Baseball analytics
Subject in Baseball
Baseball analytics has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Pardon My Take. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
John SmoltzBaseball Hall of Fame pitcher for the Atlanta Braves and Fox baseball analyst
John Smoltz proposes an average exit velocity stat that counts strikeouts as zero to better identify the best hitters.
“you give me the average exit velocity of every time a ball is put in play or an out is made”
Pardon My Take: Lebron James Is A Free Agent Again, World Cup Must Win For USMNT, John Smoltz Talking Baseball Plus Our Dingers Only Fantasy Draft (Jul 1, 2026) · Listen from 1:58:14
John Smoltz says analytics are useful but teams that rely on them exclusively are making a mistake.
“if that's all your resources and that's the only decisions you make is on analytics, I think you're missing the boat”
Pardon My Take: Lebron James Is A Free Agent Again, World Cup Must Win For USMNT, John Smoltz Talking Baseball Plus Our Dingers Only Fantasy Draft (Jul 1, 2026) · Listen from 1:34:04
John Smoltz says he would have quit rather than be used as an opener.
“I would have quit. I would have flat out quit”
Pardon My Take: Lebron James Is A Free Agent Again, World Cup Must Win For USMNT, John Smoltz Talking Baseball Plus Our Dingers Only Fantasy Draft (Jul 1, 2026) · Listen from 1:33:03
Podcasts
- Pardon My Take · 1 episode
Episodes
Lebron James Is A Free Agent Again, World Cup Must Win For USMNT, John Smoltz Talking Baseball Plus Our Dingers Only Fantasy DraftPardon My Take · Jul 1, 2026 · 3 h 5 min
Dan Katz, PFT Commenter, Memes and Zach discuss LeBron James's free agency and the World Cup, interview John Smoltz on pitching, and hold their Dingers Only fantasy draft.