Farm System Rankings

by Jeff Zimmerman on Mar 4, 2010 7:00 PM EST

Recently, I published an article using 13 different rankings to get a combination ranking of prospects. From those rankings, I created overall team rankings.

I took the average rank (94) of the lowest ranked player, Junichi Tazawa, to make the baseline value. I added 1 to his average rank (94+1) to give Junichi Tazawa some value. Then I subtracted each prospects averaged ranking from 95 to give each player a point value. The top ranked player, Jason Heyward got the most points while Junichi Tazawa got the least. Finally I added up the totals to get the overall rankings.

With all that work done, here are the organizational rankings:

Rank	Team	Points	Number
1	Rays	399	7
2	Rangers	288	4
3	Indians	256	6
4	Braves	233	4
5	Royals	217	6
6	Red Sox	215	7
7	Giants	206	4
8	Reds	197	4
9	Marlins	196	3
10	Cubs	195	6
11	Orioles	190	4
12	Twins	182	5
13	Nationals	182	3
14	Mets	171	4
15	Padres	171	4
16	Rockies	169	3
17	Blue Jays	169	4
18	Mariners	165	3
19	Athletics	164	3
20	Yankees	144	3
21	Tigers	134	3
22	Brewers	130	3
23	Phillies	115	2
24	Pirates	115	3
25	Dodgers	103	3
26	White Sox	100	3
27	Astros	96	3
28	Diamondbacks	80	2
29	Angels	68	4
30	Cardinals	46	1

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This is Awesome

Great way to do it! Thanks for the hard work.

by mketchen on Mar 5, 2010 10:33 AM EST reply actions

Thanks.

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by Jeff Zimmerman on Mar 5, 2010 11:13 AM EST up reply actions

I know you're looking to convert Goldstein's rankings into something that can be Victor Wang-ized, but how about this cheat:

Simply divide all the hitters from the pitchers, bump all the pitchers down 25-50 spots, and apply a non-linear point system to the hitters that rewards the top 3, 10 and top 25 more?

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by Sky Kalkman on Mar 5, 2010 10:59 AM EST reply actions

Go at it. I have gotten the information I need from the data.

satcheleprice is looking to do the translations, I just offered to help.

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by Jeff Zimmerman on Mar 5, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions

I have the data based on Wangs work for the top 101

I’m figuring how to translate the remaining prospects into letter grades. I could definitely use some suggestions, rather than just going 4-B, 3-C, and figuring out some way to value 2-star guys.

I like baseball.
I write for Beyond the Box Score and The Hardball Times Fantasy

by Satchel Price on Mar 5, 2010 12:35 PM EST via mobile up reply actions