The Ringer MLB Show
The Ringer MLB Show
The Ringer
The Marlins Sale, Slugging Stanton, and the Hot Hand (Ep. 101)
51 minutes Posted Aug 17, 2017 at 10:06 am.
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann banter about the four-man outfield that the Cubs deployed against Joey Votto
then discuss the reportedly proceeding sale of the Miami Marlins
the possible impending demise of the Marlins Park home run sculpture
Giancarlo Stanton's hot streak
and whether it makes sense for the Marlins to trade the face of their franchise
Then they bring on FiveThirtyEight writer Rob Arthur to talk about his recent research into the "hot hand" effect for pitchers and why his method succeeds in detecting and predicting hot streaks where so many previous statistical attempts have failed
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The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann banter about the four-man outfield that the Cubs deployed against Joey Votto (01:00), then discuss the reportedly proceeding sale of the Miami Marlins (05:30), the possible impending demise of the Marlins Park home run sculpture (07:30), Giancarlo Stanton's hot streak (11:00), and whether it makes sense for the Marlins to trade the face of their franchise (16:30). Then they bring on FiveThirtyEight writer Rob Arthur to talk about his recent research into the "hot hand" effect for pitchers and why his method succeeds in detecting and predicting hot streaks where so many previous statistical attempts have failed (24:00).
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