Red Sox (Criswell) vs Tigers (TBD): 9/1/24, 1:40pm

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20 hours ago, dgalehouse said:

      Does Alex figure his own analytics ? Or is he largely influenced by the analytics people in drawing up a game plan ? Are MLB managers in general expected to follow the " suggestions " of the analytics crew ?  I don't know the answers to these questions , but I do have my thoughts on it all.  And I have no knowledge of why Cora was hired, but I do think that MLB managers are not exactly calling all of the shots these days. 

He very likely does.

The Astros originally hired Cora because he was one of the most knowledgeable abut analytics.  According to Andy Martino in “Cheated,” Cora looked at what the Astros were doing and told them how far behind the curve they were, and then pushed them ahead to where they needed to be.  
 

Among MLB managers, Cora has the reputation as being the most knowledgeable about all their analytics.

The Sox may have pre-determined Criswell was only going 4IP, but they didn’t do so without some input from Cora…