Today’s meeting will be a little bit different from the others.
As you are all well aware, Yandy Diaz returned to AAA Columbus last week when Jason Kipnis returned from the disabled list. That this coincided with a short vacation of my own explains our unfortunate lack of a meeting last week.
That delay presents us an opportunity to take a step back. Much of our focus here drills down to the measurable. How hard did Yandy strike the ball this week? How many tallies in each fielding column? Is his slugging percentage still .011?
Part of this statistical obsession is self-aware, as it always culminates in the matrix.