{
  "id": 245334,
  "title": "Ideas and reads on Machine Learning + Baseball",
  "url": "/competitions/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting/discussion/245334",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2021-06-10T15:58:20.263556800Z",
  "votes": 19,
  "comment_count": 4,
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  "content": "<p>I will be maintaining the entire thread for the duration of competitions. Anything that is worth a read on how data sciences and machine learning are helping understand the game will be added to the list. Feel free to suggest if you find something missing</p>\n<h3>Good reads</h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https://medium.com/baseballongcp/analyzing-the-game-of-baseball-on-gcp-52cd0fb3abb2\" target=\"_blank\">Analyzing the Game of Baseball on GCP</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://sites.google.com/site/eccv2018bbdb/\" target=\"_blank\">Teaching Machines to Understand Baseball Games: Large Scale Baseball Video Database for Multiple Video Understanding Tasks</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://towardsdatascience.com/machine-learning-in-baseball-bbe91af05db7\" target=\"_blank\">Machine Learning in Baseball</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://towardsdatascience.com/modeling-swing-probability-b02b5ab7fbb5\" target=\"_blank\">Modeling Swing Probability</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://towardsdatascience.com/modeling-swing-probability-b02b5ab7fbb5\" target=\"_blank\">Machine Learning Baseball Project</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://fisher.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Thesis_Andrew-Cui.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Wharton Edu | Forecasting Outcomes of Major League Baseball Games Using Machine Learning</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.ai.uga.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/lyle_arlo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">UGA Edu | Baseball Prediction Using Ensemble Learning</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://science.vu.nl/en/Images/werkstuk-elfrink_tcm296-888205.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">VRIJE | Predicting the outcomes of MLB games with amachine learning approach</a></li>\n</ol>\n<h4>Resources with code</h4>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/kylejohnson363/Predicting-MLB-Games-with-Machine-Learning\" target=\"_blank\">Predicting-MLB-Games-with-Machine-Learning</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/Claessens14/Machine-Learning-Baseball-Project\" target=\"_blank\">Machine-Learning-Baseball</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/selfishgene/psychology-of-a-professional-athlete\" target=\"_blank\">Psychology of a Professional Athlete</a> | by  <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/selfishgene\" target=\"_blank\">@selfishgene</a>  </li>\n</ol>\n<h3>Community</h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2167479518818185\" target=\"_blank\">Youth Baseball and Data Analytics</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://onlinedsa.merrimack.edu/latest-data-analytics-tools-baseball/\" target=\"_blank\">Merrimack.edu : The Latest Data Analytics Tools in Baseball</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/pdf/10.1287/ited.2018.0201ca\" target=\"_blank\">Advancing to Prescriptive\nAnalytics in the Major League Baseball Front Office</a></li>\n</ol>\n<p>Thanks cc <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/bmanikan\" target=\"_blank\">@bmanikan</a></p>",
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    {
      "id": "1344092",
      "postDate": "06/10/2021 15:58:20",
      "content": "<p>I will be maintaining the entire thread for the duration of competitions. Anything that is worth a read on how data sciences and machine learning are helping understand the game will be added to the list. Feel free to suggest if you find something missing</p>\n<h3>Good reads</h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https://medium.com/baseballongcp/analyzing-the-game-of-baseball-on-gcp-52cd0fb3abb2\" target=\"_blank\">Analyzing the Game of Baseball on GCP</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://sites.google.com/site/eccv2018bbdb/\" target=\"_blank\">Teaching Machines to Understand Baseball Games: Large Scale Baseball Video Database for Multiple Video Understanding Tasks</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://towardsdatascience.com/machine-learning-in-baseball-bbe91af05db7\" target=\"_blank\">Machine Learning in Baseball</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://towardsdatascience.com/modeling-swing-probability-b02b5ab7fbb5\" target=\"_blank\">Modeling Swing Probability</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://towardsdatascience.com/modeling-swing-probability-b02b5ab7fbb5\" target=\"_blank\">Machine Learning Baseball Project</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://fisher.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Thesis_Andrew-Cui.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Wharton Edu | Forecasting Outcomes of Major League Baseball Games Using Machine Learning</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.ai.uga.