Milt Pappas and the Expected Outcomes Hackathon
Post on 22-Jan-2017
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Our starting pitcher• Inform pitch selection
and location based on Run Value
• An “expanded” heat map for situational pitching
Run Value (wOBA)
Run Value (wOBA)
Why it didn’t work• Randomness of
baseball• Complexity of data
(not easy to view)
Call to the bullpen• Narrow the focus while
maintaining meaning• We kept heat map,
situational filtering and wOBA metric
• Focus: Actionability
The “Stuff”• What is a pitcher’s
best weapon?• Who does he have the
most trouble with? Why?
• Analyze pitch based on outcome
Thanks!
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