Michael Chernow (Pirates Coach & Player Development Director) + 3 SABR Analytics Awards Finalists

About this episode

Mark Simon hosts a guest-packed episode featuring Pirates coach Michael Chernow and three SABR Analytics Awards finalists discussing player development and analytics.

It's a guest-packed episode of The SIS Baseball Podcast as Mark Simon welcomed in Pirates coach and player development director Michael Chernow as well as three finalists for the SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards, Zach Crizer (The Bandwagon), Maddie Landis (Talk Sox), and Michael Rosen (FanGraphs). Michael Chernow explained how his job compares to that of a farm director, and shared how the Pirates organization works to build good habits in players and good habits in its coaches, such...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Simon

Guests: Michael Chernow, Zach Crizer, Maddie Landis, Michael Rosen

Topics covered

• baseball
• player development
• SABR analytics
• coaching
• Pirates organization

Keywords

• Michael Chernow
• SABR Analytics
• Pirates
• player development
• baseball coaching
• Zach Crizer
• Maddie Landis
• Michael Rosen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pirates, SABR, FanGraphs, Talk Sox, The Bandwagon

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