Were the Cleveland Guardians Right to Cut Nolan Jones? A Statistical Analysis

Gone Fishin’ with Professor Sabe r – by Mario Crescibene What a mess! I sat slumped at my desk with my head buried in my arms, lost under an avalanche of scribbled notes and wadded-up pieces of paper. Player names, spring training stats, roster projections — all of it scratched out, circled, crossed out, and scribbled over again.

I lifted my head and sent a small cascade of crumpled wads tumbling to the floor. I pushed the remaining pile aside and tried, for what felt like the gazillionth time, to make sense of it all. The Guardians had been cutting players left and right and it was getting hard to keep it straight.

Every morning brought a new move: Watson — gone. Rodríguez — gone. Halpin — gone.

Jones — outrighted to Columbus. I stared at the stats. All the numbers were starting to swim.