I. Can’t. Stop. Watching.
Ji-Man Choi’s got the most electric dance moves in @MLB.https://t.co/VsVm0vxCN8 pic.twitter.com/fwhwmpQnAp
— Cut4 (@Cut4) August 26, 2018
In my chat last night, I felt I was not informed enough on a few players and I am going to examine a couple today, Luke Voit and Billy McKinney. Both are producing and playing regularly with their new teams. They could be a couple nice sleepers in deeper leagues over the season’s last month.
I laughed when Yankees picked up Voit from the Cardinals at the trade deadline. I figured they’d make an impactful move, which wasn’t Voit. I’ve been wrong so far.
In his first 20 games with the Yankees, the 27-year-old first baseman started just four of them. In the last four, he’s started three going seven for 11 with three homers. On the season, he’s hitting .325/.400/.625 supported by a .444 BABIP.
Before getting too far along finding a value for Voit, a quick Greg Bird detour needs to be made. Simply, he has been horrible hitting just .199/.288/.390 on the season. The playoff-bound Yankees can’t expect to make it far in the playoff with a first baseman hitting like a catcher. I additionally checked to see if Bird was nursing an injury and nothing. It seems like Voit may have won the first base job. At least until reality sets in. While Gary Sanchez may return and play some first base, I will just assume Voit will have the full-time role until he doesn’t.
I love Player’s Weekend:
Diamondback’s Brad Boxberger Emoji jersey pic.twitter.com/hSU597iwKB
— Heart of MLB (@HeartofMLB) August 26, 2018
Thanks for clarifying. Is it too late now to say sorry?#PlayersWeekend pic.twitter.com/Qt9VoG2U9D
— MLB (@MLB) August 26, 2018
Bullpen coach Mike Harkey’s jersey for Players’ Weekend. pic.twitter.com/8FEaSS7LSj
— River Ave. Blues (@RiverAveBlues) August 26, 2018
8/26/18
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White Sox Young Guns Fireside Chat
I said episode 592 in the intro like a doofus…
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: Here are the Tout Wars 15-team mixed league FAAB reports
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: RLaureano: 58
MMaldonado: 28 JBruce: 21 MMelancon: 21 CMartinez: 21 SGaviglio: 13 ASenzatela: 7 PNeshek: 7 ROHearn: 6 BMcKinney: 6 IKinsler: 3 WLeBlanc: 3 BLowe: 2 LVoit: 2 CaJoseph: 0 KWong: 0 |
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JJunis: 100 MKopech: 72 CMullins: 25 CStratton: 21 ERamirez: 18 MCabrera: 17 ONarvaez: 12 BreAnderson: 12 RQuinn: 8 THildenberger: 0 |
Since I’ve started this tracking the NFBC Main Event FAAB bids, I’ve gained some insight on how the owners spend their money. A few nuggets I’ve found is the high prices paid by owners chasing Saves and the money hoarding that happens right before the trade deadline. This week, it’s time to see the money spent on impact rookies with the promotion of Michael Kopech.
I expected a fairly bland week with prospect call-ups starting next week. After September 1st, any player on the 40-man roster can be called up and the time in the majors doesn’t count for their service clock. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Eloy Jimenez are the two big names who owners have been waiting on.
Without getting too far ahead, here is a look at how last week’s newly adjusted projections performed.
The results from my FAAB estimates this week.
I was way off on Taylor Ward but his value heavily depends on him being catcher eligible.
Owners stepped up to pay for closers this week. https://t.co/kimu1c0IiY pic.twitter.com/OI8DFDffut
— Jeff Zimmerman (@jeffwzimmerman) August 21, 2018
While the results (and spelling) were not perfect, they were better than the previous few weeks. Owners do continue to spend their limited resources on potential closers (Hildenberger and Glover).
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8/24/18
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Fastball: Come in at 91-95 mph and straight but the 22-year-old righty hit his spots moving it around the strike zone.
By the 5th inning, he’d lost a couple ticks off the fastball. With the velocity loss, he may struggle later in games.
Curve: 76-79 mph with a 12-7 break. He didn’t have a feel for it and bounced a couple up to the plate. It’s not loopy and has above average speed. It could be a really good pitch for him.
Rain is stupid. OK, not all the time, but it was remarkably stupid last night as it shortened the debut of Chicago White Sox uber-pitching prospect Michael Kopech. The 22-year old flamethrower didn’t return after a rain delay just before the third inning started, but we did get to see 52 pitches as he labored a bit through his two innings. He allowed three hits, but stranded all of them and didn’t walk anybody while tallying four strikeouts.
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve dived into hitting prospects. I’m ready for a beating in the comments. Besides the overall list, I’m going to dive into a few sluggers who are showing some promise.
These projections are based off the player’s production (wRC+ which has stadium and league adjustments), their age for level, and a small amount of regression. I used to incorporate a position adjustment but FanGraphs source data changed and I haven’t coded in a solution.
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• A supplement to Eric’s and Kiley’s prospect rankings. This set utilizes stats, the hitter’s age compared to the level’s average age, and some regression to find potential overlooked prospects before they start showing up on major prospect lists.
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