{"id":291473,"date":"2021-07-06T00:30:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T21:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/analytics-boss-answers-all-with-mlb-buzzing-about-yankees-obsession\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T00:30:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T21:30:14","slug":"analytics-boss-answers-all-with-mlb-buzzing-about-yankees-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/analytics-boss-answers-all-with-mlb-buzzing-about-yankees-obsession\/","title":{"rendered":"#Analytics boss answers all with MLB buzzing about Yankees obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Analytics boss answers all with MLB buzzing about Yankees obsession<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone are running neck and neck in one of America\u2019s favorite pastimes \u2014 more than baseball itself \u2014 which is deciding who to blame most when disapp<\/a>ointment far outweighs distinction.<\/p>\n

The Yankees (42-41) have underachieved expectations and payroll, playing lethargically and stupidly and that leaves the general<\/a> manager and manager targeted for public animus, jockeying for who the fan base would most like to see fired.<\/p>\n

Yet, another factor has hovered over these Yankees: A sense that they have descended to their worst state since the early 1990s because Cashman has more and more empowered the analytic wing of his front office when it comes to decision making at the expense of scouting. As one outside AL executive said, summing up a lot of what you hear from competitors these days, \u201cThey have eyeballs [scouts] and meetings, but I think it is weighted 90-10 [toward analytics], just by the moves they have made.\u201d<\/p>\n

And in this world there is an Oz-like figure behind the scenes in vice president\/assistant GM Mike Fishman, who runs the organization\u2019s analytic department. He came to the Yankees in 2005, and there is no doubt that his department\u2019s size and influence have both expanded dramatically over the years. But has it gone too far in determining who plays for the Yankees and how the game<\/a>s are played, leading to a Frankenstein monster of a team that is disjointed and lacking in so many areas, namely athleticism, lefty hitting, rotation depth and baseball IQ?<\/p>\n

So between games of Sunday\u2019s Mets-Yankees doubleheader, I spoke to Fishman for more than 40 minutes about the various concerns involving the 2021 Yankees. But there was an obvious place to begin, and that is whether the Yanks have gotten out of whack in what they value, how they value it and who has the greatest say on the value.<\/p>\n