Well, there's park adjustments and season adjustments. ERA+ adjusts for a lot of basic stuff. I think that 'strength-of-opponent' data you're talking about can be found somewhere too. Stat gurus can slice and dice just about everything now if you can make sense of their numbers.
I understand the rationale. By today's standards $13 million on a 1 year commitment is very cheap.
I also understand why people have had enough with him.
He's just not a good manager. It took me a while to come to this conclusion but I'm firmly there now. The early pulling of Shaw is bad, having Young hit against righties is worse. Does he propose to do this all season? Ludicrous.
I had to change the channel when Spieth hit the second one in the water. Golf is a cruel game. I hope he can bounce back from this.
Danny Willett played a hell of a round though, he's a worthy champion.
Number 12 at Augusta is an easy place to do it. The green is very shallow and the winds swirl quite a bit. There have been many disasters there over the years.