Author: Mark Meiselbach

Mark Meiselbach is currently a freshman at Tufts University and an aspiring quantitative economics/biology double major. He spent nine of his most formative years living in Tokyo and Beijing before moving back to his hometown of Wilton, Connecticut. He is an avid baseball fan interested in pursuing a career in baseball analytics or management and had an online baseball blog in high school called, Caught In A Rundown.

Are Closers Overrated?

  When the Yankees signed Rafael Soriano last year to a three year $35 million contract, it raised an interesting question: do productive set-up men deserve as much pay as closers? Traditionally, the resounding answer has been “no”, as most believe there is some intrinsic value in a closer that no set-up man could ever […]

Who will be Next Year’s AL and NL MVP?

  Though advanced statistics attempt to objectively tell you who the best players are, the winner of the MVP award is ultimately up to the sports writers that vote, and which statistics they tend to favor. Therefore, we must first determine which statistics define an MVP.  Since the general consensus of baseball writers changes over […]

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