Johns Hopkins University alum Mike Snyder at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, with the playing field and B&O Warehouse visible in the background
Johns Hopkins University alum Mike Snyder at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, with the playing field and B&O Warehouse visible in the background The numbers game: Johns Hopkins alums help Orioles rise to the top - Whiting School of Engineering graduates Mike Snyder and Ashwin Pasupathy have applied their math and analytics backgrounds behind the scenes for the playoff-bound Baltimore Orioles as the organization embraces a data-driven approach to the game - S ix months ago, the chances of the Baltimore Orioles making the MLB playoffs sat at just over 10%, according to Fangraphs , a leading site dedicated to baseball statistics, analytics, and projections. Not exactly a ringing endorsement of future success. Fast forward to fall, and the Orioles have defied all preseason prognostications. Projected by Fangraphs to finish with a record of 76-86, they won more than 100 games for only the sixth time in the franchise's 123-year history, finished first in the vaunted American League East division, and enter the playoffs with the second-best record in all of baseball. Led by a host of homegrown players and a youthful core anchored by catcher Adley Rutschman and infielder Gunnar Henderson- frontrunner for the American League Rookie of the Year Award -this year's Orioles team has blended talent, tenacity, and an analytical approach to player development and performance that has unlocked enormous potential, raising hopes that Baltimore may soon capture its first World Series title in four decades, since 1983.
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