Some remarkably anachronistic quotes from Sandy Alderson about the state of the Mets, pretty glad this guy's not running my team. It's clear from some of his personnel moves (signing Cabrera to play SS, piling up a ton of corner OFs and none who can play CF well) that he doesn't care much about defense but the rationale is so simplistically dumb, I'd be infuriated if I was a Mets fan:
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“As I sit here I say, ‘Gee, defense can’t possibly be as important as offense, it’s only a percentage of what comes to play in run prevention,’ ’’ Alderson said. “Not to say it’s not important, but ultimately in terms of priorities, it’s a little less important. What really is important on that side of the ball is pitching and our pitching has been lousy, and it’s partly because of injuries and it’s partly because of performance. … In terms of having a bias towards offense I think that will probably always exist with me.’’
http://nypost.com/2017/07/15/alderson-must-fix-2-problem-areas-the-mets-future-depends-on-it/