BASEBALL ANALYTICS FOR THE CASUAL FAN

[@roadkill8023]

Very well researched and informative video. One suggestion I have is to outline your audience assumptions for what makes a “casual fan.” You mentioned having some background research in the video, which led me to think of it.

[@SimpleSabermetrics]

Appreciate the feedback, Ryan! Definitely could’ve fit that into the intro, I’ll be sure to include that in future videos of this series. My goal for the video was to showcase some of the basic information for people who are new to the sport, or have watched casually for a while but don’t know much about what goes on behind the scenes.

[@justininman9026]

for someone who hasn't watched baseball since i was a kid the mid to early 2000s and is trying to get back into baseball, this is really helpful lol thanks

[@SimpleSabermetrics]

Glad you’ve found this video helpful! A ton of other videos on the channel that can help explain more about the changes that have been made. Thanks for watching!

[@javiermartinez4271]

Great video as always.

[@SimpleSabermetrics]

Appreciate it, Javier!

[@ytar33]

Great video! How can we find spin rate online? I’ve looked for a while but can never find how much spin pitchers are throwing with. Thanks!

[@SimpleSabermetrics]

Hey Yitz! Great question, Sam Bornstein just did a great post about publicly available data over on the blog at www.simplesabermetrics.com ! Go check it out!

[@brizotfrizot]

Great video! You said there was 3 areas of performance evaluation, but I was wondering could baserunning potentially be a 4th area of evaluation? Is there any sabermetric statistics out there for that besides stolen bases and caught stealing?

[@SimpleSabermetrics]

That’s a great question, Brett! One I honestly didn’t consider, yes there is a stat and I’m totally going to do a video on it here in the future. It’s called BsR. There’s also fun player development applications of sprint speed and other things like that being used behind the scenes. Appreciate the comment man.

[@TexasRangersReportbyCFM]

Who is your favorite mlb team?

[@SimpleSabermetrics]

Been a Cubs fan all my life! Support the Twins & Orioles after spending time working for their orgs as well. Appreciate the comment!

[@TexasRangersReportbyCFM]

@@SimpleSabermetrics mine is obviously the Rangers

[@alext3892]

@@SimpleSabermetrics How were you able to break into positions within those organizations? For someone who loves baseball and is willing to put in thousands of hours of working to understand sabermetrics at a deep level, what would be a good path to getting a foot in the door? Do you think there are internship like positions within MLB organizations?