I don't remember ever saying that nothing else is important. And at least read the book before you criticize it, Moneyball was not about OBP being the most and only important stat in baseball, far from it. Moneyball was about finding inefficiencies in the baseball market, or finding skill sets that are widely undervalued by most people, and exploiting these things to maximize the production you get from line up without spending $80+ million.
His defense by UZR is not good, and his patience and ability to get on base have been in decline. I'm not saying this is a terrible signing, just that I don't think it was the smartest idea to commit $20 million to a center fielder whos gonna be 40 or over for the entire deal.
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