The future of baseball research and how to get into a MLB front office with xSTATS' Andrew Perpetua

Eno Sarris welcomes Andrew Perpetua, founder of xSTATS to the show. Andrew explains his unorthodox path into the Mets' front office after an accident kept him out of medical school. Eno and Andrew also discuss why he started xSTATS, what is the future of baseball research and where he's headed next.Rundown2:27 Andrew's education background and journey into baseball10:50 Realizing that the data is not perfect17:25 The three types of people that do baseball analytics21:12 How baseball front offices need to change31:45 What Andrew learned once he was "inside the game"34:00 Improving technology for visual tracking40:20 The next frontier is meshing all the technology together47:00 What's coming next for AndrewFollow Eno on Twitter: @enosarrisFollow Perpetua on Twitter: @AndrewPerpetuae-mail: [email protected] to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.