That being Keith Woolner, of Baseball Prospectus fame, naturally. This probably won't garner any ink in the Plain Dealer, but presumably, this move will have more of an effect on the Indians' pennant hopes than sending down "Big League" Choo. If you don't know much about Woolner, my handy copy of Baseball Prospectus 2007 says,

Keith Woolner lives in Cary, North Carolina with his wife and son, and works in the software industry, A lifelong Red Sox fan, he has been analyzing and writing about baseball for over 15 years. He earned undergraduate degrees from M.I.T. in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Management, and a Master's from Stanford University in Decision Analysis. While best known for inventing VORP (Value Over Replacement Player), Keith has written numerous research articles on topics such as catcher game-calling, replacement level theory, the effects of high pitch count, win expectancy, and revenue sharing. As head of Baseball Prospectus's R&D, he developed and maintains the huge database of statistics that powers the BP website's stat reports.

Databases and numbers! Yes!

Of all the big name sabermetricians I can think of off the top of my head I'd want working for the Indians, Woolner is in the top tier, along with Nate Silver, Tom Tango, and Ken Tremendous. (Well, at least to write the game wrap-ups. No one actually reads Anthony Castrovince, right?)

Accompanied by the news that Dan Rosenbaum has been advising the Cavaliers, this truly is a good time to be a stats geek in Cleveland. Hooray!