Season 4 Episode 26 is out with Robert Frey. Robert is the lead developer for Prep Baseball Report. His role at Prep Baseball Report is to make all data more concise to the public. Robert’s goal is to help coaches use data to make the best decisions possible for recruiting purposes. Robert can completely change the way coaches recruit players looking forward in the future.
Robert comes from a very strong background including being a Driveline Baseball Ops Analyst and Director of Analytics & Information Systems for Quincy University. Robert explains that both roles were very different in a sense but allowed him to think outside the box. He completely changes the way how a college analytics department should look like at a four year college.
Robert has a high level of understanding through R and Python while thinking outside the box on the player development side. Please join me in listening to Robert and his wide progressive knowledge about baseball!
Timestamps:
Previous positions
- Quincy University Director of analytics and information systems
- Driveline Baseball Ops Analyst
Prep Baseball Report 2:30
- what does your role entail 2:45
- What to expect? 5:00
Why R is the best programming language for baseball 8:02
- Is it a must for analysts? 11:25
- Your personal process of learning R 13:35
- Best places to learn (using a plug for your YouTube channel) 18:04
Previous roles: Quincy University Director of Analytics and Driveline Baseball Ops
- Explain what you did for both roles 23:15
- Difference of Interpretation of data (Coaches at QU and Driveline) 29:11
- Quincy Dashboard time 32:31
Player development in the next 5 years analytically (new technology or Baseball Ops positions)
- What to expect and personally looking forward too? 36:20
- What will an analyst position entail? 47:20
Closing