TSpace Research Repository tspace.library.utoronto.ca Process flexibility in baseball: The value of positional flexibility Timothy C. Y. Chan, Douglas Fearing Version post-print Citation Chan, T. C. Y., & Fearing, D. (2019). Process flexibility in baseball: The (published version) value of positional flexibility. Management Science, 65(4), 1642–1666. 10.1287/mnsc.2017.3004 How to cite TSpace items Always cite the published version, so the author(s) will receive recognition through services that track citation counts, e.g. Scopus. If you need to cite the page number of the author manuscript from TSpace because you cannot access the published version, then cite the TSpace version in addition to the published version using the permanent URI (handle) found on the record page. This article was made openly accessible by U of T Faculty. Please tell us how this access benefits you. Your story matters. Submitted to Management Science manuscript Authors are encouraged to submit new papers to INFORMS journals by means of a style file template, which includes the journal title. However, use of a template does not certify that the paper has been accepted for publication in the named jour- nal. INFORMS journal templates are for the exclusive purpose of submitting to an INFORMS journal and should not be used to distribute the papers in print or online or to submit the papers to another publication. Process flexibility in baseball: The value of positional flexibility Timothy C. Y. Chan Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G8, Canada,
[email protected] Douglas Fearing Research and Development, Los Angeles Dodgers, 1000 Vin Scully Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012 This paper introduces the formal study of process flexibility to the novel domain of sports analytics.