Comments on: 2009 Fantasy Baseball Top 300

By: papasmurf

papasmurf — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:21:54 +0000

I am not a Yankz fan (In fact I hate’em) but I’ve heard that the dimensions are identical to the old stadium, the old stadium being “hallow ground” and all. Basically it’s the same stadium with better sewage system I suppose and some “state of the art” jazz. Or jizz. I don’t know. Maybe both.

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:58:43 +0000

@papasmurf: Swisher seems like a good pick there. I'm not crazy about Nady. BTW, are we sure the new Yankees Stadium has the old short porch?

By: papasmurf

papasmurf — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:56:21 +0000

Best scenario I suppose would be the Godzilla goes down, and Nady and Swisher both get to play. With a short RF porch, Swisher should hit a bunch out, if he gets to play. I just don’t feel like drafting either one. In fact, in my ongoing slow draft, Nady and Swisher both remain on the board after 240+ picks.

By: James

James — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:32:50 +0000

Gotcha – thanks!

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:28:56 +0000

@James: Say a guy is a .330 average hitter in the minors. He's not going to become (at least he shouldn't) a .220 hitter. So the same applies for the saber stats. A player has a certain set of skills in the minors then he should have them in the majors. Maybe not at first, but at some point. When that player doesn't translate, something else could be at work or he's just slow to progress. This is why people (me!) say Alex Gordon should come around, because he's shown good skills in the minors and they haven't translated yet. Gordon is almost at the end of his leash though. This season is kinda do or die for him to show something.

By: James

James — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:08:04 +0000

Thank you!

By: James

James — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:07:05 +0000

I have been reading those articles, and find them very informative. I guess ill just continue reading them and anything else I can find about sabermetrics. By the way, I liked that post about over/under rated sabermetric stats. Any chance there will be a future article titled, “Razzball’s Favorite Saber Stats and How to Apply Them?” Ha!

Yes, that is right, but what is the league average used for when analyzing players? Is it used for rookies that don’t have major league track records? How can you use minor league numbers when the talent is weaker? Plus, how do you compensate for players just getting better?

PS – these are my last questions on this subject today. =)

By: Grey

Grey — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:29:17 +0000

@James: I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I’m not really sure where your skill level is to begin with so it’s hard to tell you where to turn. I really like the Fangraphs site that is in the blogroll there on the right. But it might be too advanced. Honestly, I don’t know where I picked sabermetrics up, I just read bits and pieces here and there over the years and eventually just got it. Maybe osmosis?

re: 2nd question — Players should be compared against their own averages, now against league averages.

By: James

James — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:05:46 +0000

Do I just use these statistics, by comparing them to the league average, to determine if a player is playing at a sustainable level?

By: James

James — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:38:30 +0000

Ummm — to be honest I am not sure because I don’t know the depths of sabermetrics. I first figured out sabermetrics by reading the glossary from this Yahoo! article: (http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy/mlb/news;_ylt=AjbNcBBU90Xc8HMXsbX1cnJvTNAF?slug=ys-saberglossary-mlb)

I thought it was pretty good because it provided a league average that could be used for a comparison. Is this all I need to know about this sabermetrics? I assumed this can’t be everything! How did you learn? I figured you would know a book that would explain everything.