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Max Smith is a sophomore majoring in Industrial and Operations Engineering and a member of the Engineering Global Leadership Honors Program. As Co-President of M-SABR, he runs the club alongside Zane, overseeing the club’s branches, managing day-to-day operations of the club, and coordinating with the Michigan Sports Analytics Society on projects. As a freshman, he was Editor-in-Chief, working with the authors of M-SABR pieces to ensure high-quality writing and solid statistical reasoning and arguments. Living in Frankfurt, Germany, he officially holds the title of Europe’s, and now Michigan’s, biggest Washington Nationals fan.

• 2021 Season Preview: Washington Nationals

  By Max Smith on March 26, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  After an anti-climactic title defense, the Nationals have their sights set on contending again in 2021. But will they be able to make a playoff push in a loaded National League?

• 2019 Season Preview: Washington Nationals

  By Max Smith on March 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  How will a Bryce-less Nationals fare in a newly invigorated NL East? Max Smith has some thoughts.

• 2019 Season Preview: Los Angeles Angels

  By Max Smith on March 5, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  After a disappointing 2018, Max Smith previews how the Angels may yet sneak into the playoffs

• MLB Network Top 10 Right Now Recap & Analysis: Shortstop

  By Max Smith on February 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Manny Machado might have signed the largest free agent contract in American sports history, but is he the top shortstop?

• MLB Network Top 10 Right Now Recap & Analysis: First Base

  By Max Smith on February 7, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  When it comes to the top ten names at first base, did the Shredder get it right? M-SABR’s Max Smith has the analysis.

• Not All Heroes Wear Capes: The Unsung Heroes of the Nationals’ Recent Revival

  By Max Smith on May 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The Nationals have heated up with a recent 13-2 stretch, but the players leading that charge are not the ones you’d expect.

• 2018 Season Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers

  By Max Smith on March 25, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  M-SABR Co-President Max Smith is high on the Dodgers in 2018, but will they be as good as they were in 2017?

• 2018 Season Preview: Los Angeles Angels

  By Max Smith on March 7, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  As winter draws to a close, temperatures rise—Ann Arbor aside—and Spring Training gets underway it can only mean one thing: Baseball is (almost) here! Welcome back to M-SABR’s Season Preview 30 Teams in 30 Days series, where our staff writers… Read More ›