Reddit reviews The Cardinals Way: How One Team Embraced Tradition and Moneyball at the Same Time
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>TL:DR - The Cards model worked for 15 years, but it's time for a change, as seen both within the organization and through other Blue Chip organizations.
I get that in the mid 00's development was a much different process, and it was run well by guys from the Matheny-era who took a traditional approach. Saber wasnt widespread, advance video, scouting and technology was not to the point where it could contend with reps
If you haven't you should check out The Cardinals Way by Howard Megdal. The team was innovative in a lot of ways in regards to the use of sabrmetrics and development in the mid-'00s. Also, there has been a lot of change in those departments since then, unfortunately a lot of that has been because of "brain drain" with guys like Luhnow, Mejdal, Kantrovitz, etc leaving the org.