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/lyle_arlo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">UGA Edu | Baseball Prediction Using Ensemble Learning</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://science.vu.nl/en/Images/werkstuk-elfrink_tcm296-888205.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">VRIJE | Predicting the outcomes of MLB games with amachine learning approach</a></li>\n</ol>\n<h4>Resources with code</h4>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/kylejohnson363/Predicting-MLB-Games-with-Machine-Learning\" target=\"_blank\">Predicting-MLB-Games-with-Machine-Learning</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/Claessens14/Machine-Learning-Baseball-Project\" target=\"_blank\">Machine-Learning-Baseball</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/selfishgene/psychology-of-a-professional-athlete\" target=\"_blank\">Psychology of a Professional Athlete</a> | by  <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/selfishgene\" target=\"_blank\">@selfishgene</a>  </li>\n</ol>\n<h3>Community</h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2167479518818185\" target=\"_blank\">Youth Baseball and Data Analytics</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://onlinedsa.merrimack.edu/latest-data-analytics-tools-baseball/\" target=\"_blank\">Merrimack.edu : The Latest Data Analytics Tools in Baseball</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/pdf/10.1287/ited.2018.0201ca\" target=\"_blank\">Advancing to Prescriptive\nAnalytics in the Major League Baseball Front Office</a></li>\n</ol>\n<p>Thanks cc <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/bmanikan\" target=\"_blank\">@bmanikan</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I will be maintaining the entire thread for the duration of competitions. Anything that is worth a read on how data sciences and machine learning are helping understand the game will be added to the list. Feel free to suggest if you find something missing\n\n\n### Good reads\n\n1. [Analyzing the Game of Baseball on GCP](https://medium.com/baseballongcp/analyzing-the-game-of-baseball-on-gcp-52cd0fb3abb2)\n2. [Teaching Machines to Understand Baseball Games: Large Scale Baseball Video Database for Multiple Video Understanding Tasks](https://sites.google.com/site/eccv2018bbdb/)\n3. [Machine Learning in Baseball](https://towardsdatascience.com/machine-learning-in-baseball-bbe91af05db7)\n4. [Modeling Swing Probability](https://towardsdatascience.com/modeling-swing-probability-b02b5ab7fbb5)\n5. [Machine Learning Baseball Project](https://towardsdatascience.com/modeling-swing-probability-b02b5ab7fbb5)\n6. [Wharton Edu | Forecasting Outcomes of Major League Baseball Games Using Machine Learning](https://fisher.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Thesis_Andrew-Cui.pdf)\n7. [UGA Edu | Baseball Prediction Using Ensemble Learning](https://www.ai.uga.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/lyle_arlo.pdf)\n8. [VRIJE | Predicting the outcomes of MLB games with amachine learning approach](https://science.vu.nl/en/Images/werkstuk-elfrink_tcm296-888205.pdf)\n\n\n#### Resources with code\n1. [Predicting-MLB-Games-with-Machine-Learning](https://github.com/kylejohnson363/Predicting-MLB-Games-with-Machine-Learning)\n2. [Machine-Learning-Baseball](https://github.com/Claessens14/Machine-Learning-Baseball-Project)\n3. [Psychology of a Professional Athlete](https://www.kaggle.com/selfishgene/psychology-of-a-professional-athlete) | by  @selfishgene  \n\n### Community \n1. [Youth Baseball and Data Analytics](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2167479518818185)\n2. [Merrimack.edu : The Latest Data Analytics Tools in Baseball](https://onlinedsa.merrimack.edu/latest-data-analytics-tools-baseball/)\n3. [Advancing to Prescriptive\nAnalytics in the Major League Baseball Front Office](https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/pdf/10.1287/ited.2018.0201ca)\n\nThanks cc @bmanikan",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1344387",
      "postDate": "06/10/2021 21:59:08",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for compiling this list. As an avid baseball fan, I find this very interesting!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for compiling this list. As an avid baseball fan, I find this very interesting!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1346035",
      "postDate": "06/12/2021 04:08:11",
      "content": "<p>Some of reads that I saw to be beneficial,</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2167479518818185\" target=\"_blank\">Youth Baseball and Data Analytics:</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://onlinedsa.merrimack.edu/latest-data-analytics-tools-baseball/\" target=\"_blank\">The Latest Data Analytics Tools in Baseball</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/pdf/10.1287/ited.2018.0201ca\" target=\"_blank\">Advancing to\nPrescriptive Analytics in the Major League Baseball Front\nOffice</a></li>\n</ul>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Some of reads that I saw to be beneficial,\n- [Youth Baseball and Data Analytics:](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2167479518818185)\n- [The Latest Data Analytics Tools in Baseball](https://onlinedsa.merrimack.edu/latest-data-analytics-tools-baseball/)\n- [Advancing to\nPrescriptive Analytics in the Major League Baseball Front\nOffice](https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/pdf/10.1287/ited.2018.0201ca)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1354572",
