To what extent does the front office use analytics?

[Spoonovic]

Has this ever been explained by AA? From the outside looking in it seems like they don’t use anything past average, HRs and RBIs.

 

I thought our franchise was supposed to be modeled using the “Tampa Bay Rays with money” profile.

[GD]

OPS, ERA and tools.

[TDotttt2005]

No clue, but i'd think each each club has their own proprietary set of metrics, which are probably (hopefully) a few steps ahead of what we see on FanGraphs and similar sites.

[CHRIS]

OPS, ERA and tools.

 

I think autocorrect messed up your post. I assume you were initially quoting AA's response to the question: "Oops, er uh, tools?"

[The Cats Ass]

Pitching wins

 

"Happ was a 10 game winner in 2012, He's going to be good for us"

-AA

 

He was a 12 game winner in 09. To go with a 2.93era. He's pretty much an ACE!

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Alex keeps all of the fine work done by his analysts stored away safely in his filing cabinet (aka the garbage can down the hall).

[Angrioter]

Jays front office after Andrelton Simmons ".248 AVG" extension

 

 

http://media.tumblr.com/c844073530a8205af28f4d9a4d9ef2c5/tumblr_mucubvXCT11s0t2l6o2_400.gif

[TDotttt2005]

I wondered when Sartori left, how much that hurt the Analytics department. He was our Guru. Red Sox hired Bill James, he apparently didnt fit in terms of years and dollars for AA.

[Boxcar]

I wondered when Sartori left, how much that hurt the Analytics department. He was our Guru. Red Sox hired Bill James, he apparently didnt fit in terms of years and dollars for AA.

 

My guess, not at all. Not like the analytics department is likely used for anything anyway. There's probably 2 or 3 guys in the front office who understand weighted metrics and they probably make minimum wage to print out player bios.

[awsomest]

He was a 12 game winner in 09. To go with a 2.93era. He's pretty much an ACE!

 

To be fair he was really good that year.

[Olerud363]

Has this ever been explained by AA? From the outside looking in it seems like they don’t use anything past average, HRs and RBIs.

 

I thought our franchise was supposed to be modeled using the “Tampa Bay Rays with money” profile.

 

Along side average, HRs, rbiz, and wins they use Man Strength - "Gibby on JA Happ - "He is a big part of what we are trying to do here. He is a big strong guy"

[jays4life19]

To be fair he was really lucky that year.

 

ftfy.

[Boxcar]

To be fair he was really lucky that year.

 

FTFY. Also explains why that season is an outlier.

[Boxcar]

ftfy.

 

FU

 

more letters for juiced's communist website

[jays4life19]

Along side average, HRs, rbiz, and wins they use Man Strength - "Gibby on JA Happ - "He is a big part of what we are trying to do here. He is a big strong guy"

 

"Big strong guy" = " i have nothing good to say" in manager talk.

[Caper]

Don't you read the board? If you did you would know they just draw names out of a hat and if he name will sign cheap.... They sign them.

[Olerud363]

Don't you read the board? If you did you would know they just draw names out of a hat and if he name will sign cheap.... They sign them.

 

To give them credit I don't think it is completely random. Talk on the board lately has focused on the Jays use of despair.

 

The front office despairs the agent and the player. If it drives them away that is OK. They weren't mentally tough enough anyway.

 

Despair is actually an analytic used to measure the once unmeasurmable "makeup". Players with good makeup can handle despair.

[G-Snarls]

To what extent does the front office use analytics?

 

http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/pokemoncover.jpg?w=558