When the Charros hired Dahbura and his wife, Marlaina R. Miller, who partners with him on consulting, in August, they were considered pioneers in introducing analytics to Mexico’s fiercely contested winter baseball league, the sport’s off-season showcase, where champions can be feted at jubilant street celebrations.

Baseball analytics, or sabermetrics, are used more in the longer, lower-pressure Mexican summer league. The stakes are higher in the winter league, which determines Mexico’s entry into the Caribbean Series, so managers tend to rely on what has proved successful in the past.

“There was an article that said, ‘Charros are trying to implement sabermetrics, but they don’t know that it doesn’t work in winter ball,’ ” said Gonzalez, who played for the San Diego Padres in 2008 and 2009 and is the brother of Adrian Gonzalez. “Well, of course it works. But you have to understand it and be open to it.”

The manager who had devoured Dahbura’s analytics was Tony Tarasco, 47, a former major league outfielder. He was fired in November after 41 games.

It was Tarasco who had insisted that the Charros hire Dahbura as an analytics consultant in the first place, and the early results were decent. With Dahbura’s metrics filtered through Tarasco’s on-field experience, the Charros were 19-16 in the first half of the season and stood in first place.

But after a 1-5 road trip to open the second half of the season and a few controversial in-game decisions, Tarasco was dismissed. He returned to his home in Southern California.