Whicker: Diamondbacks’ Jeff Mathis still a pitcher’s best friend

LOS ANGELES — Those who find truth in formulas never understood Jeff Mathis, or his continued employment.
How can you hold down a baseball job when you don’t hit? And why is he playing when nobody wants him on a fantasy team?
Mathis has just put in his 11th major league season. His career OPS is .565, several rungs below the Mendoza Line for that statistical amalgam.
Yet he started the National League wild-card game in Phoenix on Wednesday, and he started Game 1 of the Division Serie