Neither of these things refutes the fact that he didn't go to college, or that in general, most of these advanced metrics 'experts' are unsmart people with little formal education. That's fine, but just slow your roll when quoting them like they are gospel. They are just schmucks who like numbers and baseball and who couldn't find gainful employment elsewhere.
I made a Squarespace site once. Does that make me a 'published author'? Also, Wyers is just an analyst, not a manager. Four other people have his exact same position. Half of the sales and marketing department and probably a few on the grounds crew probably have better degrees.
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/team/front_office.jsp?c_id=hou
Look, I don't agree with RJ, but calm the eff down with your sactimoniousness that this stuff is irrefutable science. It's just neckbeards who like numbers. Which is fine, because its just baseball, the third most popular sport.