re: Example of Sabermetrics ignoring common sense

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He NEVER mentions arm strength, as a CF needs the stronger arm of the two positions to reach home plate, especially since CF is usually the deepest part of the field.

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Then he's not doing it right, even Saber people have stats for arm strength.

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He also ignores the fact that some players are inherently better at judging the balls that are hit straight at them (i.e. CF) than they are at judging balls that slice or from a corner angle in LF. So even if the two are equal in all else, you need to see them play to make a decision rather than just look at the numbers.

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Jacoby Ellsbury was routinely punished in UZR by being terrible at reading the ball off the bat.