Ron Yurko
@Stat_Ron
Assistant Teaching Professor, Director of Carnegie Mellon #SportsAnalytics Center https://stat.cmu.edu/cmsac @CMU_StatDS
Excited to share that I'm working on a book: 'Statistical Methods in #SportsAnalytics'! This is the culmination of my education, research, and experience in teaching #statisticalthinking and modeling in #sportsanalytics! Thanks to Rob & @CRC_MathStats for the opportunity!
Delighted to have signed a contract with @Stat_Ron for an exciting new book on '#Statistical Methods in #SportsAnalytics' to be published by @CRC_MathStats in 2027! Watch this space for updates. statthinksportsanalytics.substack.com #DataScience #RStats @CarnegieMellon
Check out the latest #CMSAC #sportsanalytics research w/ #BigDataBowl data by @qntkhvn on modeling #NFL player change of direction: arxiv.org/pdf/2507.06122 this is a component of Quang's recent thesis proposal and I'm excited for more to come (he does all the work, I just opine)
New #CMSAC #SportsAnalytics paper on evaluating change of direction in the #NFL by myself and @Stat_Ron arxiv.org/pdf/2507.06122 Spoiler alert: DK Metcalf displays straight-line, less agile movement, while George Pickens exhibits erratic, more variable directional movement.
Happy Gilmore 2 was honestly much better than I expected, just a fun silly movie - Scottie Scheffler was great
The Panthers hired Benjamin Brown as their Director of Data Science, per his LinkedIn and confirming sources. Brown joins the Panthers from PENN Entertainment where he was the NFL Data Science Manager. He previously worked for SumerSports and PFF.
The @scorenetworkorg is on a hot streak! Check it out now: scorenetwork.org #sportsanalytics #datascience #statistics #education
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Today's show is available in Podcast Form NOW! Craig O'Shannessy, Director of Brain Game Tennis discusses the greatest tennis players of all-time Scottie Scheffler's Win | MLB HR Hitting | MLB HOF | NFL Training Camp Listen HERE: 👇👇👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
Excited to announce I am hiring for a Data Science Lead, Sports Analytics! You will work closely w/ Engineering, Analytics & Data Science teammates to build data solutions informing decision-making for talent identification, roster management & sports administration. (Link below)
PSA. And, bonus: Pittsburgh's one of the best sports analytics communities in the country.
Excited to announce I am hiring for a Data Science Lead, Sports Analytics! You will work closely w/ Engineering, Analytics & Data Science teammates to build data solutions informing decision-making for talent identification, roster management & sports administration. (Link below)
1 There is no "official" EP model, just diff ways to estimate the exp value of game state 2 Looks like linear reg w/ @nflfastR EP as resp to infer context... but interactions matter here! arxiv.org/abs/1802.00998 3 If the goal is to explain ML, see here christophm.github.io/interpretable-…
Simplified Expected Points Model Baseline = 7.4 Points Scenario: 2nd and 8 from the Opponent's 40 Yard Line (Gain of 12 yards) 1. Subtract .07 points for every yard you are away from the opponent's end zone. Before: (40 yards away from EZ * .07 = 2.8) After: (28 yards away…
Scottie vs. The Field in majors this year: Masters: Scottie -8, McIlroy🏆/Rose -11 PGA: Scottie -11 🏆, 3 at -6 US Open: Scottie +4, Spaun -1 🏆 Open: Scottie -17 🏆, English -13 Totals: Scottie -32 🏆🏆 The Field -31 🏆🏆 This is a budding rivalry we should keep our eyes on!
Final leaderboard of players who played all 16 rounds in the majors in 2025: -32: Scheffler 🏆🏆 -11: McIlroy 🏆 -10: Xander -6: Rahm -5: English -1: Fitzpatrick -1: Hatton +1: Spaun 🏆 +3: Hovland +3: Rai +5: McNealy +6: Burns +7: Berger +14: Hojgaard +17: Harman
Scottie Scheffler really, truly just wants to go home right now. Every broadcaster trying to make this Portrush celebration happen but it's just not going to happen. He's got his couch on his mind. One of a kind.
I'd like to revise my Scheffler predicted major count @WMoneyball - it's going to be higher than whatever I said, he's currently in Tiger mode
Today's show is available in Podcast Form NOW! Alan Nathan, Professor Emeritus of Physics at University of Illinois on baseball bat construction and the physical factors that impacted the Home Run Derby HR Derby | Cal Raleigh | MLB Post-All Star | Wimbledon Listen HERE:…
3D tracking Cal Raleigh and Tarik Skubal's ✨historic✨ All-Star Game challenge (they got the K)
Translation: 'I don't pay attention to baseball'
This is the worst HR derby field I’ve ever seen. Zero star power. Bad look for baseball. Oneil Cruz will win it. And it will be the highlight of his career.
NEW FEATURE STORY: Notice the guy in his mid-20s standing next to Marcus Freeman on game day? That's director of football strategy Anthony Treash, Freeman's "right-hand man." Learn how Treash has put Notre Dame on the cutting edge of football analytics: on3.com/teams/notre-da…