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Why Are Some New Statistics Embraced and Not Others? - The New York Times
Exit velocities, launch angles, distances, ‘barrels’ — do more stats describing how a ball is hit make us smarter about baseball, or make the game more fun?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/magazine/why-are-some-new-statistics-embraced-and-not-others.html
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Course Details: Baseball Analytics 2.0: Advancement in the 21st Century (TSCE1-CE9743) | NYU SPS Professional Pathways
This course will follow up on the concepts learned in Inside Baseball: Analytics in Action. With the help of Pitchf/x and Statcast, baseball has made major advances in analytics in the 21st century, more so than any other American sports league. With new information available, not only are teams better able to evaluate their players, but fans also are able to consume the game like never before. From additional ways to research the game to more dynamic statistical analysis on broadcasts, the information revolution in baseball is here to stay. This course will explore in depth how tracking technology—from pitch location to spin rate and everything in between—has impacted, and will continue to impact, America’s favorite pastime. Guests will include members of the sabermetric community and other baseball industry representatives.
https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/courses/TSCE1-CE9743-baseball-analytics-2-0-advancement-in-the-21st-century.html
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Review of Big Data Baseball - Fish Stripes
Big Data Confidential is about how the Pirates used the latest advances in baseball statistics to achieve a winning season for the first time in 20 years. It is also about the marriage of sabermetrics and scouting to produce winning baseball.
https://www.fishstripes.com/2015/11/16/9738218/review-of-big-data-baseball-the-new-sabermetric-revolution
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Ricky and Roth and Lindsay and Cook
This week marks the second edition of the SABR Analytics Conference, in Phoenix (http://sabr.org/analytics).
https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/rickey-and-roth-and-lindsey-and-cook-7aa9576e5e29
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The Eye On Baseball fan's guide to advanced baseball statistics - CBSSports.com
Sabermetrics are a big part of baseball these days. With just a little time investment, you'll find they're pretty easy to understand.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-eye-on-baseball-fans-guide-to-advanced-baseball-statistics/
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Baseball ProGUESTus: The Secret History of Sabermetrics
Baseball ProGUESTus: The Secret History of Sabermetrics.
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/21234/baseball-proguestus-the-secret-history-of-sabermetrics/
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Sabermetrics and sexiness | The Hardball Times
Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary.
https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/tht-live/is-sabermetrics-sexy/
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Sabermetric Book Reviews | The Hardball Times
Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary.
https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/sabermetric-book-reviews/
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Sabermetrics: Are New Age Numbers in Baseball Replacing Common Sense? | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights
I am a life long baseball fan. I learned the great game of baseball from my father, who learned it from his father, and I have since passed the lessons of the game on to my son.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1118856-saber-metrics-are-new-age-numbers-in-baseball-replacing-common-sense
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The Top Five Technological Advancements in MLB History
The Top Five Technological Advancements in MLB History.
https://www.sporttechie.com/mlbtopfivetech/
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The Sabermetric Manifesto – SeanLahman.com
Bill James defined sabermetrics as “the search for objective knowledge about baseball.” Thus, sabermetrics attempts to answer objective questions about baseball, such as “which player on the Red Sox contributed the most to the team’s offense?”
http://www.seanlahman.com/baseball-archive/sabermetrics/sabermetric-manifesto/
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A Sabermetric Primer: Understanding Advanced Baseball Metrics
A sabermetric primer: Understanding advanced baseball metrics.
https://theathletic.com/255898/2018/02/28/a-sabermetric-primer-understanding-advanced-baseball-metrics/
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All About Sabermetrics - Beyond the Box Score
If you've got questions about particular sabermetric statistics or concepts, this is your place.
https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/pages/all-about-sabermetrics
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How to evaluate a hitter, sabermetrically - Beyond the Box Score
Advanced stats might seem like a complicated foreign language, but becoming conversational is actually very easy. Learn how to analyze a hitter's numbers.
https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2014/5/26/5743956/sabermetrics-stats-offense-learn-sabermetrics
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Advanced Stats | Glossary | MLB.com
The Official Site of Major League Baseball.
http://m.mlb.com/glossary/advanced-stats