We love numbers here. Some of our best friends are numbers. They are tools to counterbalance what our eyes and instincts tell us, at times challenging or confirming preconceptions. Evaluating baseball players with limited access to interviews, practices, and clubhouses means we rely on data more than most. Doing that in the minor leagues, where Statcast info is not public knowledge aside from a trickle revealed on broadcasts by caring broadcasters, is a bear. Even finding splits data is a fairly recent development.
But one of the trickiest things to do is gauge what data matters, and how much credence to lend it.