The Red Sox went from rags to riches with Carmine, their proprietary analytics software.
Now they are phasing it out for a new info system called Beacon.
"Carmine — mischaracterized and pilloried as some sort of technological terror that removed the human element from decision-making on Yawkey Way — is really just a database that houses all the information (statistical, scouting, medical, financial, psychological, video) that factor into player personnel decisions...
Beacon likely will make its debut around the start of the 2017 season. When it does, it will serve a function similar to the one performed by Carmine and, for that matter, the Red Sox’ department of analytics: as a tool for all kinds of player evaluation decisions, whether major league, minor league, amateur, or international."
Now they are phasing it out for a new info system called Beacon.
"Carmine — mischaracterized and pilloried as some sort of technological terror that removed the human element from decision-making on Yawkey Way — is really just a database that houses all the information (statistical, scouting, medical, financial, psychological, video) that factor into player personnel decisions...
Beacon likely will make its debut around the start of the 2017 season. When it does, it will serve a function similar to the one performed by Carmine and, for that matter, the Red Sox’ department of analytics: as a tool for all kinds of player evaluation decisions, whether major league, minor league, amateur, or international."
