Our Team
Jeremy Frank
Founder
Jordan Lazowski
Editor-in-Chief
Brian Schlosser
Guidance Team
John Principe
Social Media Director
Payton Ellison
Managing Editor
Peter Khayat
Social Media Specialist
Ryan Ruhde
Editor
Adam Koplik
Analyst
Will Arvin
Digital Media Director
Jack Dorfsman
Writer
Jeremy Frank
Founder
I’m the founder of Diamond Digest, and I’ll be an incoming freshman at Purdue University majoring in Data Science. I’m originally from Buffalo Grove, Illinois and am a big Cubs fan who also roots for the Athletics and Angels. My favorite baseball memory was being at Mark Buehrle’s perfect game in 2009 with my father and grandfather; it was the first game I kept score at! I co-authored the book Hidden Ball Trick: The Baseball Stats You Never Thought To Look For and run the Twitter account @MLBRandomStats. My favorite baseball stat is that Joey Votto popped out in the infield only 7 times from 2010 to 2018.
Brian Schlosser
Guidance Team
I’m entering my senior year at California Lutheran University and have been with Diamond Digest since February 2018. I grew up a big Angels fan and have since acquired a taste for the Rockies. I once almost choked on a grape in preschool and I believe that has helped get me to where I am today.
John Principe
Social Media Director
Hey everyone! I'm John and I'm a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. I'm a huge baseball fan and an even bigger Red Sox fan. Which easily makes my favourite baseball memory Dave Roberts' steal in the 2004 ALCS. It was one of my first big baseball memories that I had and I'll never forget it. The reason I actually started being a Red Sox fan, was by hating the Yankees (figures). I was six years old watching the playoffs, hearing all the commentators talking about the big, bad Yankees potentially eliminating Boston once again. In typical Canadian fashion, I felt bad for the Red Sox. Especially after the Aaron Boone home run in that ALCS. I hated the Yankees so much at the time -- it seemed like everyone did -- and the only logical way to counter my hate for them, was to become a Red Sox fan. And here we are 16 years later. If I had to list my favourite baseball stat, it would probably be wRC+. Of all the stats and analytics we have available, I find wRC+ still, as the best measure of a player's offensive ability. Getting something down to that one number is crucial, and the one number that ends up being their wRC+, seems to me to be the most telling of a player's overall hitting ability.
Payton Ellison
Managing Editor
Payton Malloy Ellison is a Journalism graduate of SUNY New Paltz and current Writing Specialist in higher education. He has written semi-professionally about sports for seven years across multiple platforms. He is the current Managing Editor and sole video editor and social media manager for Diamond Digest.
Personal site
https://bit.ly/PaytonEllison Peter Khayat
Social Media Specialist
High School student from suburban Cleveland, and huge Indians fan. I write a lot about my Indians, baseball history, and the league in general.
Ryan Ruhde
Editor
I'm a biology/pre-med student in the Emory University class of 2023 from Aurora, Illinois. I'm a fan of both the Cubs and the Royals, and my favorite baseball memory is attending the Cubs championship parade in 2016 (or maybe just watching game 7), even though I had to leave before the rally because I had a swim meet that night. Also a strong believer that Lorenzo Cain deserves a Gold Glove before he retires. My favorite statistic is Javier Baez's K-BB%, because his ability to perform in spite of his consistent poor marks in this stat is amazing.
Adam Koplik
Analyst
Hi, I'm Adam Koplik. I am entering my junior year in high school in upstate New York, and live and breath sports. Coincidentally, while I love watching, writing, and talking about sports, I am a deer in the headlights when I'm on a field. I am a die-hard Yankee fan, who loves the hate. However, Aaron Boone, Gary Sanchez, James Paxton, and Giancarlo Stanton hate is not tolerated. Baseball, and sports as a whole, mean so much to me. From the great moments I've witnessed in person, highlighted by the Didi Gregorius AL Wild Card home run, to the bonds baseball has created in my family and friends, I owe so much to the great sport. I understand that the sport has changed, and stats like WAR, wOBA, wRC+, and FIP, are understandably changing the game for the better. As a whole, I hope to pretty much give a different perspective in my writing, from a moderate view on analytics and traditional stats, while also being enjoyable.Hope you enjoy!
Will Arvin
Digital Media Director
My name is Will Arvin, I'm a senior at Plano West Senior High School in Plano, Texas. I'm a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan being born in the city and growing up watching the team with my family. With me not playing a single inning of organized baseball, all my great memories come from watching it in person or on TV, and my greatest memory has to be Game 6 of the 2011 World Series. Easily the greatest game I've ever seen in my life. My greatest moment seen in person has to be watching Mike Fiers throw his first of now 2 career no-hitters in Houston against the Dodgers in 2015. My favorite baseball statistic comes from Barry Bonds' historical 2004 season, as he reached base 376 times in 373 at bats. The greatest baseball player in my eyes.
Jack Dorfsman
Writer
Yankees fan, Athletics writer, baseball enthusiast