Tommy Pham is the MVP of baseball access journalism
Plus: Venezuelan baseball impact, head-scratching deals for Japanese stars and Kyle Tucker's market
You might have seen that Tommy Pham has some ideas about stats that would make Tommy Pham look better.
The free agent outfielder, who turns 38 in March, is aiming to land a contract to play his 13th MLB season. And this week, The Athletic published a story dedicated to the ways in which Pham says player performance is “not being quantified like it should.”
His “pitch” is pithily titled — PhamGraphs, admittedly very good — but it’s nebulous and solution-free. Really, it’s just two long-known hurdles to player valuation highlighted, small problems turned into a big article for online discussion by virtue of a major leaguer acknowledging them.
