Michael Lewis has suggested that it is. Billy Beane has argued that it is ... which explains why his A’s haven’t been to the playoffs in a while. In the Times today, though, Jonathan Mahler makes a good case that Moneyball’s not dead, at all:
Is Moneyball Dead?
↵↵Baseball is moving “back to an efficient market,” said Beane, sounding every bit like the in-demand corporate speaker that he has become. He went so far as to suggest that the game was starting to resemble European professional soccer, which is dominated by a handful of big-spending “superfranchises.”
↵The problem with this narrative is that it isn’t true. Baseball is more competitive than ever, and we have this year’s postseason to prove it.
↵↵You should read the whole piece, but I’m inclined to agree with Mahler.
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