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Originally Posted by Arsenal14
And once again Burke misunderstands what Moneyball was about. It was about figuring out what skills the market was undervaluing and exploiting them. At that time in baseball it was on-base percentage/walks/taking pitches. If home run hitting and stolen bases were undervalued Moneyball would say that you should go after that instead.
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I'm not sure Burke is misunderstanding what Moneyball is about, Burke just doesn't believe in it. Burke is just a big picture guy who believes in watching a player play and doesn't believe advanced stats are all that useful.
If you look at Burke's body of work, he has always believed in building his team around elite/franchise players. Advanced stats does nothing to help him identify these players. And let's face it, it's a lot more fun going to the games and watching a player play in game situations than looking at spreadsheets and statistics, which is what Burke was talking about.