The First Sabermetric Cy Young?

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Bill Petti

That’s one way to interpret Zack Greinke’s claiming of the award for 2009: It was not surprising that Greinke won, since his earned run average, 2.16, was the lowest in the American League since 2000. But his decisive margin of victory over Seattle’s Felix Hernandez was a sign that voters overlooked his deficiency in another [...]

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Did the market for offensive talent correct after Moneyball?

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Bill Petti

For those that follow the debate around  Michael Lewis’ Moneyball and its effect on front office strategy there is a fantastic article over at The Hardball Times.  For the uninitiated, Moneyball follows Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane during the summer of 2002 as the team attempted to implement a different strategy to make his [...]

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Infographic: Mariano Rivera’s Postseason Brilliance

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Bill Petti

It has been said by smarter people than I that the single biggest reason for the NY Yankees’ post-season success since the mid-1990′s is the pitching of Mariano Rivera.  Already a sure-fire Hall of Famer, Rivera’s performance over 88 post-season games is astounding.  Last week, the NY Times published an article examining Rivera’s future.  The [...]

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Evaluating Human Capital Investments Through the Prism of Baseball

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Bill Petti

[Fair warning: what follows is quite lengthy] Well, it is performance review time at work and this reminded me of a post I’ve been meaning to write for a while. An issue that has always interested me is how organizations measure individual performance.  Organizations have finite resources and therefore must deploy those resources in the [...]

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