Quant Facts 48-28 (63.2%)

After the World Series loss by the Los Angeles Dodgers, our quant fact predictions dropped to 48-28, or 63.2%.  We will be posting a quant fact prediction for the College Football National Title shortly. 

Thank you for reading! 

2018 NFL Playoff Preview: Quant Facts

Our readers know that our “Who Will Win” methodology focuses on sports psychology “quant facts.” That is, our goal is to quantify edges associated with concepts of sports psychology. Our playoff power rankings are based on measures of confidence, experience, consistency, and execution while minimizing errors. In addition, our playoff rankings apply sports analyticaltools such as quality wins and point differential.

Read more here: 
https://sportsquants.kinja.com/a-quant-facts-preview-of-the-2018-nfl-playoffs-1821819465

Who Will Win the 2017 World Series?

The Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers have advanced to the 2017 MLB World Series. What do our “quant facts” have to say about the World Series? Before the MLB playoffs started, we used our championship factors to rank the playoff teams.

Source: MLB.

If you used the power rankings in the article to predict the winner of each playoff series, you would have gone 4-2 (correct in 4 series, wrong in 2). Since our book came out almost a decade ago, our published “quant fact predictions” have been correct about 65% of the time — sometimes picking underdogs to win championships.

Read more here: 
http://sportsquants.kinja.com/who-will-win-the-2017-world-series-1819765684

Carlton Chin, a graduate of MIT, is a fund manager and quant researcher focused on portfolio strategy and sports analytics. He has worked with various sports organizations, including the Sacramento Kings — and has been quoted by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and ESPN.

Dr. Jay Granat is a psychotherapist and founder of StayInTheZone.com. He has worked with athletes of all levels, including high school athletes and Olympians. He was named one of Golf Digest’s Top Ten Mental Gurus and has been on Good Morning America, the New York Times, and ESPN.