Wharton Moneyball9 Loka 2019

Wharton Moneyball: MLB Playoffs, NFL Analytics, NFL Sports Science, NBA Talk

Show from 10/09/19

In this episode of Wharton Moneyball our hosts talk with ESPN NFL Insider and co-host of ESPN’s daily Fantasy Focus podcast, Field Yates. Are you wondering what mind blowing changes that may occur in fantasy football? Next our hosts talk with the senior data scientist for Pro Football Focus, Eric Eager. They discuss the correlation between time management and win probability.

Guests: Field Yates is an ESPN NFL Insider and co-host of ESPN’s daily Fantasy Focus podcast. He also appears on the weekly Fantasy Football Now pregame show Sunday mornings on ESPN2, 10a-1p ET. Prior to ESPN, he spent two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and four years with the New England Patriots.

Follow him on Twitter @FieldYates

For more information, check out https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/field-yates/

Eric Eager is a senior data scientist for Pro Football Focus, where he analyzes data for all 32 National Football League teams and as well as over 60 college football teams. Before joining PFF in 2018, he was a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, where he published over 20 papers in mathematical biology.

Follow him on Twitter @PFF_Eric

Check out his website: https://www.datacamp.com/instructors/ericeager82

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