Wander Franco (Left photograph: Rob Tringali / MLB Photos via Getty Images); Julio Rodriguez (Right photograph: wv_power, The Official Instagram for the West Virginia Power) Over the past year, I’ve developed translations that convert minor league statistics to their equivalent MLB statistics. I’ve also built aging curves to project when

On April 5th, Minor League Opening Day, I tuned into MiLB.TV to watch the Hagerstown Suns and Juan Soto face the Rome Braves and Kyle Muller. I specifically wanted to watch Soto’s at-bats against the large, 6’6″ and 225 pound, flame throwing lefty. In the very first inning, lead off hitter Cole