Since sabermetrics and a more analytical way of looking at baseball came into being, there has been a debate between the old school scouts and the more mathematically inclined. Those who have been around the game their entire lives are more inclined to judge a player on the eyeball test, while the sabermetric approach is based on advanced statistics and numbers.
While there is generally a good deal of overlap in terms of determining the value of a player, there are times when the numbers are unable to quantify how well a player performs. That is definitely the case when it comes to Eric Hosmer’s defense last season.