But really , the defense thing it isn’t a “new school” vs “old school” issue. And in the big scheme of things, the scouts vs. stats thing is only tangential. The issue is whether, by whatever means, Moore. et. al., know how to value major league players.

“Jim” is the best part

It’s Jin Wong. I’ve spelled it with two "N"s to manyh times, to I finally looked it up again.

You know, just in case RR ever gets around to requesting an interview from our intrepid hero, it might be a good idea to get his name right, and I’d hate to feel responsible for getting it wrong.

Which I’ve been neglecting lately. In it, John goes out of his way to mock “Moneyballers”, but then goes on to say that it’s not that they never look at stats. In fact, he’s never made a move without a huge dossier of all kinds of info, statistical analyses included. He says he would never make a deal without that, and he would never make a deal without at least 1 scout giving approval. Plus, they need to fit in the clubhouse, and be a team guy. They vet their FA and trade acquisitions extremely thoroughly from what I’ve been reading. I think part of Dayton’s problem is that maybe he wasn’t involved in much of that, as he isn’t mentioned in any of that stuff. It’s mostly John and Frank Wren.