Tim Huwe at Bleed Cubbie Blue wonders how a different set of free agents will do in front office market:
Mike Fast and Sig Mejdal both opted to let their contracts with the Astros expire after the season, and they are now among the most valuable free agents on the market this offseason. Brilliant minds who absolutely have their fingerprints all over that Astros WS trophy.
— Alyson Footer (@alysonfooter) November 5, 2018
Fast signed with the Braves. Mejdal is a brilliant mathematician, who has gotten down in the trenches coaching.
As to what Sig Mejdal specifically does, I’m not entirely sure. His official title was “Director of Decision Sciences.” The term “privileged information” applies. I doubt Houston posted their job specifics online. If they did, I’m guessing they changed the password recently. The thing about innovation is that there aren’t necessarily words for those terms yet. At least, not in standard shop-talk language.
Baseball fans can like to think they have a few things figured out. Stat-trackers and the like give us enough information with which we think, if we group the right categories and markers, we can accurately assess the future. However, nobody was lining up behind the Dodgers, offering more, for Max Muncy this spring. As much as we represent we know, more exists that we don’t. The big payout goes to those who find the break-out types before they do.
I think the Mets could really use him, as Mejdal has a long history studying injuries.
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