Tyler Bleszinski on the point Moneyball was trying to make (yet which many people still miss): “Yes, OBP is important, but Billy valued it as a benchmark for acquiring players because it was something the market undervalued. That is no longer the case anymore. The Red Sox, Blue Jays, Dodgers, Padres and a whole host of other teams now use OBP as an important measure. The key is trying to figure out what the market undervalues and pouncing on it. If a team with a $120 million payroll is scooping up everything that Billy values, then the premise of Moneyball is now null and void. I'm sure Billy has moved on. And the changes in the team have reflected as such, for those that have been paying attention.”