Marco Calderon In-class activity #9: Choosing among different players

Suppose you are the General Manager of a baseball team, and you are selecting two players for your team. You have a budget of $10,500,000, and you have the choice between the following players: Player Name OBP SLG Salary Yandy Diaz 0.403 0.511 $8,000,000 Joey Meneses 0.320 0.366 $723,600 Jose Abreu 0.292 0.358 $19,500,000 Ryan Noda 0.384 0.400 $720,000 Nate Lowe 0.365 0.426 $4,050,000

Yandy_Diaz   =  -804.63 + 2737.77*(0.403) + 1584.91*(0.511)
cat("Yandy Diaz:", Yandy_Diaz, "\n")

Joey_Meneses =  -804.63 + 2737.77*(0.320) + 1584.91*(0.366)
cat("Joey Meneses:", Joey_Meneses, "\n")

Jose_Abreu   =  -804.63 + 2737.77*(0.292) + 1584.91*(0.358)
cat("Jose Abreu:", Jose_Abreu, "\n")


Ryan_Noda    =  -804.63 + 2737.77*(0.384) + 1584.91*(0.4)
cat("Ryan Noda:", Ryan_Noda, "\n")

Nate_Lowe    =  -804.63 + 2737.77*(0.365) + 1584.91*(0.426)
cat("Nate Lowe:", Nate_Lowe, "\n")

Given your budget and the player statistics, which two players would you select?

Yandy Diaz and Ryan Noda, Moneyball always emphesises the importance of “getting on base”, both Yandy and ryan have the highest on base percentage and have a good SLG to back it up compared to the others and fit the budget as well. Leaving us with $1,780,000 left.