In today’s industry, analytics are becoming more prominent in the foundation of multiple occupations. According to LinkedIn, there are six times more Data Scientists and five times more Big Data Developer open positions than there were five years ago. In a report by IBM, the company expects Data Scientists jobs to rise 28 percent by 2020.
Analytics are clearly high in demand, except for in Major League Baseball.
America’s pastime, which began in 1869, still cannot decide whether it wants to evolve or not. Although, as a game that did not decide that replay was more valuable than the naked eye until 2014, this may not come as a surprise.