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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Best performances of 2008

By Tangotiger, 10:21 AM

Sky gives us his list.  It is probably closest to how I would have done it.  Personally, I would have included Chone’s and the Fans Scouting Report for fielding.  It looks like the “Off” column is a combination of offense and replacement level, with offense including park adjustments.  Here’s what might be better:
Hit Run Park League Repl Pos Fld

This way, if someone disagrees with the Park valuation, he can easily change that, without throwing everything out.  As it stands, it’s not readily apparent what the park adjustment is for Holliday or Mauer.  How much did Beltran get for his running game?  Don’t like it?  Change that part, leave the rest as-is.

Also, I’m not sure if the Off uses the correct run value for the out.  Since Sky is a regular here, I’ll presume he did it right.

Those nitpicky things aside, a great presentation, and an excellent series overall.

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