How did the Chicago Cubs have the best team ERA in baseball during the 2016 regular season? The easy answer is to just take a look at its starting rotation, but off the diamond, the answer might also lie in the club’s use of big data.
With the World Series knotted at one game apiece heading into Game 3 on Friday, the Cubs have been leveraging the power of data, analytics and new technology integrations during the team’s 2016 run.
The Cubs have worked with KinaTrax, a markerless motion capture technology company, to discover innovative ways of analyzing pitching performance.