Effectively Wild Episode 1794: Play Up and Pay Up

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley continue their “Measuring the Unmeasurable” series about studying difficult-to-quantify aspects of the sport by talking to Patrick Brennan about his studies on assessing player development at the major and minor league levels, the challenges of evaluating player development, the data he wishes he had, the most and least successful player development organizations, his work as the director of analytics for the Kansas State baseball team, analyzing pitch sequencing, and his baseball ambitions. Then (34:32) they bring on Pitcher List’s Grant Washburn to discuss his metric for measuring unpurchased wins, Wins Below Replacement Ownership, the importance of having a good owner, the data he couldn’t include, the owners who spend the least on player payroll relative to revenue, why having a high payroll isn’t always enough, saying “the MLB,” and more. Audio intro : Billy Joel, “ A Minor Variation ” Audio interstitial : The Legal Matters, “ Minor Key ” Audio outro : Aerosmith, “ Eat the Rich ” Link to Patrick’s study on MiLB player dev Link to Patrick’s study on MLB player dev Link to first Driveline study on player dev value Link to second Driveline study on player dev value Link to article on Patrick’s work with Kansas State Link to Patrick’s study on pitch sequencing Link to Ben on college player development Link to Grant’s WBRO study Link to Grant’s WBRO data iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source