Baseball Scouting vs. Sabermetrics

Baseball is the oldest of the four major professional sports played in America.  With that age comes a game with a lot of tradition.  Some of the traditions in baseball have been around almost as long as the game itself.  Being that some of these traditions have been around so long, many of the "old guard" in baseball find it difficult when changes are trying to be made.

For as long as anyone can remember, the way players have been evaluated in baseball was by traditional scouting.  An example ...