Off Season Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 2:27 pm
537E73626574632320110 wrote: Per Bob Biertempfl in the Athletic:
One of Baker’s goals is to make the development process more player-centric — a phrase Cherington has frequently uttered in the year since he was hired.
“It means that the player has a stake in his developmental plan and program,” Baker said. “It’s about providing them with the stimulus they need to make adaptations and improve. We’re going to be on the cutting edge of science to make sure that we really are truly data-driven. Being data-driven doesn’t just mean knowing all of the analytics acronyms. It also means following research from biomechanics and psychology.”
This hints that BC just might have a plan!
Not sure how I feel about this. For far too long the Pirate brain trust has acted like they think they are the smartest ones in the room. They have offered things like analytics to compensate for their refusal to spend to obtain or keep talent. And we've seen how that worked out. We've seen the one size fits all pitching philosophy that prevented Cole, Glasnow and Morton from reaching their potential until they went elsewhere. We've seen the search for players from India, Lithiania, South Africa and Korea to avoid bidding wars for better players.
BC won't have any more money to spend than his predecessors. So, like them, his only chance at meaningful improvement will be to succeed where the others failed at player evaluation and development. And I hope that whatever he has in mind is successful. But when I hear "player-centric" development and "cutting edge of science," data driven" and "biomechanics and psychology" it sounds like BC is the new smartest guy in the room. Sounds a lot like NH only with more words.
But I'll wait and see. Maybe this time it will be different. If nothing else it suggests the end of the one size fits all philosophy. But until I see results, all it looks like is a fancier way of saying they'll use science to try to make less talented players more competitive with the other teams' more talented players.
The NH front office was going what all teams were doing. They never went the next step or did anything cutting edge. DK and others gave them credit for doing the bare minimum, and then were shocked when things fell apart.
They are not taking less talented players and trying to make them compete with more talented players. That is not at all what they are saying.
One of Baker’s goals is to make the development process more player-centric — a phrase Cherington has frequently uttered in the year since he was hired.
“It means that the player has a stake in his developmental plan and program,” Baker said. “It’s about providing them with the stimulus they need to make adaptations and improve. We’re going to be on the cutting edge of science to make sure that we really are truly data-driven. Being data-driven doesn’t just mean knowing all of the analytics acronyms. It also means following research from biomechanics and psychology.”
This hints that BC just might have a plan!
Not sure how I feel about this. For far too long the Pirate brain trust has acted like they think they are the smartest ones in the room. They have offered things like analytics to compensate for their refusal to spend to obtain or keep talent. And we've seen how that worked out. We've seen the one size fits all pitching philosophy that prevented Cole, Glasnow and Morton from reaching their potential until they went elsewhere. We've seen the search for players from India, Lithiania, South Africa and Korea to avoid bidding wars for better players.
BC won't have any more money to spend than his predecessors. So, like them, his only chance at meaningful improvement will be to succeed where the others failed at player evaluation and development. And I hope that whatever he has in mind is successful. But when I hear "player-centric" development and "cutting edge of science," data driven" and "biomechanics and psychology" it sounds like BC is the new smartest guy in the room. Sounds a lot like NH only with more words.
But I'll wait and see. Maybe this time it will be different. If nothing else it suggests the end of the one size fits all philosophy. But until I see results, all it looks like is a fancier way of saying they'll use science to try to make less talented players more competitive with the other teams' more talented players.
The NH front office was going what all teams were doing. They never went the next step or did anything cutting edge. DK and others gave them credit for doing the bare minimum, and then were shocked when things fell apart.
They are not taking less talented players and trying to make them compete with more talented players. That is not at all what they are saying.