Ari Kaplan is a real moneyball guy. As President of Ariball, he has worked with more than half of all the MLB organizations to evaluate players for maximum return on the baseball club's investment. But, Ari is much more than just a moneyball guy, he is also a computer scientist, a data scientist, and has the business acumen to produce dramatic results for the teams he works with. He is the real deal. Forrester TechnoPolitics caught up with Ari at Predictive Analytics World in Chicago to ask him how Big Data and the role of the data scientist will advance the science of moneyball. 

About Forrester TechnoPolitics

Make the tough calls. That’s what independent insight and analysis is all about. Hosted by Mike Gualtieri, Forrester TechnoPolitics features independent analysis and commentary from Forrester analysts about hot technology and what it means to you and the world. Scripted? Absolutely not. Passionate? We live it every day. Courage to make the tough calls? You be the judge.

Producers: Mike Gualtieri and Rowan Curran

This episode shot and edited by: Lindsay Gualtier