2 scouts, 2 stat guys debate the Moneyball revolution

Know the scout lingo. Always appreciate "high ass" myself.

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/good-face-high-ass-the-baseball-scouting-glossary

It's a harrowing time for scouts, who more than ever fear the bounty of Statcast data renders their jobs irrelevant in teams' eyes. 1/9

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) September 22, 2017

What would we learn if we could see what an MLB team’s scouts saw? For the first time, we can: A former member of the Cincinnati Reds front office provided The Ringer with a copy of the Reds’ scouting database from between 1991 and 2003, consisting of more than 73,000 reports. Throughout this week, we’ll be using this newly declassified scouting gold mine to analyze old-school scouting’s strengths and weaknesses, profile players who defied the scouts’ expectations, and examine how scouting has evolved in recent years. In Monday’s Part 1, we crunch the numbers on how well scouts projected players.

https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2019/3/4/18249155/cincinnati-reds-scouting-report-series-part-1-data-findings

based on The MVP Machine, it seems the Edgertronic/player development revolution will be worse for scouts than the Beane Moneyball one was. Per the book the Astros are down to ~20 scouts now. Even the ones who are technology-friendly are losing their jobs... Houston increasingly just uses cameras and data to choose players.

(also per the Passan tweet above)

Houston increasingly just uses cameras and data to choose players

...and steal signs lol