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the art of guessing who's actually good before the stats can prove it.
means the process of judging an athlete's true ability and future value using data, film, and human judgment, usually a fight between all three.
from born in baseball scouting rooms of the early 1900s, where old men with stopwatches and gut feelings decided careers, later hijacked by statisticians who wanted receipts.
moneyball moment2002 oakland a's beat scouts with spreadsheets
eye test vs datascouts and analysts still openly distrust each other
draft bust ratenfl first-round picks fail roughly 40 percent of time
soccer's answerexpected goals turned finishing luck into a number
for instance
billy beane's a's — 2002 oakland built a contender on undervalued on-base percentage
opta scouting reports — clubs now buy data on teenagers before agents even call
nfl combine — prospects judged on 40-yard dashes that barely predict game success