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A week after the release of BaseballHQ.com's Top 100 Prospect list, Minor League Co-Directors Rob Gordon and Jeremy Deloney are back to discuss the some of the players and the process. This week's focus is players in the Top 100 who made only one of their individual lists.
Jan 27 2012 12:00am
Jan 27 2012 12:00am
While many of us sports fans were enjoying the NFL playoffs these last few weeks, the MLB Hot Stove League turned up the heat recently with a couple signings, a big trade and an international free-agent. All of this is well and good for Major League Baseball, but more importantly, how do these moves impact fantasy baseball (and NFBC) owners?
Jan 27 2012 12:00am
Jan 27 2012 12:00am
The Rotisserie 500 game was introduced last year and taken out for a test run in two high-level leagues, in New York and Toronto. During the course of 2011, several of us wrote about the experience extensively, we surveyed the participants and analyzed the final results. In the end, we decided that Roto500 was a promising new format but needed a few tweaks.
Jan 26 2012 12:00am
Jan 26 2012 12:00am
Responding to the offensive sinkhole created by the loss of Victor Martinez (DH, DET), the Tigers shocked observers by agreeing to a nine-year contract with Prince Fielder (1B, DET) this week. The bad news is that Fielder moves to a far less-friendly HR venue in Comerica Park, which deflates HR to LHBs by 11% as opposed to 16% inflation in MIL. Still, the overall hitter-friendliness of the AL and Fielder's numbers--he's averaged over 38 HR, 15% bb% and a 165 PX over the previous five seasons--make park effects almost immaterial.
Jan 26 2012 12:00am
Jan 26 2012 12:00am
What is the quick takeaway from the Prince Fielder surprise?
Jan 24 2012 11:08pm
Jan 24 2012 11:08pm
Our first show of 2012 features interviews with Lindy Hinkelman, two-tine NFBC overall champ, and Steve Moyer of advanced data providers Baseball Info Solutions. Plus the usual great stuff. Runs 1:22:40
Jan 21 2012 12:00am
Jan 21 2012 12:00am
Here are some more names with shifting outlooks due to off-season player movement -- as well as injuries that impacted their 2011 performances and/or could put them behind the eight-ball to begin 2012. Once again, we consider their immediate and three-year outlooks.
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
It's easy to fall in love with strong half seasons. It's also easy to read too much into them. After all, the midpoint of the season is an arbitrary cutoff, and there are bound to be performance swings between any few months of data. That said, many starting pitchers who surge down the stretch often are better speculations than others. Let's take a look at the SP whose BPV increased the most between the first and second halves of 2011:
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Hart's power breakout of 2010 carried over to 2011 and his 2H numbers suggest he still has room to grow. The trade-off in the last two years for this added pop has been waning opportunities on the bases and that trend may continue. With Prince Fielder likely gone and Ryan Braun facing a 50 game suspension, Hart will find himself in the middle of the order as the Brewers will be more reliant on his bat than his legs.
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
What affect does an extreme H%, and its subsequent regression, have on scoring stats? Our first hypothesis is that a H% greater than 34% might result in a higher Dom rate. Pitchers with an inflated H% face more batters than they "normally" would, since batters are reaching base that otherwise might be retired. Therefore, pitchers have more opportunities to strike out hitters, leading to an inflated Dom -- which would return to a lower level upon H% regression.
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
With pitchers and catchers due to report to spring training facilities in less than a month, it is time to unveil BaseballHQ.com's Top 100 Prospects for 2012. This year, Rob Gordon and Jeremy Deloney combined talents to produce a single list of the Top 100 Prospects in baseball. Over the next two weeks, Rob and Jeremy will highlight players who they ranked differently in their individual lists. For a full scouting report, including player ratings, see our Organizational Reports.
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
A week after the release of BaseballHQ.com's Top 100 Prospect list, Minor League Co-Directors Rob Gordon and Jeremy Deloney are back to discuss the some of the players and the process. This week's focus is players in the Top 100 who made only one of their individual lists.
Jan 27 2012 12:00am
Jan 27 2012 12:00am
While many of us sports fans were enjoying the NFL playoffs these last few weeks, the MLB Hot Stove League turned up the heat recently with a couple signings, a big trade and an international free-agent. All of this is well and good for Major League Baseball, but more importantly, how do these moves impact fantasy baseball (and NFBC) owners?
Jan 27 2012 12:00am
Jan 27 2012 12:00am
The Rotisserie 500 game was introduced last year and taken out for a test run in two high-level leagues, in New York and Toronto. During the course of 2011, several of us wrote about the experience extensively, we surveyed the participants and analyzed the final results. In the end, we decided that Roto500 was a promising new format but needed a few tweaks.
Jan 26 2012 12:00am
Jan 26 2012 12:00am
Responding to the offensive sinkhole created by the loss of Victor Martinez (DH, DET), the Tigers shocked observers by agreeing to a nine-year contract with Prince Fielder (1B, DET) this week. The bad news is that Fielder moves to a far less-friendly HR venue in Comerica Park, which deflates HR to LHBs by 11% as opposed to 16% inflation in MIL. Still, the overall hitter-friendliness of the AL and Fielder's numbers--he's averaged over 38 HR, 15% bb% and a 165 PX over the previous five seasons--make park effects almost immaterial.
Jan 26 2012 12:00am
Jan 26 2012 12:00am
What is the quick takeaway from the Prince Fielder surprise?
Jan 24 2012 11:08pm
Jan 24 2012 11:08pm
Our first show of 2012 features interviews with Lindy Hinkelman, two-tine NFBC overall champ, and Steve Moyer of advanced data providers Baseball Info Solutions. Plus the usual great stuff. Runs 1:22:40
Jan 21 2012 12:00am
Jan 21 2012 12:00am
Here are some more names with shifting outlooks due to off-season player movement -- as well as injuries that impacted their 2011 performances and/or could put them behind the eight-ball to begin 2012. Once again, we consider their immediate and three-year outlooks.
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
It's easy to fall in love with strong half seasons. It's also easy to read too much into them. After all, the midpoint of the season is an arbitrary cutoff, and there are bound to be performance swings between any few months of data. That said, many starting pitchers who surge down the stretch often are better speculations than others. Let's take a look at the SP whose BPV increased the most between the first and second halves of 2011:
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Hart's power breakout of 2010 carried over to 2011 and his 2H numbers suggest he still has room to grow. The trade-off in the last two years for this added pop has been waning opportunities on the bases and that trend may continue. With Prince Fielder likely gone and Ryan Braun facing a 50 game suspension, Hart will find himself in the middle of the order as the Brewers will be more reliant on his bat than his legs.
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
What affect does an extreme H%, and its subsequent regression, have on scoring stats? Our first hypothesis is that a H% greater than 34% might result in a higher Dom rate. Pitchers with an inflated H% face more batters than they "normally" would, since batters are reaching base that otherwise might be retired. Therefore, pitchers have more opportunities to strike out hitters, leading to an inflated Dom -- which would return to a lower level upon H% regression.
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
With pitchers and catchers due to report to spring training facilities in less than a month, it is time to unveil BaseballHQ.com's Top 100 Prospects for 2012. This year, Rob Gordon and Jeremy Deloney combined talents to produce a single list of the Top 100 Prospects in baseball. Over the next two weeks, Rob and Jeremy will highlight players who they ranked differently in their individual lists. For a full scouting report, including player ratings, see our Organizational Reports.
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
Jan 20 2012 12:00am
