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Monday, November 14, 2011
Future managers discuss numbers
As part of the interview process, they also had to meet with the media afterward. Each man was asked some version of the question: How do you balance statistical analysis against going with your gut?
Philadelphia Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin said “bring it on” (after a wandering explanation in which he mentioned “leveraged indexes” and “replacement value”).
So, Leverage Index is part of the discussion? That’s fun to read!
Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum has been portrayed in the media as someone who understands data and uses spray charts, but he seemed to downplay that idea (which could just be part of his low-key public persona).
Doesn’t give us enough to comment.
Texas Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux already works for another young Ivy League executive (general manager Jon Daniels, Cornell University, class of 1999).
“Statistics (are) art,” Maddux said. “You can make some things out of them, but there’s a lot of real stuff to them also. … Bad numbers can be a little deceptive, but good numbers don’t lie. So you use all the information that you can, but when it comes down to it, you got to trust yourself and trust your players.”
I agree about bad numbers being deceptive. The matchup numbers being front-and-center there.
Cleveland Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. – whose big-league career stretched from 1988 to 2007 – witnessed firsthand the information explosion.
“It doesn’t tell the whole story,” Alomar said. “There (are) also a lot of gut-feeling decisions you’ve got to make. But if you have a stat (that’s) a flashy number (where) you think: ‘Oh, this guy is doing very good against this other guy,’ you can use that during the game in a key situation.
“But we cannot just depend on stats alone. … I don’t like to become a fantasy manager. I want players to be able to manager themselves. The goal for a good manager is to have players that are able to manage themselves on the field and be team baseball players, not fantasy baseball players.”
Hmmm… a bit over the place. Not sure what to make of his comments.
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