Jack Goin
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Don't forget the ability to "fire it through the Internet".
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Every job posting for a position similar to this with a club has required SQL Server experience.
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Thanks. it has been tough doing advanced analysis on an abacus and collecting scouting report info that has been filed on loose-leaf sheets of paper. The visual reporting is all done with pencil and paper sketches. Oh, and the fax machine will finally be retired.
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Standard requirement for all job postings. That, along with ability to lift 55 lbs.
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Don't think I won't look through those to see all your smart ass comments.
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Let me answer that for you. No.
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Mason: Exclusive Q&A with Rob Antony
Jack Goin replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Spycake, I couldn't agree with you more. Everyone, please don't forget Terry just went through surgery to remove cancer from his body. People aren't worried about if they are in line to be the next GM or not. They are concerned about a leader, a mentor, a person they care about beating cancer. Rob is more than capable of handling the media. Rob is not thinking about how this might be his chance to shine. He's more concerned that Terry returns to full health. As is everyone in the front office. -
Our Assistant GM, Rob Antony, does a tremendous job in negotiating contracts. He has a great feel for when to give and take. Really fun to listen to him negotiate.
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Now I'm scared. Also, I will require royalties on the sale of these items using my likeness.
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The assignment changes during the course of the season. In the months leading up to the Trade Deadline it is find orgs that fit with us and then find players in their organization. As you get more locked in with a club you start focusing on specific players. The strategy changes all the time.Those things like groundball pitcher vs flyball pitcher might be separators but not necessarily drivers.
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Nobody. Have a few things going on at work right now. Plus, I thought it was just a Friday afternoon thing last week.
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I guess I think of it like this. Statistics tell you what happened. Pitch f/x helps explain why it happened.
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Thanks for picking me up Seth. I think we also moved a kid name, Omar Burgos, from 3B to pitcher in about 2003 or so.
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I played basketball there from 1997 to 1999. I played for current coach Chris Conger. Go Foresters!
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We don't use OPSBI.
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I am at every home game plus Spring Training, maybe go on a road trip each season, and the try to watch as many of our games and other games as possible. I try to balance that with some type of home life with my family. I don't have a typical day during the season. It changes all the time. Major League administrative stuff or roster decisions, pro scouting, working on our scout system, meeting with Gardy and the coaching staff, meeting with our advance scout, talking with our pro scouting director, etc.
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1. Grimes was an infielder who became a catcher. He had a pretty solid year in his first year as a catcher. Let's let him settle in there before we move him to the mound. Sound good? We have had a few guys work as a third catcher if they were a UT infielder. 2. I can't remember the kid's name but we recently had a catcher move to the mound. This type of decision is usually our Minor League staff and the FO. 3. What about double steals? 4. Personally I'm a sucker for seniors on kiss cam. I hope my wife and I last that long. 5. I think they used to do this stuff in the 80's. Davey Johnson I think was known for it. Putting a pitcher in the outfield and then bringing him into pitch and just flip-flopping a pitcher/outfielder for a pitcher/outfielder. You would have to fact check me on that one.
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I noticed you had mentioned defensive shifts before on here so we are really working on those right now. Anything else you have fun watching that we should add into our analysis?
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I went to the University of St. Thomas for my first two years and then transferred to Lake Forest College about 45 minutes north of Chicago for my last two years. I returned to UST to get my MBA. Terry and Rob both know and understand how BABIP works. What about wRC+? Our job on the analytics side is to dig deeper into the information and Terry and Rob trust us to do that. They both use stats to help them form their opinion and the analytics team attempts to cut out as much uncertainty from the decision making process as we can. But we use more than just stats on the analytics side. We use scouting reports, health, etc.
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Do you know the background on OPSBI?
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Long day or have you been in a bottle of vodka like your username suggests?
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I'm not sure your observation about hitters is totally true. Willingham is capable of working a walk. He had a 14% BB%. Everyone knows Joe's ability to work deep in counts, but he is an anomaly. Most guys don't hit as well with 2 strikes as he does. Doumit had an above average BB%. Even guys with limited experience like Colabello & Herrmann had 9%+ walk rates.Also, if you look at count splits guys tend to hit well early in the count. I would say it is more about getting a pitch you can drive, no matter if it is early in the count or not. You can get to a bullpen by knocking a guy around and scoring runs just like you can taking pitches and driving up the pitch count. In regards to your platoon question I think Terry addressed this question pretty well in his Q&A with Parker for the Off-Season Handbook. You would like to find guys who can play everyday, 150+ games. Those are good players. They can hit both RHP & LHP well. If you have the need to platoon for whatever reason it can work if you set it up correctly.
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I keep my work to the baseball side of things but we do have business analytics department as well that is separate from what we do.
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Obviously Pitch fx revolutionized not only the analytics world but scouting as well. The amount of information we have been able to pull from this is amamzing. A relatively new company TrackMan records much of the same info as Pitch f/x along with batted ball data. You should follow Josh Orenstein on Twitter at @JoshOrensteinTM. He is tweeting out a bunch of fun info from the Arizona Fall League right now. There are a few tests we do on our medical side that have helped us prevent or recognize injuries faster the past two seasons. I think Field f/x is the next big thing. This could really help us with defensive metrics.
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Nice try. Creative line of questioning though.