For LA Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, it’s not all about analytics

For a team seen as the ultimate in analytics-driven decision-making, it bordered on blasphemy."I break from analytics every single night," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before Wednesday's game against the New York Mets.He cited recent examples involving Joc Pederson and Trayce Thompson when each was left in to bat against like-handed pitchers rather than lifted for a pinch-hitter as the numbers would have suggested.