The college baseball season started over the weekend and it provided an opportunity to watch players for the first time in about 11 months. The University of Miami took the series against the number one ranked Florida Gators and the …
Scouting: Notes and Observations from the First Week of College Baseball Read more »
Given the MLB draft situation, where there is a cap on the amount teams can spend on amateur talent, knowing the amount a team has to work with can be beneficial when it comes to publicly analyzing the draft. With …
With the deadline passing to add prospects to the 40-man roster, an accessible list of the top prospects could be of value. Baseball America has a list of the top draft picks (first three rounds with a detailed breakdown of …
Last week, I gave my general thoughts about the draft and a deep review of the Pittsburgh Pirates draft, including a breakdown of what Nick Garcia, Jack Hartman, and Logan Hofmann’s Trackman data were. This post will be about updating …
Evaluating the 2020 MLB Draft: Understanding the Model Read more »
The Major League Draft finished up last Friday, where the Big Board provided the consensus of ESPN, Keith Law, Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs draft rankings, taking only the top 100 players. This Big Board provided a consensus view …
Reviewing the MLB Draft: General Thoughts and the Pittsburgh Pirates Read more »
I recently wrote about projecting the 2020 MLB Draft, providing the full methodology and data used for the model, the limitations, and ways to improve the model. It was inspired by the NFL Draft modeling done by ESPN, and it’s …
Predicting the MLB Draft: Understanding the Model Read more »
The MLB Draft starts on June 10th, with this year being five rounds this year with all undrafted free agents capped at $20,000. There are three types of people when it comes to risk: risk averse, risk neutral, and risk …
The MLB Draft allows for teams to add to their organization through a process of selecting players starting with the 1965 draft. In 2002, the Oakland Athletics draft was deemed the Moneyball Draft as the organization tried to use statistical …