Wharton Moneyball

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Wharton Moneyball episodes

May 27 How Baseball Analytics Is Reshaping Hall of Fame Conversations
Cade, Eric, Shane, and Adi discuss NHL playoff hockey, expected goals models, statistical limits in measuring player performance, and how sports like hockey, soccer, baseball, and football differ in the way win probability builds and shifts during competition. Jay Jaffe, senior writer for FanGraphs, the author of The Cooperstown Casebook, and the creator of the JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score) metric for Hall of Fame analysis. joins the Moneyball team to break down early MLB season surprises, debate modern Hall of Fame standards for pitchers, explain the JAWS.
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1 hr 1 min
May 20 Breaking Down NBA Playoff Matchups Through Advanced Analytics
Ben Alamar, Author of Sports Analytics: A Guide for Managers, Coaches, and Other Decision Makers?, joins the Wharton Moneyball crew to analyze Victor Wembanyama’s playoff performances, explain advanced defensive metrics, debate NBA draft evaluation methods, and reflect on championship-building strategies across today’s NBA. The team also explores the “hot hand” phenomenon, debates managerial impact in baseball, analyzes NHL playoff momentum, and examines why unpredictability makes golf and tennis so compelling for sports analytics fans.
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1 hr 4 min
May 13 How Advanced Analytics Are Changing Professional Hockey
Tyrel Stokes, Senior Manager of Hockey Analytics at Teamworks and a statistician specializing in causal inference, joins the team to break down the Stanley Cup Playoffs, explain how NHL teams use analytics and tracking data for player evaluation and strategy, and explore how emerging technologies like Hawkeye and AI could transform hockey analysis, while the hosts also examine tennis betting odds, MLB home run milestones, and the role of probability across sports.
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1 hr 3 min
May 06 Balancing Performance and Prediction in Modern Golf Rankings
Mark Broadie, Carson Family Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, joins Wharton Moneyball to discuss how strokes gained transformed golf analytics and ranking systems, while Cade Massey, Eric Bradlow, and Adi Weiner analyze MLB challenge strategies, team overperformance, and new methods for evaluating roster depth in hockey.
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1 hr 9 min
April 29 Behavioral Biases and Data Models Shape NFL Draft Strategy
Richard Thaler, Nobel Laureate and Professor at the University of Chicago, and Benjamin Robinson, Founder and CEO of Grinding the Mocks, join the Wharton Moneyball team to analyze how cognitive biases, flawed valuation frameworks, and emerging data models shape NFL draft strategies and impact team decision-making.
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1 hr 9 min
April 22 Understanding Hockey Performance Through Data, Simulation, and Visualization
Micah McCurdy—mathematician, creator of HockeyViz, and hockey analytics expert—joins Eric Bradlow, Adi Wyner, and Shane Jensen to discuss simulation and player-level modeling, alongside broader analysis of MLB trends, NBA title odds, and notable statistical performances across sports.
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58 min
April 15 From Masters Victory to Motion Data: Golf’s Analytical Evolution
Jeehae Lee, founder and CEO of Sportsbox.ai, joins the Moneyball team to explore Rory McIlroy’s Masters victory while analyzing how advanced motion capture, data analytics, and AI are reshaping player development, performance evaluation, and talent identification in golf.

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1 hr 3 min
April 08 Blending Analytics and Leadership in Major League Baseball Operations
Sam Fuld, Vice President and General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, joins the Wharton Moneyball team to discuss his transition from MLB player to executive and how analytics, player development, and business strategy drive success. Cade, Eric and Shane also analyze recent the college basketball finals, NHL playoff races, and Masters Tournament storylines.
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56 min
April 01 The Many Meanings of Baseball: History, Data, and Fan Experience
Professor David Henkin, a historian of American culture and author of Out of the Ballpark, joins the Wharton Moneyball team to examine how baseball’s history, statistical evolution, and fan engagement reveal a complex, ever-changing sport that defies any single interpretation. Cade, Eric, Shane, and Adi also discuss early data and strategy implications of the automated ball-strike system in Major League Baseball while also analyzing tournament dynamics and competitive balance in NCAA March Madness.
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58 min
March 25 Building a Contender: Analytics and Leadership in the NHL
Eric Tulski, Head of Hockey Operations for the Carolina Hurricanes, joins the Moneyball team to explains how analytics, roster construction, and organizational philosophy influence performance, player evaluation, and playoff outcomes in the NHL. Cade, Shane, and Adi also discuss the dominance of teams like the Los Angeles Dodgers, the debate over salary caps and spending floors, and how analytics and labor negotiations may shape the future of Major League Baseball.
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57 min

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Sports is a game of numbers. Wharton experts Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, Cade Massey, and Adi Wyner team up to tackle the world of sports, from current events to longstanding issues such as: What…