Do you remember that hopeful first week of the 2016 season, the young Astros fresh from their first trip to the playoffs in 10 years, ready to go for it all? Do you remember how exciting it was when another new face, the 2013 thirty third round draft pick, rookie Tyler White, started the season mashing like Lou Gehrig? In his first week in the major leagues he was named MLB player of the week. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I bet even the Iron Horse didn’t win that award.
Even the Bible of level-headed, fact based, sabremetric baseball science, Fangraphs, fell for the Tyler White bait and switch.