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tklem321 · 07-13-2018, 05:08 PM

I'm agnostic on whether analytics work. I suspect they work to a certain extent but very quickly reach a point of diminishing returns.

However, if analytics do work really well, as their proponents believe, it's entirely possible that a 100% perfect application of analytics will result in a 100% perfectly boring game of baseball.

Scoring runs and avoiding outs may win games the analytic way, but it can be incredibly dull.

I also have a suspicion, unprovable, that a lot of analytics fans don't actually watch the games. They care more about the stats as a thing unto themselves.

07-13-2018, 05:08 PM	#44
tklem321 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 246	I'm agnostic on whether analytics work. I suspect they work to a certain extent but very quickly reach a point of diminishing returns. However, if analytics do work really well, as their proponents believe, it's entirely possible that a 100% perfect application of analytics will result in a 100% perfectly boring game of baseball. Scoring runs and avoiding outs may win games the analytic way, but it can be incredibly dull. I also have a suspicion, unprovable, that a lot of analytics fans don't actually watch the games. They care more about the stats as a thing unto themselves. Last edited by tklem321; 07-13-2018 at 05:11 PM.