The Mets have hired long-time Baseball Prospectus analyst Russell Carleton to be part of their analytics department. Carleton also published his book, The Shift: The Next Evolution in Baseball Thinking.
Carleton, graduate of DePaul University, previously worked for the Cleveland Indians as an analytics consultant from 2010 to 2012. He has been a writer at BP since 2007.
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The details of exactly what he will be doing for the team have yet to be worked out according to Carleton on the Effectively Wild podcast (he starts at 21:45). He did say he was approached by Adam Guttridge, the Mets new assistant general manager.
Carleton joins Guttridge, Jared Banner (executive director of player development), Allard Baird (VP/assistant GM of scouting & player development), and Mike Wickham (advanced scout & replay coordinator) as new hires this offseason under young GM Brodie Van Wagenen.
