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It is literally in the very first line of the first description. Pretty much every GM and almost every Manager in baseball today is a stats guy. Ricky Renteria pretty much got fired for refusing to incorporate this type of analysis into his daily work if you read some of the stories out there about his firing.

Have you paid attention to the last decade? Here is a great example to start with https://www.workinsports.com/blog/how-ten-mlb-general-managers-began-their-sports-careers/

You are quite literally the first person who has publicly said they can't tell Gio Gonzalez from Lucas Giolito from the context of the discussions happening here.

And now we have mathematical equations which can actually quantify these numbers for each situation and tell us which is statistically most likely to generate runs, and which is projected to generate the most runs. So we have taken those BRAINS, and we have built new and improved ways of really understanding these situations. We didn't quit evolving in 1986. That's what modern statistical analysis is. So when you try to throw out these new fangled stats, as something have biases build in them, realize that there is much LESS bias built into these modern stats, than there was in the overly simplistic stats of the old days and the eye test. We can boil both offense and defense down to runs expectations, all of the way down to each individual pitch. We are SOOO far ahead of what we used to know about the game of baseball, it isn't even funny. Even the White Sox know this.

Because he (wrongly) thinks is proves something.

Since you are too lazy to do your own work, and like to announcing things as fact, even when you are wrong, here you go. If you go over ONLY the 4 year period you have tried to keep this to, he was 8th in a league with 15 teams if you narrow the focus to ONLY AL teams, and leave out 2020. If you look at his batting average he was 12th. His OBP was 16th. Again, no matter how you try to narrow and rearrange this argument, Nomar Mazara is not a good RF. Even with narrowing this to one stat, only a specific four years to leave off his worst year, AND to ignore half of the RFs in baseball, your argument is STILL WRONG.

Because no one cared about Gio Gonzalez. He signed here, and barely appeared so there was no real confusion, because essentially when it came to Gonzalez, there was nothign to talk about.

Again, it isn't. I actually took the time to do the search. You are wrong. Again.

1986 called and they want their stats back.

Hint: You are wrong. Again.

Translation: I have nothing, and am trying to save face. Come back when you have any proof of anything.

No.

You realize that for every single made up scenario, you can do the same thing for a batting average right? Fluke hits happen, why do you trust batting average? It's too bad you can only handle the most simple of numbers.

You are moving the goalposts over and over again, and have been proven wrong with every single claim here. At this point get off your butt and actually show your work. I am bored with proving you wrong, while you have zero evidence of anything you say.

They sure as hell aren't just looking at batting average and home runs.

Do you ever look up what you are talking about? From 2016 to 19, Mazara ranked 20th in HRs by a RF. He ranked 29th in BA. He ranked 39th in OBP. Even cherry picking the best portion of his career, and his best stats,he is a replacement level RF. He is a decidedly mediocre player. Your argument is faulty. Nothing of what you thought is actually true.

What if I told you those things were factored in, and over the course of a season single event anomalies equalize so that measure can be taken that which gives a much clearer view than an eye test which is neither comprehensive nor unbiased.

Well when you put it like that... No, Ozzie is not a candidate to manage the White Sox.

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Maybe you should take a look at the stats. If you run a fangraphs on RF for 2017 to 2020 Nomar Mazara doesn't rank in the top 50. In fact he ranked 53rd. Even if you narrow to oWAR only, he still isn't in the top 50. Hell Daniel Palka ranks ahead of him at #77, as does Charlie Tilson at #87, and Ryan Cordell at #100. In fact Nomar Mazara comes in 2nd to last at 112 of 113 offensively during that time frame. Even if you rerun it without his disaster of a 2020, Mazara comes in at 58 of 113. EDIT: Even if you want to look at the traditional stats, Marara has never hit .275. .266 is his career high. He has carried and OBP in the .320 range. He's hitting a homer about every 30 PAs, so it isn't even like he has been selling out for the long ball or something. He is a decidedly mediorce player with a ton of potential the Sox were hoping would break out. It didn't happen, and he isn't getting an arbitration offer. You can bookmark this post if you like even.

Funny you ask that. Go read up on what the far east has done economically since they had a full shutdown and reopen.

The Rangers are looking to cut 50 million in payroll. Kluber has had injuries the last two years, and has a 1 million dollar buyout on a 17.5 million dollar option. My guess is that he gets bought out and signs for something like 1/10 on a prove it contract.

This is probably the thing that angered more thsn anything during the rebuild. I don't know if deals fell through or a Cuban didn't come through (maybe they projected Colas earlier?) , or if they really did go cheap, but this can't happen.