Nice generalization of “sabermetricians”. I bet you still think batting average and RBI are meaningful stats. “Chemistry” and “intangibles” etc. are not definite things you look for in the baseball player marketplace – they just happen. There’s no way of predicting if a guy is going to be a good fit in a clubhouse. You know what you can predict though? On-base percentage. Slugging percentage. OPS.

There’s no way on God’s green earth Ken Williams offered Vazquez for Castillo. This myth needs to go away. Many Met fans think other teams exist to trade their best players for the Mets’ scraps. I’m a Met fan p.s.