|
|
Post by jimed14 on Dec 11, 2018 15:12:47 GMT -5
What I really like is the emphasis on "big data". I want to know how teams are using the flood of information they now have access to. The two articles I linked to do just that. The one-upsmanship from wearables is something I'll bet a few of the posters are aware of, but I was not, though it's really obvious how that could give a serious edge. I just hadn't thought about it in those terms. I read both of those and it left me feeling like we have no business criticizing anyone making baseball decisions when we have about 1/100th of the information they have. I mean how can we legitimately criticize anyone without it? All of the complaining from here on will consist of people whining about bad results and assuming that every bad result was a bad decision. And that drives me a little insane because that's not true at all, especially in baseball more than any other sport. Hopefully more and more data will be available to the public over time. Great articles, thanks for posting them. |
|
|
|
Post by Guidas on Dec 11, 2018 15:36:06 GMT -5
What I really like is the emphasis on "big data". I want to know how teams are using the flood of information they now have access to. The two articles I linked to do just that. The one-upsmanship from wearables is something I'll bet a few of the posters are aware of, but I was not, though it's really obvious how that could give a serious edge. I just hadn't thought about it in those terms. Wharton MoneyBall podcast had recently talked to a Houston senior front office member and he talked a bit about wearables. One of the points brought up is that the players and their agents are not really excited about sharing all the data with their team that wearables produce. There are obvious privacy issues and, while teams want to protect this information, front office personnel move around quite a bit now and there is concern among players and agents that such knowledge could affect free agency dollars if, say, Exec A moves to Team 2 before Player X becomes a free agent and shares secure wearable data for Player X, which the players suspect already happens now with medical info, though of course individual execs and MLB as a whole would deny this. Anyway, it comes down to the players wanting to have complete control over their health information. The exec said that Houston has worked with individual players to get specific data that are agreed upon by player and the team. Another way Houston is getting around/augmenting this is using more cameras and video capture than any other team in MLB (so far). While left unspoken, this gives Houston the ability to do advanced video evaluation of visiting players at levels their own teams don't have/use (yet), as well. No doubt some of this will come up somewhere in the new CBA negotiations, but it's all fascinating stuff. |
|
|
|
Post by Oregon Norm on Dec 11, 2018 16:57:55 GMT -5
Absolutely. Thanks for the podcast details.
Certainly the info about physical health of a player obtained from wearables has to fall under HIPAA which should give the players lots of leverage. Can't imagine the CBA negotiations will be anything less than intense.
|
|
