NEW YORK — There have been other expensive teams in baseball history. There are even other expensive teams this year. But two teams in particular have come to represent a philosophical no-holds-barred approach to baseball. The way that Steve Cohen spends on the New York Mets and Peter Seidler spends on the San Diego Padres seems to indicate that the two billionaires abide by the financial approach of 'you can't take it with you' with respect to their fortunes.
among the team's other offseason moves. Together, Friedland and Showalter logged a historic 78.8% success rate on challenges during the Mets' 101-win campaign.
Far more meaningful, however, is that those 11 challenges have resulted in just two calls overturned — 0.04 per game, or one-fourth last year’s rate — tied with Padres manager Bob Melvin, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli and Angels manager Phil Nevin for the fewest successful challenges this year. After finishing last season with the highest success rate, Showalter has the second-lowest success rate this season, and only Melvin has challenged effectively less often.
Let’s go back to the extreme example of the Mets. The strategy last season was clear: precision. They challenged an average number of times and ended up with the most overturned calls. This year, so far at least, the strategy of challenging only when they’re confident about getting it right clearly isn’t working. In this new replay environment, the same approach has them last in advantageous overturns.
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