Weekly Sports Analytics News Roundup – January 31st, 2017
Football: FiveThirtyEight on why Julio Jones Is the Best. Football Outsiders on whether this been the worst set of playoff games we’ve ever seen.
Baseball: FanGraphs examines whether Baseball Is the Least Random Sport. Bill James piece on
Edgar, Grandpa and the Moose. The Hardball Times article on A Champion’s Outfield: Where Line Drives Go to Die. FanGraphs releases All 30 Organizational Ratings. Baseball Prospectus looks at the relationship between Command, Control, and Tommy John Surgery. Baseball Prospectus Feature: Introducing Pitch Tunnels.
Basketball: Nylon Calculus uses Stephen Curry as a case study in visualizing plus-minus. FiveThirtyEight writes that The NBA Has A New Generation Of Hometown Heroes. Steven Shea writes about Carmelo by the numbers. FiveThirtyEight on Basketball’s Other 3-Point Revolution. Nylon Calculus puts The midseason offensive surge in historical context.
College Basketball: Ken Pomeroy attempts to identify the best referees. The Harvard Sports Analysis Collective suggests College Basketball Teams May Want to Aggresively Crash the Offensive Glass.
Hockey: Hockey Graphs Friday Quick Graphs: Marginal Gains for Defenders. Hockey Analysis writes that Offensive Players Negatively Impact Save Percentage.
Soccer: StatsBomb on Tottenham: Quiet Times in the Transfer Market.
Your moment of R: BaseballWithR looks at Platoon Advantage and Platoon Effects.
Conferences: The OptaPro Analytics Forum is coming up on February 8th in London.