Laurila: Q&A with Huston Street on imperfect stats
From SABR member David Laurila at FanGraphs on June 9, 2016:
Huston Street isn’t an expert on analytics. Nor does he claim to be. But he’s by no means a neophyte. The veteran closer is more knowledgeable about advanced stats than the average player. He also has some strong opinions.
A little over a year ago, Street shared his negative view of FIP in one of my Sunday Notes columns. This past spring, I approached him at the Angels’ spring-training facility, in Tempe, to get his thoughts on shift strategy. I ended up getting a lot more than that. A simple question segued into what might be best described as a stream-of-consciousness look at the state of analytics, in classic Street style.
Read the full article here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/huston-street-on-imperfect-stats/
Originally published: June 9, 2016. Last Updated: June 9, 2016.