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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Monday, September 01, 2014Extreme Moneyball: The Houston Astros Go All In on Data Analysis“The problem we’re trying to solve is that there are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then there’s fifty feet of crap, and then there’s us. It’s an unfair game. And now we’ve been gutted. We’re like organ donors for the rich. Boston’s taken our kidneys, Yankees have taken our heart. And you guys just sit around talking the same old “good body” nonsense like we’re selling jeans. Like we’re looking for Fabio. We’ve got to think differently. We are the last dog at the bowl. You see what happens to the runt of the litter? He dies.”
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Posted: September 01, 2014 at 12:40 AM | 12 comment(s)
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1. Weratych Posted: September 01, 2014 at 10:00 AM (#4783058)Not a big fan of their approach -- frankly I think, deliberately tanking for three years is against all the principles of fair play, but if the rest of the league is willing to put up with that, who am I to complain. That strategy could be derailed by simply making the top 10 draft spots a lottery of the 10 worst teams.
I'm guessing the Astros only use open source software.
Porter was cheaper.
Ugh. I live in Minnesota; every freaking NBA draft I have to hear about how the Timberwolves have been screwed because they've never moved up in draft position. We should've had Shaq, the lottery is fixed, woe is us.
What Houston is doing is unprecedented. I think the MLB draft is risky enough, even with top picks, that it remains a question if Houston's strategy will ever be emulated. I'd think that most teams would be too afraid of damaging their long-term brand and image to intentionally tank for too long.
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