Misuse of Wang to Predict Organizational Rankings?

by crawdaddy on Jan 22, 2010 3:56 PM EST

I was emailed dougdirt's post the other day and it made me think of something. If there was such a great disparity between Wang's evaluation for pitching and positional prospects, why are no progressive teams putting most of their amateur money in positional prospects and going later after pitching prospects?

I think the answer is the cost efficiency of free agent pitching. I think it is less efficient to sign a pitcher to a free agent contract than a hitter. This is not really a new concept as it has been part of Baltimore's strategy for a few years now.

Anyway, here is my short writeup on it if you are interest:

http://camdendepot.blogspot.com/2010/01/cost-efficiency-of-pitchers-and-hitters.html

It would be interesting to see if anyone could develop a more comprehensive study.

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whenever i listen to my wang

i always end up regretting it.

by son.of.sourman on Jan 22, 2010 4:40 PM EST reply actions

Haha

It has an air of middle school humor but it definitely made me laugh.

by jfish26101 on Jan 22, 2010 4:48 PM EST up reply actions

I think organizations are willing to accept losses in the hopes of finding a Brett Anderson for instance. 6 years of a controlled Sp with that type of talent is a very powerful thought. I think people questioning why people spend so much on HS players is the same type of idea but it’s easy to fall in love with the idea of what some of those players could become.

by jfish26101 on Jan 22, 2010 4:51 PM EST reply actions

Pitching depth is more important I think than top-end talent.

Because it’s so hard to stock a rotation via FA, you need a lot of talent to keep it cheap.

by rglass44 on Jan 22, 2010 4:57 PM EST reply actions

When I misuse my Wang to predict rankings,

it usually involves too much rosterbation.

Shawn Spencer: "I’m receiving a transmission from your husband. Really more of a voicemail, if I'm being honest. A status update. Perhaps a twitter."
Burton Guster: "I believe it’s called a tweet."
Shawn Spencer: "There’s no way I’m saying that."

by PaulThomas on Jan 22, 2010 5:42 PM EST reply actions