Former Angels manager Joe Maddon continued on his crusade against the way analytics have flooded the game of baseball, including expressing frustration in the way he and the Angels front office worked together before he was fired in June.
Maddon, 68, spoke for more than an hour to Jayson Stark, a Hall of Fame writer, and Doug Glanville, a former player and current analyst, in a podcast released on Tuesday morning by The Athletic.
Many of Maddon’s comments were about the general state of analytics in the game, echoing points he made the day he was fired and again last month in an interview with the Tampa Bay Times. Maddon believes that modern front offices have taken too much of a role in on-field decisions, by managers, coaches and players, burdening them with information that’s not necessary. In his interview with The Athletic, Maddon specifically mentioned “Perry and Alex,” referring to Angels general manager Perry Minasian and assistant general manager Alex Tamin.
