As you may know, MLBTR has been publishing salary projections for arbitration eligible players for nine years, using an algorithm developed and maintained by economist Matt Swartz.
The traditional method of projecting the proper salary for arbitration eligible players does not involve an algorithm, instead focusing on comparable players. As we’re always seeking to improve our own knowledge and projections, I hope to be trained on this traditional method. I’m seeking a person with relevant experience at the MLB Labor Relations Department, MLB Players Association, teams, agencies, or third party consulting firms who is willing to teach me traditional arbitration projecting as a paid project. We would collect the statistics needed and work through relevant examples. Please note that I am not interested in learning how to argue cases at hearings, but rather in projecting the correct salary or salary range for any individual player. If you’re interested in this paid project, please contact me at mlbarbitration@gmail.com and outline your relevant experience.
Never stop learning Tim!
i play ootp does that count
me too! what franchises have you done this year?
Greatest sports sim ever!!
You sure? You’re missing out…I can argue the heck out of cases at court!
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I nominate ForestCobraAL, due to his ingenious recent commentary, advanced knowledge of sabremetrics and his in-depth understanding of front office finances.
Anyone want to second this motion?
I nominate this post for Trolling of the Week
I second your nomination.
Let’s not even give him the satisfaction of any nomination. Troll of the week is a compliment to Clepto
I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
I nominate this post as most unoriginal post of the week.
Just cause someone wrote the joke you were gonna make 1st doesn’t mean you need to be salty.
I named my own price on Priceline.com
I’ve often noticed talk about the amount of the raise on this site. It makes me wonder whether the point of arbitration is to establish the new salary or just the amount of the raise. Either way it is potentially quantifiable. Establish a list of variables that affect the outcome and determine weighting factors for each one. Retroactively test the formula to assess it’s accuracy. When it misses the mark, look for variables missed or weightings that may be off. Minimize total combined error from all the projections while tweaking the formula. Give it a test run for this year and see how it does.
“As you may know, MLBTR has been publishing salary projections for arbitration eligible players for nine years, using an algorithm developed and maintained by economist Matt Swartz.”
“Experience: reading your articles
Relevant experience: none
Qualifications: none
Other qualifications: ability to type a bunch of words while providing absolutely nothing of substance
Greatest achievement: commented “suspicious” on every Yankees article”
I fixed your application. Also, re-read the directions, they explicitly asked you to send it via email. Best of luck, would be suspicious if they don’t hire you.
Everything about the yankees IS suspicious. I’m a mathematician and an actuary, but I’m not interested in the job.
*Adds helpful, yet still irrelevant qualifications. Unsuccessfully attempts reverse-psychology. Repeats prior failure to submit in email form. Manages to also include the Yankees are categorically suspicious based on no substance.*
Application status: Hired
As a guy stationed in central asia, who checks this site umpteen times a day for many years, itd be interesting for there to some day be an article about some “left field” (pun) analytics such as visits from foreign countries (where baseball is unpopular) or how many users check the site 10x daily (like myself)
I really want to see how the MLB decides arbitration and I want to see how the NFL decides compensatory picks.
Swartz getting to expensive lol.
How will he get there?
I want a raise.