Weekly Sports Analytics News Roundup – December 8, 2015
Football: FiveThirtyEight says Chip Kelly Should Probably Fire Himself. FiveThirtyEight points out The NFC East Could Produce A 6-10 Playoff Team.
College football: FiveThirtyEight gives Each Team’s Chances Of Winning The College Football Playoff. From Bill Connelly’s Varsity Numbers, Four Truths Revisited.
Baseball: FanGraphs on Bryce Harper, Four Years In. BeyondTheBoxScore asks Are the Red Sox overpaying for pitching? The Hardball Times shows A Visual History of Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospect Lists. FiveThirtyEight says There’s No Reason To Think Barry Bonds Can Coach Like He Could Hit.
Basketball: FiveThirtyEight says Stephen Curry Is The Revolution. Nylon Calculus says No But Seriously… The Warriors Might Break The Record. Vantage Sports says Analytics loves threes but Boston’s three=point game is not analytically sound. Nylon Calculus Deep Dives: Production By Position.
College basketball: Ken Pomeroy’s Week in Review.
Soccer: AmericanSoccerAnalysis on Darlington Nagbe And The Very Good Season. The Harvard Sports Analysis Collective on Why Leicester City Shouldn’t Be atop the Table: A Historical Look at Parity in the EPL.
Your moment of R: Jim Albert, on BaseballWithR, Introduction to openWAR Package, Part 1.
Conferences: Sloan Sports Analytics Conference 2016 tickets are on sale now. Seeking nominations for 2016 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards.