One question stands out among the many that keep surfacing in the wake of the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal. Why?
Fascinating reads, and so too are many of the methods behind the men. Now, 18 years after Beane pulled back the curtain for author Michael Lewis and kick-started staggering change in the sport, the players once at its core wonder if too much has been ceded to its ostensibly brightest minds.
“You’re commodified. And it’s tough to complain about that,” says Doolittle, in the final year of a contract that will pay him $22.5 million from 2014 to 2020. “I’m really lucky to be able to play this game and get paid well to do it. But at the same time, I don’t think it’s good for the game when players, human beings, are broken down and reduced to numbers and ratios and percentages.
“And a team that’s low-budget that has success and it’s, ‘Look how smart they are.’ I often think that in these interview processes it’s changed from, ‘How are you going to get us to win?’ to, ‘How are you going to get us to win on the cheap?’”
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