Detroit — At his postseason press conference, Tigers general manager Al Avila said the club’s analytics department was in its infancy.
“We will be hiring several more people in that area that will basically just be doing the calculations, mathematics, formulas that they create to help us make better decisions,” he said. “It is not in place right now. Hasn’t been. In reality, it’s in its infancy right now.”
A month later, and maybe the department is closer to adolescence.
Under the guidance of senior director of baseball operations Jay Sartori, the Tigers are building their own software system, which will be called Caesar.