One stat reveals the true depths of MLB’s analytics mess
Have you given me some good statistics recently? Probably not, but there are a few. Anyone who can distinguish Aaron Boone from the moon man and the moon man, and knows that it has been fundamentally easy to teach for years, but winning a big league baseball is a thing It was lost without a […]
Patrick Mahomes was one of the worst Super Bowl QBs of all time, and the analytics prove it
Patrick Mahomes was vicious in Super Bowl Lix. You don't need to have a high level of understanding of soccer to know this. For most of the game, Mahomes was running towards his life, making unwise throws or simply shaking so much that he couldn't complete the passes he made 1000 times before. It wasn't […]
Analytics predicts winners for NFL playoff Conference Championship games
In this year's NFL playoffs, there were four teams, three games, two rounds, and one champion. kansas city chiefs, buffalo bills, philadelphia eagles and commander of washington We arrived in the conference championship round with a chance to go to the Super Bowl. Before the season, it wouldn't have been a surprise for the Chiefs, […]
Stacy Lewis credits Solheim Cup victory to analytics, KPMG Performance Insights
Stacey Lewis arrived at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club for last month's Solheim Cup as confident as ever. She knew that American teams played better than European teams during the summer. She also felt incredibly prepared thanks to countless hours of studying potential combinations, possibilities, and data. However, the U.S. team had lost three consecutive […]
Why is the NFL so boring? Blame data analytics
So, as I was watching the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and New Orleans Saints on September 22nd, a realization dawned on me about the current state of society. For some context, the Eagles haven't been good since their 2022 Super Bowl appearance. And this match was no exception. Everything about this team feels disjointed […]
The most accurate kickers in NFL history, according to analytics
To be one of the most accurate placekickers in NFL history, it takes more than just hitting the ball through the goalposts. Not technically, but there’s a bigger argument to be made. Some players benefit from taking chip shots frequently, while others are called upon to launch 50-yard+ bombs over and over again. That’s why […]
Trump win, GOP sweep would fuel inflation: Moody's Analytics
A recent report from Moody’s Analytics found that inflation could accelerate again if former President Trump wins the White House and Republicans take control of Congress. In a so-called Republican sweep scenario, which forecasters give a 35% chance of success, consumer price inflation would accelerate from 3% in 2024 to 3.6% in 2025, according to […]
Providence’s Kim English fumes over Big East’s March Madness snubs: ‘Analytics are bulls–t’
There has been a lot of discussion about why certain conferences received so many bids to the NCAA Tournament and why others, namely the Big East, did not. Providence head coach Kim English was asked for her thoughts after her team was named a Big East snub in Sunday’s selection, and the Friars’ first-year coach […]
Meet the MIT physicist Yankees brought in to fix analytics disconnect
TAMPA — Aaron Judge thought he had a place all his own. Last month, the Yankees captain went to the club’s player development facility for a late-night workout. He wanted to practice his hitting and work on a few things as he continued to strengthen heading into spring training. But soon Judge realized he wasn’t […]
Yankees add analytics analyst to staff: ‘great working with people’
TAMPA — At the end of last season, Aaron Judge called out the need for the Yankees to improve the way they provide analytics to their players. Hal Steinbrenner has the answer to that. Steinbrenner announced Thursday that the Yankees have added Aaron Lienhart to the major league coaching staff as an analyst. This was […]
