minor league splits Stories - Lookout Landing
Probably misusing MLE: Where could the Brewers have done better?
Looking for some idle speculation on the first Brewer-free Sunday afternoon since February? Here's something to play with. Because of Jeff's brilliant work over at Minor League Splits, we can take any Brewer above rookie ball's minor league stats and get their MLE (major league equivalent), a...
Catching Prospects: Pop-guns and Bazookas
Last week* I covered the top position player prospects and their defense, but I wasn't really sure what to do with catchers. Quantifying catcher defense is still rather nebulous, as there's a lot of factors that are tricky to weigh. There are a couple of things that we know catchers are (mostly)...
TotalZone on First Base Prospects
Rally and Sackmann have given us TotalZone stats for minor leaguers, which can be found at position players' pages at Minor League Splits. Sackmann provided the data, Rally created TotalZone, which he has long used with major league players. To find out more about these stats and how they translate...
TotalZone on Corner Outfield Prospects
SS | CF | 2B | 3B | OF | 1B Last but not least, let's check out corner outfielders. Charted below are the consensus top corner OF prospects. <!--...
TotalZone on Third Base Prospects
Thanks to the efforts of Sean Smith and Jeff Sackmann, we now have TotalZone stats for minor leaguers, which can be found at players' pages at Minor League Splits. Sackmann collects the minor league data. TotalZone is a creation of Smith's and has been used to measure major leaguers defense for...
TotalZone on Second Base Prospects
Rally and Sackmann (sounds like a detective show) have given us TotalZone stats for minor leaguers, which can be found at position players' pages at Minor League Splits. Sackmann provided the data, Rally created TotalZone, which he has long used with major league players. For a full explanation on...
TotalZone on Center Field Prospects
Thanks to the efforts of Sean Smith and Jeff Sackmann, we now have TotalZone stats for the minor leagues, which can be found at players' pages at Minor League Splits. You can read up on how useful and reliable these stats are here. Yesterday we looked at shortstops, today let's tackle center...
Mets Minor League Defense
Minor League Splits has added TotalZone defensive values for all minor leaguers. A few Mets of note: Fernando Martinez: -10 (2007), -7 (2008) Nick Evans: -4 (2007), 13 (2008) Ike Davis: 4 (2008) Wilmer Flores: -1 (2008) Jefry Marte: -1 (2008)
8/16 Minor League Wrap-Up
- The DSL scoreboard for yesterday shows all but one scheduled game without any results or advisory of a rainout. And while the DSL scoreboard shows no word on Thursday's game, J from Mariner Minors has tracked down the lines from that game.I'm not sure what's up in the Dominican, but for some...
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