PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Phillies have announced the hire of former YouTube Quantitative Analyst and Statistician Andy Galdi as their director of baseball research and development, according to a team press release.
Galdi, 30, will reportedly "oversee all baseball analytics, including data visualization and reporting, statistical research, and data infrastructure." He is the third member of the Phillies baseball operations staff to be added by the organization this offseason, joining general manager Matt Klentak on Oct. 28 and assistant general manager Ned Rice on Jan. 11.
Galdi's previous experience includes working with two Major League Baseball organizations, the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals, for 10 months as a baseball operations intern in 2009 and 11 months as a baseball operations analyst in 2012, respectively.
The following are some of the responsibilities Galdi held while employed by the Mets and Cardinals, as displayed on his LinkedIn page.
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Aided in development of team's Bayesian hierarchical model for determining individual players' fielding ability (Mets)
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Investigated the statistical validity of various contractual and game strategies including when to pay over slot for drafted players and when to sacrifice bunt (Mets)
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Prepared statistical reports for the coaching staff prior to each series (Mets)
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Assist the Baseball Operations staff on statistical projects remotely, on a part-time basis (Cardinals)
Galdi obtained his undergraduate degree in business administration and mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008, and his masters degree in statistics from Stanford University in 2013.
Matt Rappa (@mattrappasports) is managing editor of Philliedelphia.com.
