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Michael Schwimer on Big League Advance 336 days apart Reversed ⤴ watch & share →

Schwimer initially claimed MLB teams were paying for his company's predictive model, but later said teams were uninterested and too cheap for outside resources.

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Big League Advance Sells Highly Accurate Pitcher Injury Prediction Models to MLB
“They built a model that was truly revolutionary to where we can predict When a pitcher's gonna get hurt with incredible accuracy to the point where MLB teams are paying for our service now”
Michael Schwimer Oct 15, 2018 ▶ 38:11 Michael Schwimer – Moneyball as an Investment Strategy (Capital Allocators, EP.72)
Opinion
Professional sports teams are extremely cheap about paying for outside analytics
“We quickly found out that teams were not interested in this. They have their own, they're very cheap. Teams are extremely cheap when it comes to this type of stuff. They're not cheap when it comes to paying players, but for outside resources, it's not that gre…”
Michael Schwimer Sep 16, 2019 ▶ 13:56 Michael Schwimer - Sports Betting at JAMBOS (First Meeting, EP.08)
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