Before jumping to conclusions about the effects of the new testing policy on offensive levels, consider how demographic shifts have impacted the player pool.
Home runs and scoring are down, and there’s a rush to credit the new steroid testing program.
Johnson served as Senior Analyst of Baseball Development for the 2004 NL Champion St. Louis Cardinals. Now back in Silicon Valley, Johnson sat down with BP during a recent San Jose Giants game to discuss his background, his experience with the Cardinals, and where he sees the the most valuable applications of sabermetrics, both now and in the future.