Kyle Boddy and Marek Ramilo | Evolution of Sabermetrics | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 86

Episode 86 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!

With guests: Kyle Boddy and Marek Ramilo!  Use promo code: good2learn25 for $25 off on Driveline PLUS! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/

Banger episode as Caravan, Boddy and Marek riff about the current state of sabermetrics in baseball, where certain teams are gaining edges and how to tell from a 3rd party point of view and broad thoughts on the future of the player development industry as a whole. Boddy also namedrops dozens of people, Caravan tells 1 or 2 unsolicited stories and Marek brings that quant trading background to give us some validity ;) - enjoy!

Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 

1:50 Marek background 

5:30 Current State of Sabermetrics in Baseball 

8:05 Next Steps in Sabermetrics 

10:30 Misinformation in Current Sabermetrics? 

17:25 Catcher Value 

19:20 Organization Value by MiLB success? 

25:50 CopyCat SSW value & Stuff+ Distributions 

30:15 Baseline Models & DL Growth Mentality 

34:50 Position Players 2 Pitchers + Undrafted FA's 

44:05 Value of Utility Players 

46:35 Walking Trea on 1-2 Count 

48:15 How Old School Baseball Still Is 

56:00 PULSE & Workload Mgmt in The Bigs 

1:05:03 Moneyball Ubiquity 

1:09:05 Casino Night 

1:11:30 Boddy's Perspective on DL Automation 

1:16:45 Marek's DL First Impression 

1:18:05 MLB Future Rule Adjustments

Link to the hosts' Twitters:

Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan

Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9

Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_

Kyle Boddy: https://twitter.com/drivelinebases

Marek Ramilo: https://twitter.com/marekramilo