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A significant segment delves into the role of analytics in baseball decision-making and its impact on perceptions of human intuition versus data-driven strategies. The debate touches on whether managers and teams are truly making choices based on gut feeling or simply following analytic scripts for every scenario. There’s frustration expressed about the seeming absence of a “feel” or instinct in managing games, with decisions pre-planned based on statistical models rather than human judgment.
The conversation underscores that almost all Major League Baseball teams now operate with a deep reliance on data, but this approach can sometimes strip away the human element that many believe is crucial to leadership and decision-making on the field.