graduate - Just like Dan Duquette

[Can_of_corn]

Sarah Gelles, Amherst graduate - Just like Dan Duquette

Three current GMs went to Amherst.

[AdamK]

Any idea what one studies to land a baseball analytics job? ...A friend wants to know.

Programming, statistics, and

[Can_of_corn]

Any idea what one studies to land a baseball analytics job? ...A friend wants to know.

Programming, statistics, and

I would try and dig up old job postings to see what they wanted.

Sure to be a competitive field to find work in with less then ideal job security.

[Frobby]

Was it one of the promoted interns?

No. Not at all.

ANALYTICS

Director, Baseball Analytics Sarah Gelles

Coordinator, Video Michael Silverman

Coordinator, Advance Scouting Ben Werthan

Sarah Gelles, Amherst graduate - Just like Dan Duquette

Can_of_Corn was on the right track, though. Gelles was an intern for the Pirates in 2010 under fellow Amherst grad Neil Huntington, who himself had been an intern for Dan Duquette when he was with the Expos. Gelles became Coordinator of Baseball Analytics for the Orioles in January 2012, shortly after Duquette was hired. She was promoted to Director of Baseball Analytics last August. So far as I know, this was a change of title but there was no Director of Baseball Analytics previously.

[Can_of_corn]

Can_of_Corn was on the right track, though. Gelles was an intern for the Pirates in 2010 under fellow Amherst grad Neil Huntington, who himself had been an intern for Dan Duquette when he was with the Expos. Gelles became Coordinator of Baseball Analytics for the Orioles in January 2012, shortly after Duquette was hired. She was promoted to Director of Baseball Analytics last August. So far as I know, this was a change of title but there was no Director of Baseball Analytics previously.

So there was an Amherst connection.

Amusing.

I had just mentioned it since Dan went there and I had recently read that three Amherst grads were GMs.

[AdamK]

I would try and dig up old job postings to see what they wanted.

Sure to be a competitive field to find work in with less then ideal job security.

Got to be a more stable environment than my artisan nitroglycerin pogo delivery company. I mean, my friends' company.

Hipsters apparently do have a limit to what they will pay for and we just can't keep replacing our delivery guys with every order.