Re:The Ultimate Failure of Moneyball
by mikeryan on Friday October 23, 2009 @01:29PM
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This is kind of a red herring.
First a large part of Moneyball isn't about player salaries. Billy Beane was forced to build teams with lower payrolls. But what he really did was change a lot around how players are evaluated. Taking these methods of rating players and adding them to a decent payroll and you're going to see increased success.
Also I personally think that Billy Beane's main focus wasn't really post-season success. It's putting a competitive team on the field - and puts butts in the seats for as long as they can in the regular season.
I know the A's are a bit battered right now but its hard to argue with the success they had for a long period in the late 90s' to early 00's with a really minimal payroll.
First a large part of Moneyball isn't about player salaries. Billy Beane was forced to build teams with lower payrolls. But what he really did was change a lot around how players are evaluated. Taking these methods of rating players and adding them to a decent payroll and you're going to see increased success.
Also I personally think that Billy Beane's main focus wasn't really post-season success. It's putting a competitive team on the field - and puts butts in the seats for as long as they can in the regular season.
I know the A's are a bit battered right now but its hard to argue with the success they had for a long period in the late 90s' to early 00's with a really minimal payroll.