It's got to be expected though. It used to be the route to a front office job. You start your own blog (with some original thought on analyzing the data), get offered a job at fangraphs and then an MLB gig. MLB decided to cut out the middle man and either hire directly from the blogs or directly from graduation. Eventually there was very little in new analysis happening (spin rates are all the rage and fangraphs missed out on adding to their site with them), all good fangraphs.com guys have MLB or MiLB jobs. All creative stat analysis guys are going a new direction (DFS, eSports betting, hockey, soccer, basketball). Fangraphs is forced to go in a new direction or risk going under. Adding political topics is risky but probably smart for sites.