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re: Jon Lester traded to A's
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:49 am to barry
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:49 am to barry
Anybody else find it ironic that Cespedes, who is not anything close to a sabermetric darling, was traded to a team that has Bill James as a consultant from a team that built their franchise based off of Bill James' revolutionary metrics?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:52 am to MrWiseGuy
I was actually reading some chapters from Moneyball the other and Beane was discussing how he feels a hitters approach is more or less engrained in him and can't be changed. Made me think of Cespedes. But yeah it's interesting any time two franchises like the Red Sox and A's make a deal because of how they utilize data
Posted on 7/31/14 at 10:15 am to MrWiseGuy
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Anybody else find it ironic that Cespedes, who is not anything close to a sabermetric darling, was traded to a team that has Bill James as a consultant from a team that built their franchise based off of Bill James' revolutionary metrics?
Meh, we have zero pop in our system. Cespedes is a rental of sorts too. The Red Sox can mitigate his lack of range in LF. Hopefully Fenway being a hitters park helps him out too.
Plus, with Victorino out there, we could possibly have an all 80s arm outfield!
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