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Is a pro UFC fighter |
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8 | 11.94% |
Is gay, will distract young with sexy gams |
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21 | 31.34% |
Has a KNIFE |
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12 | 17.91% |
young=already dead |
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10 | 14.93% |
is expert at ba-su tado martial art styleeee |
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16 | 23.88% |
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What's your opinion on the Moneyball idea that tools/scouts are largely irrelevant and all you need is a player's stats? [/ QUOTE ] As a two decade "prospecter", I can tell you that I use the scouts opinions and combine that with the stats to paint the complete picture. The younger the player and lower the level, the more weight I put on scouting reports. For example, in rookie ball, the weight is something like 99% scouting reports, 1% stats. For a 23yo at AAA the weight is closer to 50/50, maybe even 60/40 in favor of stats. Once a player has an established level of performance in the major league, especially after his 25th birthday, it's about 100/0 in favor of stats. To answer your question directly, I do not think that scouts/tools are irrelevant, and in fact, with minor leaguers, the scouts/tools are more important. |
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To answer your question directly, I do not think that scouts/tools are irrelevant, and in fact, with minor leaguers, the scouts/tools are more important. [/ QUOTE ] So, basically, you think Billy Beane is wrong. |
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[ QUOTE ] To answer your question directly, I do not think that scouts/tools are irrelevant, and in fact, with minor leaguers, the scouts/tools are more important. [/ QUOTE ] So, basically, you think Billy Beane is wrong. [/ QUOTE ] Billy Beane does not think stats tell the whole story. How could stats tell a story for a high school hitter, where the scorekeeper is usually a parent with major bias? How could stats tell the story of an NDFA from the Dominican Republic? Moneyball made the A's office look like a bunch of scout-hating geeks, which is only true in comparison to the rest of the league. Jeremy Brown was drafted because he could control the plate; his flaw was he was fat. Scott Hatteberg was signed because he could control the plate; his flaw was that he was injured. In a sense, the stats can only exist if the tools are present. No hitter with a garbage swing and poor tools will generate high walk and power numbers. That being said, focusing on what a hitter could do based on his "raw tools" and ignoring the fact he strikes out in 40% of his plate appearances and walks in 1% is equally stupid. |
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