Wharton Moneyball

In today's episode of Wharton Moneyball hosts Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, and Shane Jensen break down the NCAA Tournament, talk 2018 MLB season, and dish out their favorite sports over unders. They also interview a former MLB player about his transition to a coach and get the details on an innovative sports analytics company called Edj Analytics from the founder himself. Kick back and tune in!Guests:Brendan Harris - Former major league baseball player for multiple teams including the Twins and Rays. He now is going to school at Wharton and works in the Player Development Department with the Los Angeles Angels.Frank Frigo - Founder of Edj Analytics and Chief Business Officer of Edj Sports. Edj has a diverse team of physicists, mathematicians, engineers, programmers, world-class game theorists, product developers & inventors and has quickly pioneered new predictive modeling techniques to inform smarter decision-making in not only sports, but financial markets, healthcare and education among other industries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

During this episode of Wharton Moneyball hosts Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, and Shane Jensen talk everything from baseball stats and home run numbers to hot hands and March Madness. Tune in to hear how our hosts model and choose games as well as a funny story about Adi in the Mets clubhouse! All that and more, check it out!Guests:Rob Arthur - A journalist and consultant covering baseball, criminal justice, politics, and other topics. His articles have appeared in FiveThirtyEight, the New York Times, Slate, and VICE News.Dan Stone - Assistant Professor of Economics at Bowdoin College since 2012 and prior to that was Assistant Professor of Economics at Oregon State University. His main research interest is belief formation and decision-making under uncertainty. Jeremy Arkes - Associate Profressor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Outside of Sports his research interests include military man power, economics and substance abuse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Wharton Moneyball host Cade Massey takes listeners through a slew of interviews he had with big names in sports analytics at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. He covers everything from betting and the inter working of teams to innovation and the future of sports analytics. Check it out!Guests:Mina Kimes, ESPN (00:00)Ben Alomar, ESPN (18:00)Sandy Weil, head of analytics, Kroenke Sports (27:17)Kurt Lacob, Assitant GM Warriors (39:29)Chad Millman, Action Network (53:12)Jeff Ma, Twitter (1:05:29)Dean Oliver, Basketball on Paper (1:13:14)Brian Burke, ESPN (1:30:40) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts have a post 2018 Winter Olympics review, discuss the NFL draft, talk MLB forecasting, and much more. Plus a discussion with American freestyle skiier Nick Goepper about his silver medal at the most recent games and his outlook for the future of the olympics. The National Recruiting Director & Editor for SBNation.com Bud Elliot also joins the show to shed light on college football recruiting. Take a listen!Guests:Bud Elliott - The National Recruiting Director & Editor for SBNation.com. He holds degrees from Alabama and Florida State, both of which have fan bases that are obsessed with recruiting.Nick Goepper - Two-time Olympian, and most recently Silver Medalist in Men’s Ski Slope. Nick is 24 years old out of Lawrenceburg, Indiana and brought a medal back to America from Pyeongchang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This edition of Wharton Moneyball covers everything from the 2018 Winter Olympics to sports betting and high stakes poker. Our hosts delve into a March Madness preview and get all the details about Ken Pomeroys innovative analytics. They also get the scoop on famous poker player Annie Duke's strategy as well as advice on controlling your emotions and having a commitment to accuracy.Guests:Annie Duke is a professional poker player who won the inaugural WSOP Tournament of Champions defeating ten World Champion opponents and has had career winnings exceeding $4Millon. She is also the author of the new book “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts.”Ken Pomeroy is the creator of a popular college basketball website and statistical archive, kenpom.com. His website includes his College Basketball Ratings, tempo-free statistics for every NCAA men's Division I basketball team, with archives dating back to the 2002 season, as well as a blog about current college basketball. You can follow Ken on Twitter at @KenPomeroy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:John Templon - An investigative data journalist for BuzzFeed News where he has reported on figure skating, tennis, immigration and politics among other things. He joined BuzzFeed in 2014 from Chicago-based technology startup Narrative Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest:Oliver Miller-Farrell is the Business Development Director of North America at Perform GroupDerek Belch is the CEO and Co-Founder of STRIVR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Gill Alexander – Host of “A Numbers Game” on SiriusXM Radio’s VSiNTodd Steussie – Former All Pro Offensive Lineman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Adam Kingsbury - Head Coach Canadian Olympic Women’s Curling TeamPeter Keating - Senior Writer at ESPN the Magazine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests:Neil Paine - A longtime friend of the show as well as a Senior Writer and General Editor at FiveThirtyEight. He covers a wide range of sports, with a focus on sabermetrics and statistical analysis and can he can be foundNeil Greenberg – Statistics Reporter at the Washington Post. Neil is a staff writer with The Washington Post whose beat is sports analytics. You can find his analysis and insight on the Fancy Stats blog where he covers all pro sports as well as college football and basketball. He also hosts “Crashing the Net” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.