Wharton Moneyball
The Wharton School
Sports is a game of numbers. Wharton experts Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, Cade Massey, and Adi Wyner team up to tackle the world of sports, from current events to longstanding issues such as: What sports streaks are the most impressive? How do you rank the best players? Can athletes be compared across sports? Moneyball explains how decision-makers in the game can avoid the common mistakes and embrace the data. Episodes are recorded at the Wharton School. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Mar 8, 2023 • 1h 44min
3/8/23: SSAC Special - Ma, Goldner, Palazzolo, Jones, Rudd, Chaudhuri, Gronnemark, Hess
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Mar 1, 2023 • 19min
Moneyball Highlights: NFL Player Matchups & NFL Combine
Wharton’s Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, Cade Massey, and Adi Wyner speak with Todd Steussie, former NFL player and data scientist at UniGroup, about NFL player matchups, statistical metrics, and the NFL Combine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 1, 2023 • 1h 45min
3/1/23: NBA, Tennis, MLB, Combine, Sawchick, Steussie
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Feb 28, 2023 • 18min
Moneyball Highlights: The New MLB Rules
Wharton’s Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, Cade Massey, and Adi Wyner talk about the new rules in MLB including: larger bases, limited pick-off attempts, limited hitter timeouts, and limiting defensive shifts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 28, 2023 • 19min
Moneyball Highlights: NFL Player Evaluation
Wharton’s Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, Cade Massey, and Adi Wyner speak with Seth Walder, writer at ESPN, about NFL QB and position player evaluation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 28, 2023 • 19min
Moneyball Highlights: NFL Coaching Strategies
Wharton’s Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, Cade Massey, and Adi Wyner speak with Eric Eager, VP of Research & Development at SumerSports, about the NFL Conference Championship games, the Super Bowl, and NFL coaching strategies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 28, 2023 • 23min
Moneyball Highlights: Football Analytics & NFL Draft
Wharton’s Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, Cade Massey, and Adi Wyner speak with Josh Hermsmeyer, writer at FiveThirtyEight, about football analytics, the concept of momentum, the NFL Draft, and the cross-section of analytics and team culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 22, 2023 • 1h 45min
2/22/23: Golf, NBA, Soccer, MLB, Ramineni, Strauss
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Feb 15, 2023 • 1h 44min
2/15/23: NFL, Golf, NHL, Walder, Paine
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Feb 8, 2023 • 1h 45min
2/8/23: Super Bowl, NBA, NHL, Lopez, Partnow
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