      "postDate": "06/17/2021 17:08:00",
      "content": "<p>Great list. The Wharton document is a good find!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Great list. The Wharton document is a good find!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1359488",
      "postDate": "06/21/2021 10:19:42",
      "content": "<p>Added to the thread above. Thanks!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Added to the thread above. Thanks!",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1344387,
      "author_name": "bryanmariscal",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/10/2021 21:59:08",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for compiling this list. As an avid baseball fan, I find this very interesting!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1346035,
      "author_name": "bmanikan",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/12/2021 04:08:11",
      "content": "<p>Some of reads that I saw to be beneficial,</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2167479518818185\" target=\"_blank\">Youth Baseball and Data Analytics:</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://onlinedsa.merrimack.edu/latest-data-analytics-tools-baseball/\" target=\"_blank\">The Latest Data Analytics Tools in Baseball</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/pdf/10.1287/ited.2018.0201ca\" target=\"_blank\">Advancing to\nPrescriptive Analytics in the Major League Baseball Front\nOffice</a></li>\n</ul>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1359488,
          "author_name": "shaz13",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/21/2021 10:19:42",
          "content": "<p>Added to the thread above. Thanks!</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1354572,
      "author_name": "crained",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/17/2021 17:08:00",
      "content": "<p>Great list. The Wharton document is a good find!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "1344092": "I will be maintaining the entire thread for the duration of competitions. Anything that is worth a read on how data sciences and machine learning are helping understand the game will be added to the list. Feel free to suggest if you find something missing\n\n\n### Good reads\n\n1. [Analyzing the Game of Baseball on GCP](https://medium.com/baseballongcp/analyzing-the-game-of-baseball-on-gcp-52cd0fb3abb2)\n2. [Teaching Machines to Understand Baseball Games: Large Scale Baseball Video Database for Multiple Video Understanding Tasks](https://sites.google.com/site/eccv2018bbdb/)\n3. [Machine Learning in Baseball](https://towardsdatascience.com/machine-learning-in-baseball-bbe91af05db7)\n4. [Modeling Swing Probability](https://towardsdatascience.com/modeling-swing-probability-b02b5ab7fbb5)\n5. [Machine Learning Baseball Project](https://towardsdatascience.com/modeling-swing-probability-b02b5ab7fbb5)\n6. [Wharton Edu | Forecasting Outcomes of Major League Baseball Games Using Machine Learning](https://fisher.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Thesis_Andrew-Cui.pdf)\n7. [UGA Edu | Baseball Prediction Using Ensemble Learning](https://www.ai.uga.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/lyle_arlo.pdf)\n8. [VRIJE | Predicting the outcomes of MLB games with amachine learning approach](https://science.vu.nl/en/Images/werkstuk-elfrink_tcm296-888205.pdf)\n\n\n#### Resources with code\n1. [Predicting-MLB-Games-with-Machine-Learning](https://github.com/kylejohnson363/Predicting-MLB-Games-with-Machine-Learning)\n2. [Machine-Learning-Baseball](https://github.com/Claessens14/Machine-Learning-Baseball-Project)\n3. [Psychology of a Professional Athlete](https://www.kaggle.com/selfishgene/psychology-of-a-professional-athlete) | by  @selfishgene  \n\n### Community \n1. [Youth Baseball and Data Analytics](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2167479518818185)\n2. [Merrimack.edu : The Latest Data Analytics Tools in Baseball](https://onlinedsa.merrimack.edu/latest-data-analytics-tools-baseball/)\n3. [Advancing to Prescriptive\nAnalytics in the Major League Baseball Front Office](https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/pdf/10.1287/ited.2018.0201ca)\n\nThanks cc @bmanikan",
    "1344387": "Thanks for compiling this list. As an avid baseball fan, I find this very interesting!",
    "1346035": "Some of reads that I saw to be beneficial,\n- [Youth Baseball and Data Analytics:](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2167479518818185)\n- [The Latest Data Analytics Tools in Baseball](https://onlinedsa.merrimack.edu/latest-data-analytics-tools-baseball/)\n- [Advancing to\nPrescriptive Analytics in the Major League Baseball Front\nOffice](https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/pdf/10.1287/ited.2018.0201ca)",
    "1354572": "Great list. The Wharton document is a good find!",
    "1359488": "Added to the thread above. Thanks!"
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