The Houston Astros have long been known as an organization on the cutting edge of sabermetrics. Squirreled away in the Nerd Cave are “mad” scientists of all stripes, mathematicians, physicists, even rocket scientists, all committed to making even minute discoveries in baseball science that will give their team that “little extra.”
Today, General Manager Jeff Luhnow announced a new initiative that could revolutionize player acquisition in the Major Leagues forever. The Astros announced they are diverting unspecified millions from their scouting department into a new player acquisition department that will be called the Bio-duplication laboratory.
It all began when Luhnow, after noticing Alvarez’ .