{"63822":{"#nid":"63822","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Sports Analytics Speaker Series: What is Jason Werth Worth?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.kennesaw.edu\/hps\/bios\/jcbradbury.html\u0022\u003EJ.C. Bradbury\u003C\/a\u003E of Kennessaw State University will lecture on \u0022What is Jason Werth Worth?\u0022 as part of the Sports Analytics Speaker Series. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract: \u003C\/strong\u003EThe final out of the World Series marks the beginning of baseball\u0027s second season, when teams court free agents and orchestrate trades with the hope of building a championship contender. The real and anticipated transactions generate excitement among fans who discuss the merit of moves in the arena informally known as the \u201chot stove league.\u201d In Hot Stove Economics, economist J.C. Bradbury answers the hot stove league\u0027s most important question: what are baseball players worth? With in-depth analysis, Bradbury identifies the game\u2019s best and worst contracts \u2014 revealing the bargains, duds and players who are worth every penny they receive. From minor-league prospects to major-league MVPs, Bradbury examines how factors such as revenue growth, labor rules and aging \u2014 even down to the month in which players are born \u2014 shape players\u0027 worth and evaluates how well franchises manage their rosters. He broadly applies the principles of economics to baseball in a way that is both interesting and understandable to sports fanatics, team managers, armchair economists and students alike.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn Hot Stove Economics, economist J.C. Bradbury answers the hot stove league\u0027s most important question: what are baseball players worth? With in-depth analysis, Bradbury identifies the game\u2019s best and worst contracts \u2014 revealing the bargains, duds, and players who are worth every penny they receive.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"J.C. Bradbury of Kennesaw State University will lection on \u0022What is Jason Werth Worth?\u0022 as part of the Sports Analytics Speaker Series."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-01-25 11:07:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:53:56","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-01-26T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2011-01-26T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-01-26T17:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-01-26 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-01-26 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-01-26 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ti.gatech.edu\/basole\/seminar\/sportsanalytics\/talks\/bradbury-01262011.html","title":"CS\/ISyE 4801: Sports Analytics"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ti.gatech.edu\/","title":"Tennenbaum Institute Web site"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.kennesaw.edu\/hps\/bios\/jcbradbury.html","title":"J.C. Bradbury"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"},{"id":"1300","name":"Institute Communications"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"602","name":"economics"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"167437","name":"sports analytics"},{"id":"1727","name":"tennenbaum institute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rahul.basole@ti.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERahul Basole\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Tennenbaum Institute\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stasko@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJohn Stasko\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}