Ozzie Guillen and Frank Thomas on analytics, Pedro Grifol, Tommy Pham and more

On White Sox Postgame Live, Chuck Garfien, Ozzie Guillen and Frank Thomas took fan questions about Pedro Grifol's future, Tommy Pham and more.
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[@Son1cJ3t]

I’ve been saying for years, even in 2021, the same thing Frank just said about a team full of platoon players. This roster has been stacked with AAAA & bench players that would barely make the cut on most other teams. And the couple of bright spots have been too injured to even matter. Eloy has only played 54% of games since 2021, Luis Robert has only played 59%, and Moncada has only played 65%.

[@edgarlechuga2392]

Tommy Pham is a gangster give him a 5 year contract

[@Merdle]

Ozzie, baseball needs you. Manfred needs to be stopped before he ruins the game completely. 2006 !!!

[@eddyyalda2668]

They answered my question 💪

[@tommyryan8631]

Tommy Ryan here 😂 Was a big Ozzie fan until today. Even met him 18 years ago when I was 7 years old and had the picture I took with him up on my wall my whole childhood. As for my expertise, yes I know what I’m talking about. I am a professional data scientist. I have a degree in statistics. There was nothing wrong with my question. It wasn’t meant to be disrespectful or degrading. Y si es porque no entendiste la pregunta, te lo preguntaré en español Ozzie. Cuál sería la desventaja de usar datos y analítica? Por qué tomar decisiones sin usar toda la información que tienes? No sería incorrecto ignorar la información que puede poner el equipo y los jugadores en la mejor situación posible para tener éxito?

[@tommyryan8631]

The demonization of information is unbelievable. Analytics in baseball are an attempt to measure what happens on the field. If you think there’s something you can see that analytics doesn’t measure, go create a statistic to measure it. Analytics are constantly evolving and improving, but at the end of the day, ignoring information because you can’t do math is irresponsible.

[@nickskrill2005]

I guess you didn’t listen to the entire segment, analytics have their own place in the game, but there is still a human element to player that’s more important that what numbers show Good players have good metrics, bad players usually have bad metrics, so the common denominator is human talent, and that’s includes on field intangibles that can’t be put defined by numbers It’s about talent, with better talent come better analytics

[@tommyryan8631]

@@nickskrill2005 how do you know which players are good so you can get them on your team?

[@avidsiman]

that's exactly why I don't like Ozzie Guillen and don't miss him as manager. An uneducated, opinionated, foul-mouthed idiot.

[@Relentlezz41]

You need to have data as well as guts in this game. Seen both misused. Your question was valid