With the addition of Russell Carleton to the New York Mets Analytics Department, here’s an interview we did with him last Summer. We hope you enjoy. The analytic movement in Major League Baseball continues to gain further acceptance, as all thirty clubs employ statisticians and analysts to crunch the numbers in order to make better baseball decisions. We’ve witnessed teams alter...
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For fifteen years, Adam Fisher wore many hats while working in the front office for the New York Mets. Starting as an intern with the club in 2003, Fisher filled many roles during his tenure, which included administrative, scouting, analytics, and running the intern program. With a blend of scouting and analytic acumen, Fisher was a valuable resource under four general managers during his time...
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Throughout his professional baseball career, first baseman Sean Casey was always known for his big personality and benevolent charm. If an opposing batter reached first base against one of the five teams Casey played for, a rousing conversation was likely to ensue. Casey, 44, was a three-time All-Star who posted a career .302 batting average with 1,531 hits. Originally drafted by the Cleveland...
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Babe Ruth has been dead for over seventy years, but he’s been haunting Jane Leavy’s mind for over two decades. Leavy, the New York Times best-selling author whose works include heavily researched biographies on Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax and Mickey Mantle, had been planning to write a then-novel on the most celebrated and, by most standards, greatest Major League Baseball player of...
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The name Perry Husband might not resonate with most fans of Major League Baseball. But it should. Husband, 56, is a pioneer when it comes to baseball science. He developed a theory called Effective Velocity, which is the study of pitch speeds and how location changes the reaction time for hitters. Response time is key to understanding the basis of Effective Velocity, or EV for short. A bat must...
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