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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Was that the famous Moneyball theory?
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Well, partially you could say it is.
When people think Moneyball, they usually think OBP and advanced stats. But at it's core Moneyball is simply trying to find an inefficiency in how most teams are run and exploiting it. Back in the early 2000s it was an over-reliance on using out-dated stats (AVG, RBIs, etc.) to judge players and drafting "high potential" high school stars over college players.
I'd say that's AA's approach is very similar as he's clearly isolated going after international talent (something that even highly regarded development systems (ie; Twins) haven't done to a great extent) and devoting more resources towards development as a whole.