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Cashing In on the New Moneyball

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Over at Grantland (Bill Simmons' new website), Bill Barnwell takes a look at the market inefficiencies that successful baseball teams have utilized since On Base Percentage went mainstream in the early to mid 2000's. It's sadly worth noting that neither defense nor smart bullpen construction (two of the article's centerpieces) seem to have been things that the Cubs organization is doing a very good job of prioritizing.