06-17-2010, 01:30 PM
Dirk, those points you make are perfectly reasonable. And there's no doubt that Hendry looks at stats. I think the main problem is that he doesn't consider them to be as important as what his scouts tell him. That, and that he's fond of the back-of-the-baseball-card stats, but seems clueless about the advanced metrics that most successful teams are now using.
Scouts are hugely important, and teams need them. However, teams like the Yankees and Red Sox have blended scouting <i>with</i> advanced metrics, and those fuckers seem to <i>win</i> all the time.
Why not have a GM who uses every tool at his disposal?
Scouts are hugely important, and teams need them. However, teams like the Yankees and Red Sox have blended scouting <i>with</i> advanced metrics, and those fuckers seem to <i>win</i> all the time.
Why not have a GM who uses every tool at his disposal?
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