The future of baseball research and how to get into a MLB front office with xSTATS' Andrew Perpetua

Eno Sarris welcomes Andrew Perpetua, founder of xSTATS to the show. Andrew explains his unorthodox path into the Mets' front office after an accident kept him out of medical school. Eno and Andrew also discuss why he started xSTATS, what is the future of baseball research and where he's headed next. Rundown 2:27 Andrew's education background and journey into baseball 10:50 Realizing that the data is not perfect 17:25 The three types of people that do baseball analytics 21:12 How baseball front offices need to change 31:45 What Andrew learned once he was "inside the game" 34:00 Improving technology for visual tracking 40:20 The next frontier is meshing all the technology together 47:00 What's coming next for Andrew Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow Perpetua on Twitter: @AndrewPerpetua e-mail: ratesandbarrels@theathletic.com Subscribe to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.