The days of building a roster based on a gut feeling and a stopwatch are over....

https://www.third-bookmarks.win/we-used-to-rely-on-gut-feelings-and-old-school-scouting-reports-to-win-games

The days of building a roster based on a gut feeling and a stopwatch are over. I’ve covered locker rooms for over a decade, and the shift is stark. We went from basic box scores to Statcast tracking exit velocity and spin rate on every single pitch