How to best make sense of the recent proliferation of information on minor league hitters, specifically power metrics? This is a question I’ve been struggling with in the last few weeks/months (does anyone keep track of time anymore?) regarding minor league fly ball distance, exit velocity, and exit velocity on

Last week, I generated an expected home runs per fly ball measure (xHR/FB) for minor leaguers based on their average fly ball distance and average exit velocity. The logic is this: a minor leaguer can be expected to hit a certain number of home runs per fly ball given their

For an explanation of league rules, see the introductory post. After a few slow weeks, weeks 17-18 in the Way Too Deep League featured some exciting FAAB bids, including the largest bid so far this season. Teams are starting to give opportunities to their young stars, and owners are pouncing

Starling Marte’s suspension was the major talking point of the baseball world last week and caused hysteria for both Marte and Austin Meadows owners’, though for opposite reasons. The Pirates have since faced both a right-handed and left-handed pitcher, so we can at least have an idea of how the Pirates