Decoding Team Chemistry with Three Economists | Head Games Episode 018

Head Games Podcast: a sports & psych podcast

Ahoy, Ahoy! This episode is dedicated to all the baseball statisticians and next-gen analytics nerds. Our economist compatriots (Andrew Butters. Ph.D., Scott Brave, and Kevin Roberts) unveil their recipe for measuring team chemistry. Their secret? Where traditional measures of performance combine individual contributions, they measure the overlap between players. They've coined it “Team Synergy,” and they think it can be the next frontier in sports analytics. We tend to believe them.

1:34 | Introduction The Next-Gen Baseball Economists (Andrew Butters, Ph.D., Scott Brave, Kevin Roberts)

5:20 | What is “Team Synergy”

8:05 | How Do Staticians Approach “Team Synergy”

11:40 | How Do Staticians Approach “Team Synergy” - The Second Piece

14:53 | Why a Carlos Correa Becomes a Stud When Playing with Justin Verlander

17:53 | Club House Impact

21:31 | Personal Attachment

22:51 | Synergy and Rhythm

24:20 | The Post—Moneyball Revolution: How teams Can Use “Team Synergy” to Their Advantage

28:02 | Coaching and A Leap of Faith

30:08 | Archetype vs. Intangible (The David Ross Impact)

32:48 | Getting Attached

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Edited and Produced by: Brett “GlattyIce” Glatman