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Introducing Our NBA Draft Model: An Inside Look at How the Sliders Work

We're excited to introduce our new and improved NBA Draft model and its sliders, which enable us to highlight different assortments of players catered to certain draft traits.

2 years ago Trevor Goldstein

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Introducing Cricket Simulation Models

Introducing three new cricket metrics, each designed to quantify the current match situation and predict future outcomes.

2 years ago Danny Dinsdale

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Evolving Expected Goals (xG)

Expected goals (or xG) measures the quality of a chance by calculating the likelihood that it will be scored from a particular position on the pitch during a particular phase…

2 years ago Jonny Whitmore

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Capturing Momentum in Tennis

Two brand new metrics - leverage and momentum - allow us to quantify the swings in momentum that define any tennis match.

2 years ago Jon Manuel

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What Is the Transfer Portal?

The Transfer Portal predicts a player's future performance if they were to transfer to new club, within the context of the teams and leagues involved.

2 years ago Jonny Whitmore, Danny Dinsdale, Joe Gallagher

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Explaining Live Win Probability (LWP)

Live Win Probability does all the number crunching for you, simulating the likelihood of each match result.

3 years ago Jonny Whitmore

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What is Match Momentum?

Match momentum measures the swing of the match and which team is creating more threatening situations at certain points in time.

3 years ago Jonny Whitmore

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EVE: Our NFL Team Efficiency vs. Expected Rating

Catch-all metrics that measure a team’s efficiency on both sides of the ball have gained popularity. But we've introduced a metric that takes the concept a step further.

3 years ago The Analyst

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TVL Data: The Medium Through Which Every Pitch Tells a Story

One of the tools at the forefront of The Analyst’s Major League Baseball coverage is TVL data. What is TVL data? It’s the end result of a process in which…

3 years ago The Analyst

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Introducing DRIP: Our Daily-Updated Rating of Individual Performance in the NBA

For the 2021-22 season, we’re introducing an NBA player performance model, which projects offensive, defensive and overall adjusted plus/minus. The leaderboard updates daily.

3 years ago Nathan Walker