And why the Yankees have stuck with Volpe all year (defensive projections don't care about a few balls thrown away in 2025), etc.
All these teams, well the good ones, run on projected performance.
Of course there are opportunities to realize your projection model is wrong and win extra games by making quicker decisions.
And yeah the timing of Yimi being hurt and Little/Varland sucking has been part of Hoffman just remaining the closer. Maybe.