SABRcast with Rob Neyer: Art Chou and Dr. Steven Cadavid (Episode #3)
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Neyer is a longtime baseball writer and editor for ESPN.com, SB Nation, and FoxSports.com. He began his career as a research assistant for groundbreaking baseball author Bill James and later worked for STATS, Inc. He has also written or co-written seven baseball books, including The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers (with Bill James), winner of the Sporting News/SABR Baseball Research Award, and most recently Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game, winner of this year’s CASEY Award.
Episode #3: April 15, 2019
Our guests this week are Art Chou, General Manager/North America for Rapsodo, a leading developer of sports analytics technology; and Dr. Steven Cadavid, president and owner of KinaTrax and the principal developer of the company’s markerless motion capture system.
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What’s Rob reading this week?
“Exit Velocity Is Higher Than Ever”
By Rob Arthur, Baseball Prospectus
Since the beginning of the 2018 season, a more aerodynamic baseball may be contributing to a spike in home runs. The onslaught of moon shots has become even more pronounced, with a higher rate of home runs per fly ball than any other year on record. It turns out that a rabbit ball may be only part of the story, however. On top of a more aerodynamic baseball, league-wide exit velocity is reaching new heights.
Episode #2: Tyler Kepner (April 8, 2019)
Episode #1: Brian Kenny and Scott Bush (April 1, 2019)
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