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Having examined the value of the Pythagorean Expectation Formula (PEF) as a benchmark for assessing manger value, I thought it would be interesting to extend the analysis and see if PEF can be used to...
Not news but the data picture is still–to me, at least–pretty mind blowing!
Compiled this in connection with some additional analyses on the statistical validity of using teams’ Pythagorean...
Hey–I get to present the original Monkeys paper (since split into separate mWAR and Pythagorean Expectation papers) at the upcoming MIT-Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Cool!
Still a month off...
One cool element of the “mWAR Estimator” is that it is customizable to user preferences.
Say the user was someone who was trying to decide whether to retain or hire a new manager. What preferences might...
Argh! I thought this was done, but the fat lady got laryngitis…
These are two papers. There are 3 things to say about them:
1. They are principally the former “Monkeys” paper split into...
Here’s one fun feature of the manager-value estimator tools featured in the new “Monkeys vs. Earl Weaver” paper: they use different instruments for measuring season-by-season performance, on the one hand,...