How Baseball Analytics Is Reshaping Hall of Fame Conversations
About this episode
The episode discusses how baseball analytics, particularly the JAWS metric, is influencing Hall of Fame conversations and includes insights on player performance and win probability in various sports.
Cade, Eric, Shane, and Adi discuss NHL playoff hockey, expected goals models, statistical limits in measuring player performance, and how sports like hockey, soccer, baseball, and football differ in the way win probability builds and shifts during competition. Jay Jaffe, senior writer for FanGraphs, the author of The Cooperstown Casebook, and the creator of the JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score) metric for Hall of Fame analysis. joins the Moneyball team to break down early MLB season surprises, debate modern Hall of Fame standards for pitchers, explain the JAWS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Hosts: Cade, Eric, Shane, Adi
Guest: Jay Jaffe
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: FanGraphs
Books & works: The Cooperstown Casebook
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