DL is David Lauria, the interviewer. “Wasserstrom” is Chuck Wasserstrom, the Cubs director of baseball information. He mentions the Milton Bradley decision.

DL: Your background is more scouting-oriented, while Wasserstrom’s is more statistical-analysis based. Are you finding that the two of you generally come to similar conclusions regarding the projectable future performance of players you look at?

JH: Absolutely. At the end of the day, I make the final call, but we put months into that decision. Obviously, what [Bradley] did the last couple of years, offensively, was exactly what we were looking for. Of course, they’re not all robots and they don’t always do what you want them to do. We had eight guys in the All-Star Game last year, who are this team right now, and I don’t know if any of those eight are going to make it this year. It’s hard to put your finger on that and predict.

Hendry was asked about his philosophy on defense and defensive metrics. He said he doesn’t look at the defensive metrics, going almost completely off what the scouts tell him. That frustrated me a bit….