Fansided · Oct 6, 2017
Blue Jays 2018: Shapiro, Statcast and KenMo
Some recent decisions by Team Shapkins are easier to understand when examined in the context of Statcast data. What are the implications for2018?
Mark Shapiro is a stats geek from way back. He was the primary force behind the Cleveland DiamondView analytics database in the early 2000s (arguably the first hard-core baseball sabermetrics database ever invented). He has spoken many times on the value of good information, properly interpreted. So when he and his team make a decision that appears counter-intuitive, it can be useful to ask “what is it that he is seeing, that (perhaps) others are not?”