The story of last year's Major League Equivalents files was Kris Bryant (3B/OF, CHC). The numbers that he put up in 2014 just jumped off the page: .291 BA with 34 HR and a .939 OPS, if he had played in the majors that year. Although MLEs are not meant to be used as projections for the following year, Bryant's 2014 MLEs did a decent job of foretelling his 2015 major-league debut performance: .265 with 26 HR and an .858 OPS.
That is the intent of this MLE data: to flag some players who could be ready to make meaningful contributions in 2016. With some quick Excel sorting, you can quickly end up down the rabbit hole, exploring all kinds of interesting information. But if you just want the headline takeaway, check out José Berríos (RHP,...
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