Professional Baseball Case Study

A Pacific Coast League (PCL) All-Star for the Fresno Grizzlies this summer, Hoyt easily leads the league with 28 saves (nine more than the next-best player in the league). His 1.62 ERA is the second-best in the PCL among pitchers who have at least 50 innings of work.

What is interesting is that this year he is outperforming based on performance against hitters when runs are in scoring position. He’s faced 54 batters in that situation and he’s allowed 8 walks (2 intentional), 4 home runs and caused 7 strikeouts. This is pretty awful because pitchers that give up more walks than strikeouts usually struggle and giving up a home run every ten batters on average is awful. He’s allowed seventeen fly balls and given up four home runs for an HR/FB of 23.5%. Simply put, those numbers are dreadful. Two of the remaining thirty-five batters have hit doubles which is pretty reasonable and shows that hitters aren’t struggling to hit for power against him when runners are in scoring position. The area where Miggy has excelled is that he’s only allowed one single with runners in scoring position. That’s absolutely incredible and

In the 4-0 victory over Frederick, Giolito ended the game with three walks, seven strikeouts in seven innings, and 52 strikes from 84 pitches. This performance brings Gilito's ERA down to 3.08.

Jorge Posada has seen and been through it all, he has seen the best and worst of the team and as well put a career that might not pop out to your face as maybe the others of the Core Four. But if you look deeper, you would realize that Jorge Posada is more than ready to become the first of the Core Four and as well the 18th catcher to be enshrined in Cooperstown, New

The St. Louis Cardinals is a baseball team that is well-known around the world. They are also widely known to be spectacular in their leadoff batting in recent years. For every team, the top of the lineup is where the best all-around hitter is placed, and every year there is a battle for that spot. To be the best all-around hitter, a player has to have an outstanding On Base Percentage (OBP), Batting Average (BA), and On Base Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS). Two players that the Cardinals typically choose to bat leadoff are Matt Carpenter and Kolten Wong. Kolten Wong can hold his own in the Major Leagues, however, Matt Carpenter is the definite choice when it comes to leadoff batting.

After all, corner outfield positions are associated with power hitting…power hitters who don’t have to play defense all that well to justify a spot in the lineup. By contrast, Revere is a 27-year-old outfielder listed at 5’9” and 170 lbs on the Phillies website (so consider him slightly less in both regards) who has a reputation of being a slap-hitting speedster with a weak outfield arm. That reputation is justifiable, as Revere has a career ISO of .053 and 3 home runs in over 2,400 plate appearances. However, if one only looks at the paltry power numbers, the bigger picture is being missed. That bigger picture is that Ben Revere is a league average hitter in 2015 who has contributed 1.9 wins above replacement in approximately half a year’s worth of plate appearances.

has only played 1st base. 1,127.1 innings played and has 4 errors in 2015. Still

In a season full of “pinstriped” ups and downs, Beltran has become the one constant in a less than stellar lineup. After Monday nights heroics, Beltran now stands at third on the club in batting average (.288), first in home runs (14), and first in RBI’s with 36; as well as leading the Bombers in categories such as games played, total bases, hits, doubles, slugging percentage and OPS. Not too shabby for a guy that looked like his best days were behind him,

Early enrollee Cesar Ruiz is in the system early and getting acclimated to the collegiate level. A 2-year starter at IMG, Ruiz faced some of the best competition in the nation. Ruiz can play center or guard, and could contribute similarly to Bredeson last season at the left guard position.

Unfortunately, the injury set back Tomlin's progression, but he is making strides and trending upward. Since returning from the disabled list last year, he has recorded a quiet 7-2 record in 10 starts. Tomlin has found a rhythm and his silent success has continued into this season.

record 51 saves in 53 chances last season to go along with a 2.23 earned-run-average and 0.926 WHIP. Reuter forecasts an overall weakening of the bullpen if the 30-year-old from Wheat Ridge,

Shelby Miller's performance today was what we expected from him after the blockbuster trade brought him over in the off-season. His fastball was explosive, touching 97mph and his curveball had depth, getting a couple swings and misses on the night. The Nationals never truly threatened until the bottom of the 5th, when they

Mike Leake is a more inexpensive option for teams looking for a good middle of the rotation pitcher. The Royals, Yankees, Dodgers and Blue Jays will be in the running for Leake's services.

Mlb pitchers can pitch 100 mph, but for teens its harder than that. They don’t have the strength and power for that. They probably don’t have the right coaches for that either. nick Anglin creates his own pitching machine, so there will be perfect strikes. That is great for practice and experience. They can't just throw strikes and fast pitches every time like the major league.

The free agent (http://camdendepot.blogspot.com/2014/12/free-agents-will-break-your-heart.html) market (http://camdendepot.blogspot.com/2014/12/team-controlled-players-have-seen-paycut.html) has never been a good place for baseball teams to find talent. Back in 2014, I wrote an article discussing how the free agent market will break your heart because of the high bust rate of even top free agents. Since that article, it seems that things have gotten worse.