Category: Computer Models
Indians Hold First, Mariners Second In This Week’s Baseball Organizational Computer Rankings
Every week we take a look at the weekly changes in the Baseball Organizational Rankings that we here at AMSTS have created in an effort to quantify the quality of various team’s entire organization. For those unfamiliar with the Baseball Organizational Rankings, they’re a simple metric that takes winning percentages and weights each tier of major…
Indians hop the Cubs, Braves Are Top-To-Bottom Terrible: Baseball Organizational Rankings Week in Review
Every week — or so, last week was cancelled because I welcomed my first child into the world — we take a look at the weekly changes in the Baseball Organizational Rankings that we here at AMSTS have created in an effort to quantify the quality of various team’s entire organization. For those unfamiliar with…
Cubs Org Heads North, White Sox Org Heads South: The Baseball Organizational Rankings Week in Review
The Baseball Organizational Rankings have been out for a few weeks now, and it’s time to take a look at the changes that have happened since launch. For those unfamiliar with the Baseball Organizational Rankings, they’re a simple metric that takes winning percentages and weights each tier of major and minor leagues by some…
Introducing the AMSTS Baseball Organizational Rankings!
In an effort to make the success of an organization more clear, we have introduced the AMSTS Baseball Organizational Rankings. This allows you to play around with the sliders to appropriately weight the value of each league, from MLB to the Rookie League, to see what organization tops your list. Methodology: For the default rankings,…
NCAA Football Championship Week: Games that will/won’t suck
Rivalry week is done. There were some goodies, and some not so goodies. Let’s see how I did last week: Suck: Clemson 37, South Carolina 32. Not suck but not as close as the final score leads you to believe South Florida 44, UCF 3. Definitely suck Memphis 63, SMU 0. Woof. Major suck Clemson trying their best…
Week 13 (Rivalry week!) NCAA Football Predictions: Games that will/won’t suck
Week 12 was certainly an interesting one. After I made fun of the SEC for scheduling FCS opponents this late in the season, South Carolina went out and lost to The Citadel. Welp. Let’s see how I did last week: Suck: Florida 20, FAU 13 (OT). Definitely not suck. Florida continues to play down to…
NCAA Football Week 12: Games that will/won’t suck
We’re getting close to the end of the season, and the quality of games are getting generally better, with the exception of the SEC teams (And this year FSU!) having their annual “bye week” by scheduling an FCS team the week before rivalry week. Lame. Let’s look at how week 11 turned out: Suck:…
NCAA Football Week 11 – Games that will/won’t suck
Let’s just jump into it, shall we? Here’s how my week 10 predictions fared: Suck: Louisiana Tech 56, North Texas 13. Definitely suck. Oklahoma 52, Iowa State 16. Definitely suck. Michigan 49, Rutgers 16. Definitely suck. Hey, look at that! I went 3/3. By this point of the season, predicting games that will suck is child’s play though.…
NCAA Football Week 10, Games that will/won’t suck
A little delayed this week due to me being on vacation, but let’s review how I did last week: Suck: Oklahoma 62, Kansas 7. Definitely suck. Ole Miss 27, Auburn 19. Not suck. Memphis 41, Tulane 13. Definitely suck. Not Suck: Penn State 39, Illinois 0. Suck Virginia Tech 26, Boston College 10. Suck too, ugh. Oregon 61, Arizona…