Interested to hear your thoughts - will technology wind up hurting baseball?
@ripharambe479610 ай бұрын
not at the moment but it could realistically get out of control
@Billybob-eo5vf10 ай бұрын
Idk but the technology of her shitty microphone hurts my ears
@mikesmetspodcast10 ай бұрын
Keeping a healthy medium of technology and human perspective, I think, is ideal for any MLB organization's scouting department. Moneyball kind of proved you can't look at just stats alone as an indicator of ability. And scouts have to deal with not letting bias, unconcious or otherwise, affect their judgment. Basically, don't rely too heavily on just one tool. Technology should make things easier, not remove the human element entirely from the equation.
@robbiearroyo229210 ай бұрын
I think that's the key. Like you said, it's a tool. A big component at this point sure, but still one of many. You can't build a house without a hammer, but you also can't build a house using *only* a hammer.
@TheHENpp10 ай бұрын
Very well stated. I particularly like what you said about how a bias can impact scouts. Physical appearance (even if it's just height and weight) has a great deal of influence on scouts at every level. We've all seen the player who was promoted based on his size, only to be outplayed by someone smaller, who was overlooked. If AI can counter this type of bias, then it is a perfectly acceptable tool going forward. But AI should also not be the sole arbiter when there are so many other intangibles to consider.
@devinasperger280510 ай бұрын
Jordan is one of my favorite creators on the channel. Super knowledgable and very engaging format and tone
@ryan_alexander10 ай бұрын
Honestly, There's definitely a place for tech and data, but there's more than a few situations where the eye test is needed. Scouting is one of them.
@gardenboydon10 ай бұрын
There's always going to be an emotional component for sports
@timmathieu891810 ай бұрын
AI can’t measure a players character. Not always the most skilled that succeed.
@Dobbysfree10 ай бұрын
What bothers me about this is that no AI is going to be able to predict “anomalies” and too much of it will eliminate the possibility of such - I.e players who go on miraculous playoff runs, players who spend years sucking to pivot to be hall of fame level talents
@ChristopherBowenSuperbus10 ай бұрын
I'm already seeing how "AI" (just old tools evolved) is getting into athletic development at the grassroots level, in that players without *exceptional* measurables - velo and effective spin rate for pitchers, exit velo and bat speed for hitters - aren't even getting looked at. It comes down to CYA, or a scout being able to say "hey, his numbers were great, there's just no way we can measure why this player soiled himself after his elbow started to hurt". It also doesn't account for athletic late bloomers. In baseball especially, if you're not on a radar by the time you're 16 or 17, you're toast. There's cycles to this kind of thing. As this technology works out the kinks, some places will use it religiously, some will dismiss it, and we'll all come to a happy medium in a generation or two. What *really* concerns me with AI is the same thing that concerns me when I look at draft boards and see a lot of sons of former players: this technology is going to continue to price those without means out of the sport. No one is going to even notice the fireballer in a poor community because he doesn't have the means to be tracked by Rapsodo or equivalent programs, if he even has the chance because he didn't have the perfect genetics. We're entering an age where even the chance to perform at an elite level is being increasingly restricted to those in a certain caste, and AI will exacerbate that.
@FoxxyBrown111110 ай бұрын
Tech wont ruin pro baseball... Greed, gambling, cheating will (has already for me) ruin it.
@paulfairchild291810 ай бұрын
We got a yapper🚨🚨
@BKF010 ай бұрын
I have no idea how an AI that supposedly only runs on stats would still pick someone over Ohtani as AL MVP. That makes me think that it either considers hitter and pitcher Ohtani as 2 separate players, or that whoever coded it put in some extreme biases
@larsonawitz10 ай бұрын
Yes, yes it is. I WANT BUNTS STEALS AND COMPLETE GAMES!
@Gemnist9810 ай бұрын
You’re getting the first two thanks to the new rules…
@anthonypang792710 ай бұрын
You can predict all you want with AI but players still need to deliver on field
@logia610 ай бұрын
Kinda weird how them old scouts went on vibes seems ancient
@daveerhardt187910 ай бұрын
AI is taking over the world including baseball scouting. You have to have the human element in everything you do, without it baseball with eventually suffer greatly as will players.
@Arbuz227310 ай бұрын
No.
@MagnetoJones10 ай бұрын
Baseball Highlights 2045, here we come!
@bombardboxing10 ай бұрын
Basically, removing the human element makes it not so appealing to humans. Same with the umpires being replaced. They are like the 3rd team on the field, a real skill.
@JB-wh3we4 ай бұрын
Lol. 1. Possibly the most predictable narrative/talking points for the "tech advancements". 2. Oh changes happened back in the 50s! Whew! see fans, youre just wrong or uninformed if you push back against any of the advanced metric capture in MLB. Ahh, im convinced to subvert my tastes now. Thank you for your influence.
@RealJeffTidwell10 ай бұрын
Slippery slopes are a fallacy, until you’re at the bottom of the slope, past the point of no return… and you’re wondering why you let “logic” protect you from the ever-irrational animal beings who love their shiny objects.
@RicoCosta31710 ай бұрын
AI maybe can help but nothing can replace the savvy and personal knowledge of the scouts. Like you said, the human element.
@stem5010 ай бұрын
Yes .
@Dominic-vi2tj10 ай бұрын
Ai scouts would ruin baseball
@chrisboz817310 ай бұрын
Yooo Chas McCormick catching unnecessary stray.
@chrislewis50699 ай бұрын
Technology has not made smarter baseball players and fans because there is situational element to it that hasn’t been passed on to the new generation and since most people understand the numbers that technology produce, it’s easier for people to understand baseball through measurables instead of 1st and 3rd situations or when to suicide squeeze or hit and run. Teams don’t do it as much and fans don’t understand it
@PepitoPiscinas92610 ай бұрын
As far as a pitcher doesnt use a cyborg arm as in Deus Ex... no problem.
@shoukatsukai10 ай бұрын
Ah yes, referencing the buzzer "scandal" when it has been confirmed multiple times to be false.
@MikeyB54010 ай бұрын
Interesting ideas, kinda scary
@darrenalexander22579 ай бұрын
Too much is placed on tradition, we should embrace the future not hang on to the past
@mjisthegoat8810 ай бұрын
yes. i’ve been saying this for over a decade. it’s too late for me.
@Tmalbers2110 ай бұрын
Yes. Absolutely.
@PrimarySweeper1310 ай бұрын
Keep baseball baseball, but just improve the game. Robo umps is as far as we should go
@ryanlavarnway9610 ай бұрын
Dang. Who hurt this girl. Her dad a scout?😂
@georgerogers116610 ай бұрын
No
@braves4life2510 ай бұрын
Don’t forget the tech of the 🚮🚮🚮
@ripharambe479610 ай бұрын
braves fan lol
@ickcubs10210 ай бұрын
Her voice......
@whiteknob794410 ай бұрын
They juiced the balls, made roids fashable again, and were complaining about iPads.
@norcalroamer577410 ай бұрын
This shouldn’t even be an argument.
@TexasSportsTV10 ай бұрын
False. The Astros didnt cheat in the 2017 postseason and everyteam stole signs the same way.