Summer Symposium 2025 (Virtual):
A Baseball Analytics Extravaganza!
​This event took place online on June 8, 2025. Major League Baseball analysts and insiders shared their insights and observations so far about the current MLB season and what it’s like to work for an MLB team. We explored how analytics can provide a deeper understanding of how your favorite team is *really* doing (beyond simply its W-L record) and how experts think about making predictions for the rest of the year. We also heard from the world’s best ballhawk and how he has applied critical thinking and clever analysis to catch over 100 in-game MLB home runs (and snag more than 12,800 balls overall)!
These slides were shared prior to the event.
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Featured Speakers:
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Meg Rowley - Editor in Chief of FanGraphs and co-host of the Effectively Wild podcast
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Kiri Oler - Data Scientist, formerly in analytics roles with the Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins
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Jared Faust - Former Manager of Baseball Research and Development with the New York Mets and current Director of Basketball Strategy and Analytics at the NBA
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​Zack Hample - YouTube content creator, renowned ballhawk, and self-proclaimed "Professional Nerd"​
Please see below for the agenda and a replay of the event.
Agenda
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Welcome/Introduction
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Discussion with Meg Rowley, Kiri Oler, and Jared Faust
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Discussion with Zack Hample
Please click below to watch the replay of this event.