Chris Sabo knows hitting, but is anyone listening?
Experience seems to be losing its value to MLB player development departments. Scouts are being replaced by Ivy League numbers “whiz kids,” and iPads seem to have more answers for players than coaches with years of on-field experience. This trend doesn’t offer any hints of slowing. One would think that former players with success between the foul lines, many with glaring statistics of envy, these pros would be in demand by analytics departments with all 30 MLB franchises.