Wharton Moneyball - 1/15/20: Seth Walder, Alexandra Mandrycky

Seth Walder has been a sports analytics writer at ESPN since 2017, focusing on football and basketball coverage using quantitative metrics. His work includes topics ranging from season projections to player analysis based on NFL Next Gen Stats. He writes for ESPN.com and makes regular appearances across ESPN studio programming.Prior to joining ESPN, he worked as a reporter for the New York Daily News for six years, primarily covering the New York Jets and New York Giants, with occasional analysis of the New York MLB, NBA and NHL teams as well as high school sports.The London native attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine and was editor in chief of the Bowdoin Orient, while majoring in government studies.Alexandra Mandrycky is the Director of Hockey Administration for the NHL’s forthcoming Seattle franchise where she leads on hockey strategy & research. Prior to joining the Seattle franchise, Alexandra worked in the Minnesota Wild’s front office.The team will begin play for the 2021 season and it will be the first professional hockey team to play in Seattle since the Seattle Totems of the Western Hockey League played their last game in 1975.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.