Jake and Mark discuss the history of the Moneyball era in baseball. How did it start? What was it all about? How did teams such as the Rays and Astros continue to find success after the "secret" of OBP and OPS was exposed? Where is the industry headed in the next decade with respect to analytics? In this episode, we focus on select sabermetrics as well as specific examples of how teams have had success by playing the numbers.
(0:00) Intro
(1:50) Bill James & the Origin of Sabermetrics
(6:08) Jake's Gold, Silver, & Bronze of Advanced Metrics (WAR, DRS, FIP)
(18:49) The Moneyball Story
(26:00) Modern Day Moneyball
(40:32) The Future of Analytics
