Why I Don’t Trust Rookie-League Numbers
Tuesday, December 4, 2007by Geoff Young
I spent most of Monday piecing together the minor-league chapter for the Ducksnorts 2008 Annual. Mainly I worked on the pitchers -- Mat Latos and a whole lot of strike throwers with minimal upside.
Part of what I'm doing is trying to provide context for individual players. When you look at a stat line, you need to know something about the environment in which it was produced in order to make sense of it.
Comparable Players
To that end, I'm playing around with comparables for key position players in the Padres organization (haven't decided if I'll do the same with pitchers). These have no predictive value but hopefully give some indication of how well a player performed relative to his current league.
For example, Cedric Hunter hit .282/.344/.373 in ...
