Advanced analytics are difficult. Is that why so many fans dismiss them?
Managerial decisions are far easier. Is that why everyone loses their mind when something different happens?
The baseball world is now readily familiar with Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash and his decision to pull starting pitcher Blake Snell in World Series Game 6. Snell had struck out nine of 18 batters faced, and was promptly removed prior to seeing Dodgers leadoff hitter Mookie Betts a third time. Baseball fans were left wondering if the Rays’ analytical presence prompted the move.