Moneyball with Yen?
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Moneyball with Yen?
In recent years, the Oakland Athletics, the Boston Red Sox, the Toronto Blue Jays, and many other teams have created a quiet revolution which has overturned control of club descisions from "baseball people," such as former players, and placed them in the hands of sophisticated young stat analysts and innovators. Major League Baseball has become about finding undervalued players and exploiting the blind spots of other teams, as well as using statistics to judge players even in college rather than scouting reports, to a large degree. I was wondering if Japan has any similar movement which emphasizes stats, research, and undervalued players?
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Re: Moneyball with Yen?
[ Author: Christopher | Posted: Jun 27, 2006 8:56 AM
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Japanese baseball team lineups tend to be fairly fixed and static. Their batting lineup will change in response to injury and poor performance but nothing else.
The only team which seems to be doing something along those lines would be the Chiba Lotte Marines who are elevating a lot of younger players from their farm team. They are also changing the batting lineup to adjust to different pitchers.
The only team which seems to be doing something along those lines would be the Chiba Lotte Marines who are elevating a lot of younger players from their farm team. They are also changing the batting lineup to adjust to different pitchers.
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