Nicholas Castellanos Torches 'Analytics' and 'Terrible Marketing' of Players' Weekend in Latest Rant

Nicholas Castellanos is using his newfound platform as a member of the Cubs to speak his mind, but his latest rant might be his most intriguing one yet.

The slugging outfielder absolutely laid into both his new team and MLB, criticizing analytics and blasting how the league executed this year's edition of Players' Weekend.

"This Players' Weekend is promoting our individuality," he said. "And what a worse way to give us a platform to promote ourselves by making our jerseys the exact same colors so people in the stands can’t see it."

The black and white jerseys were received poorly by pretty much everyone who laid eyes on them, so he's not alone by any means. But, the colorless threads weren't the only thing that had him fuming.

"The movie Moneyball, that was the start of introducing this idea of analytics to fans," Castellanos said. "Obviously, the movie was entertaining with Jonah Hill and Brad Pitt. But, the way I look at it, what good did it do the A's? They still haven’t won the World Series."

It's hard to argue with his logic on this front too. While analytics have served Oakland and other small-market teams well, they still haven't seen results. The game's biggest spenders, such as the Dodgers, Yankees and Red Sox, have dominated the league for the past few years. They've poached analytical gurus from the lower payroll teams and now play moneyball with money.

That approach promotes value hunting over winning, there's simply no way around it. Castellanos suffered through that while he was with the Detroit Tigers, and it was part of the reason the Cubs were the only team to show real interest in him.

The advanced analytics didn't do Castellanos any services at the deadline when he was still stuck on a tanking team, so there's no reason for him to endorse them now that he's proving his doubters wrong.