How The Los Angeles Dodgers Used Analytics To Become MLB's Most Feared Team

The Dodgers went from being sold out of bankruptcy court to the league's second-most valuable team — and it's all because of a decade-long investment in analytics.

(World Series MVP Freddie Freeman via Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

During the eighth inning of game five of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers were in a bit of a pickle. They had just come back from five runs down in the Bronx and were on the verge of winning their second World Series Championship in four years.

However, the New York Yankees wouldn’t g…