As Doc said above, there is this thinking among stat heads that a certain subset of a player's development, related to 1. His upbringing, 2. His personality, 3. His current legal, social, and emotional problems, 4. His Health, are "intangible", that is, these things cannot be measured, and are best left to scouts to give platitudes about "makeup" and the like.
I think, but could be wrong, that most of these things can be measured, but are restricted from fan view. For example, if we were allowed to have a player's complete medical history and his psychological test results, such as the MMPI and the Welch anxiety scales, we would be able to craft new statistics that would be just as statistically relevant and scientific as the stats of what a player does on the field. Imagine what Spectator could do with a database of personality inventories for minor leaguers. We would be able to see the Kyle Seagers of the world a long time before they got here.
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