Last year I created a draft value card for the 2018 MLS SuperDraft that purported to give a rough estimate of the relative value of each draft slot. With the SuperDraft approaching on Friday, it’s time to update that card, so here it is: Relative values of draft position in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. With […]
This week is the week of the MLS SuperDraft in Philadelphia, and I am on my way there to attend an analytics symposium sponsored by Opta. One of the talks at the symposium will be a presentation by Kevin Minkus on the use of data to make draft selections. Last year I wrote extensively on […]
In my previous post, I set up the math that explained the MLS draft pick valuation models. In this post I will address the second part of the post title — what decisions can be informed and what insights can be gained from the model results. Relative draft value has changed a lot since 1996Major […]
At this time last year I was reviewing a paper by Tim Swartz and his students on MLS draft pick valuation models. Much has happened since then, such a couple of presentations in Vancouver and Atlanta on my own research on draft valuations. With the MLS SuperDraft quickly approaching I’d like to summarize my work and […]
