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by Nat Wright-Kowalski
4 December 2296 – Gunners Scout Develops Terminal Program
Quincy Gunners scout Jason Harri may not be the bee’s knees among CBO scouts, but he is a bright mind with a plan.
In addition to breaking into the scouting ranks with his advanced understanding of concepts of sabermetrics, Harri has been working on his own terminal program to help the Commonwealth Baseball Organization centralize its scouting reports.
Harri is calling the system the Operational Scout Access, or OSA. According to Harri, the OSA will work in conjunction with the Electronic Stadium Amplification Unit (ESAU ) system, allowing the CBO to send out advanced scouting reports and statistics sheets in real-time.
Harri said that the OSA will help teams with their limited scouting departments and aid broadcast teams in giving better statistics than just runs and hits and strikeouts.
“There are a lot of sabermetric numbers I can input,” Harri told Travis Miles of Diamond City Radio in an interview. “Through the OSA for our team, I can see advanced statistics, splits, individual game logs, spray charts, and player streaks. I can also compare my numbers of how I rate a player compared to how the centralized OSA sees a player. It could help me rethink some of my guesses about which players belong on the Gunners and help all teams in trade negotiations to set trade scores.”
CBO Commissioner Nate Howard has been made aware of Harri’s program and has set up a task force to test the program and ensure it can work as expected in the ESAU.
Howard said that the OSA would be a “game-changer.”