Jon AndersonPython & Baseball Savant — Lesson #2In our first blog entry here, we went over the very, very basics of Python, Pandas, and the Baseball Savant data set. You should check out…Jul 8, 2021Jul 8, 2021
Jon AndersoninThe Sports ScientistAnalyzing MLB Savant Data with Google Colab and Python Programming, IntroductionThe best dataset in the history of sports is undoubtedly the Baseball Savant pitch-by-pitch dataset that MLB updates daily.Jun 29, 2021Jun 29, 2021
Jon AndersonHow Does the DH Affect National League Pitchers?One of the many drastic changes to the 2020 MLB season is the presence of the universal designated hitter. National League pitchers have…Jul 13, 20201Jul 13, 20201
Jon AndersoninThe Sports ScientistAnalyzing Stacking Strategy — MLB DFSStacking is probably the most common lineup building strategy in the game of MLB DFS. Every day during the season you will see various…Jul 10, 20201Jul 10, 20201
Jon AndersoninThe Sports ScientistAre Hot and Cold Streaks Real in Baseball?I wrote this piece as a DFS analysis project for FantasyPro’s, but what it really does is speak to the question of whether or not hot and…Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020
Jon AndersoninThe Sports ScientistMinor League Stat Stickiness — PitchersIn this post, we went through an extensive analysis looking into the relationship between Minor League and Major League hitter stats. For…Jun 15, 2020Jun 15, 2020
Jon AndersoninThe Sports ScientistMinor League Stat Stickiness — Hittersthe stickiness of a statistic refers to such a statistic’s ability to stay consistent over timeMay 28, 2020May 28, 2020
Jon AndersoninThe StartupUsing Data Analytics to Explore the Change in the MLB BaseballAs you may have heard, there were quite a few home runs hit in Major League Baseball last season. The league shattered the record for most…May 18, 2020May 18, 2020
Jon AndersonQuantifying Pitcher Fastball DeceptionWe have a number for everything in the baseball statistics world, well, almost everything.Apr 19, 2020Apr 19, 2020
Jon AndersoninThe Sports Scientist2019 Josh Bell Analysis with Statcast and PythonJosh Bell had a pretty interesting 2019 season at the plate. He was one of the best hitters in baseball for the first three months of the…Apr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020