The 2017 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference begins exactly a month from today. And once again the soccer analytics community will be stepping away from their computers to have a drink and attach human faces to virtual identities. The meetup location is in the same spot as in previous years: Thursday 2 March 7pm – 10pm […]
Yo soy aficionado de una multitud de deportes, entre ellos el críquet. Es un juego de bate y pelota que comparte algunos rasgos con el beísbol pero en realidad son primos distantes. En ese deporte, no es inusual que un bateador marca decenas o hasta cientos de carreras, así que es interesante averiguar cómo está marcándolas […]
I’ve been pretty quiet about this fact, but Soccermetrics — the analytics aspect of it — has always been a solo effort. I’ve gotten far enough along on projects by doing my own analysis and learning about other topics as needed, but I’ve reached a point where I’d like to be more efficient in my […]
Last weekend, I attempted to take advantage of a brief lull that I had after the Joint Mathematics Meeting to make a long-delayed upgrade to my work machine. This machine, which is what I use to store data and run quantitative analyses, is a Linux laptop that’s been running on Ubuntu for the last six years.I […]
In my previous post, I set up the math that explained the MLS draft pick valuation models. In this post I will address the second part of the post title — what decisions can be informed and what insights can be gained from the model results. Relative draft value has changed a lot since 1996Major […]
At this time last year I was reviewing a paper by Tim Swartz and his students on MLS draft pick valuation models. Much has happened since then, such a couple of presentations in Vancouver and Atlanta on my own research on draft valuations. With the MLS SuperDraft quickly approaching I’d like to summarize my work and […]
I’ve started the last two or three years with an analysis of effective time in the J-League, but this year I started differently because of the Joint Mathematics Meetings. With the JMM in the rear view mirror I’ve returned to looking at the J-League, repeating the Bayesian analysis that I conducted last year.This analysis is […]
This weekend I had the opportunity to attend and present at the Joint Mathematics Meetings that were going on in Atlanta, where I live. I enjoyed presenting my work on Bayesian models of MLS draft value, as well as interacting with academics and their students on the intersections of mathematics and sports. I am fascinated […]
This afternoon I participated in the third Mathematics and Sports session at the 2017 Joint Mathematics Meeting. My talk was titled “A Bayesian analysis of draft pick value in Major League Soccer”, which is a follow-on to what I presented at CASSIS in September but within a Bayesian framework. I’m way too critical of my […]
The 2017 Conference of the International Federation of Operations Research Societies (IFORS) announced its Call for Papers for the OR in Sports session. The conference will bring together leading researchers in operations research from all over the world, and is scheduled for 17-21 July in Québec City, Canada.The OR in Sports session will exhibit paper […]
