You can read all about it in this new article from baseball writer Rany Jazayerli, formerly at Grantland and Baseball Prospectus. The Chicago-Cleveland World Series threw the final shovel of dirt on the debate about the primacy of analytics in designing a successful baseball team. Turns out, data is a fancy word for information and the key to winning baseball games now.
Here are a few highlights from Jazayerli’s piece, but go read the entire article.
The success of the Cubs and Cleveland show the analytics battle is over:
There is always more information to be had, and more information is always useful.