Some midseason updates to the Total Points calculation

By Alex Vigderman Over the course of the year, we occasionally find certain plays or players that highlight something that isn’t quite right in the Total Points System. Also, because there are so many data points to comb through, we sometimes wait a bit to include something because we aren’t…

Alex Vigderman 12.02.2019
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New podcast: Nationals assistant GM, free agents and more awards

LISTEN HERE On this week’s edition of the Sports Info Solutions Baseball podcast, senior research analyst Mark Simon ( @MarkASimonSays) opens the show by talking about the defensive analytics concepts he hopes a manager would know (1:16). Mark then talks with Nationals assistant general manager for baseball research and development,…

Mark Simon 11.26.2019
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New football podcast: Week 12 preview

LISTEN HERE Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) of Football Outsiders (@fboutsiders) preview the most important games for Week 12 of the NFL season: Colts at Texans on Thursday Night Football (1:20), Packers at 49ers on Sunday Night Football…

Mark Simon 11.21.2019
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New football podcast: Previewing Week 11

LISTEN HERE Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) of Football Outsiders (@fboutsiders) discuss some of the biggest upsets from last week’s NFL slate (0:43) and preview the most important games for Week 11: Texans at Ravens (8:12), Jaguars at…

Mark Simon 11.14.2019
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