J.J. Picollo completed his first trade deadline untethered from Dayton Moore as an active participant. The trades he completed this summer indicate how the team seems to be following the data-driven approach he promised when he took over, a marked departure from how the club has operated over the last decade and a half. He still has yet to make the big moves to put his own stamp on this ballclub, but his comments indicate a willingness to do so this off-season.
First, let’s review what J.J. has done this summer with a team that finds itself with the second-worst record in baseball.