Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak caused a bit of a Twitter firestorm (for some) this weekend when he said during his annual Winter Warm-Up Q&A that — gasp! — the Cardinals, like every other team in baseball, are no longer clinging to batting average as the best and only way to evaluate a hitter.
The topic that prompted the discussion was a popular one this offseason: Tommy Edman.
“He led the team in hitting,” said a fan to Mozeliak during the Q&A.
Mozeliak then eased into the accurate yet still upsetting (for some) territory of explaining there are better ways to measure offense in 2020.