Voros Speaks!

Brock for Broglio interviews Voros McCracken, discoverer of DIPS and author of a blog bearing his name. Among other things, McCracken talks about his time consulting for the Boston Red Sox. Not surprisingly, he is very candid about the affair:

In terms of my work with the Red Sox it was mostly enjoyable but occasionally frustrating. Being able to have the ear of an MLB GM is something most of the people who do what I do aspire to and it was indeed very {searching for a word} exhilarating? On the other hand the money was lousy, and at times I was left without any real idea of what kind of effect I was having on things. When you work on something for five months, deliver the final product and hear little back about it, it can be disheartening.

One of the things that kind of bugged me with the Red Sox was a somewhat implied expectation that I’d come up with something like DIPS on a regular basis. Whether that’s reasonable for someone else or not, I personally just don’t have that in me.

McCracken also talks about evaluating college hitters, a projection system he’s been working on, and plans for a new book. Good stuff; head on over and give the entire interview a read…