Wharton Moneyball: Betting on Horse Races & the Baseball MVP Machine

Show from 6/5/19

Cade Massey and Shane Jensen fly solo at the top of the show and manage to sneak in some football, Canadian football to be exact! Then the NBA Finals are locked at one game apiece after the Warriors took game two. Tune in for an analytical look at what is now a pivotal game three and the potential impact of welcoming Kevin Durant back into the fold.  Plus two guest segments on horse betting and MLB's switch to data driven baseball. What are the effects of the 'MVP Machine?' Find out in this episode of Wharton Moneyball.

Guests:

Etan Green - Assistant Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on judgment and decision making among experts, including professional athletes and referees in sports.

Follow his research here: https://oid.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/etangr/

Ben Lindbergh – Co-Author of The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players with Travis Sawchik. Fifteen years after Michael Lewis brought the Oakland Athletics' groundbreaking team-building strategies to light, every front office takes a data-driven approach to evaluating players, and the league's smarter teams no longer have a huge advantage in valuing past performance.The book charts the future of a sport and offers a lesson that goes beyond baseball: Success stems not from focusing on finished products, but from making the most of untapped potential.

Check out the book here: https://www.amazon.com/MVP-Machine-Baseballs-Nonconformists-Players/dp/1541698940

Follow him on Twitter: @BenLindbergh

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