Mentorship
Dave Cameron has attributed Rob Neyer as having introduced himself and most of his generation of baseball writers to sabermetrics. Neyer edited and helped Jonah Keri with his book The Extra 2 Percent and worked with Carson Cistulli to develop his criteria for the NERD formula.
Recently, as National Baseball Editor at SBNation, he has helped fellow editor Jeff Sullivan (originally of Lookoutlanding) reach a larger audience, as well as editor Grant Brisbee, writers like Jason Brannon, Will McDonald, or Dan Moore. Moore cites Neyer as "the reason I'm writing about the St. Louis Cardinals today."
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