I believe if anything it's the opposite. I think Farrell wanted more roster construction based on analytics and was told no. Not bring up Brentz is still baffling, I hope Farrell ripped DD's head off for that non-move.My theory on the why is that he was too resistant to advice from the analytics guys. They were probably telling him to play Lin over Holt and that Brentz would likely be a big upgrade over Chris Young and he just refused. I would believe this before I'd believe clubhouse nonsense.
DD is about as unanalytical as you'll find in baseball today.