Tommy Hanson’s International League showing was the best pitching performance in the Minors in 2009The International League is the final stop in our series of age-adjusted performance analysis of 19 Minor Leagues, over a period of just more than three weeks. Hopefully you've found the examination informative. For us it's just the beginning, as the Performance Evaluations form the foundation for our prospect analysis, and allow us to move on from here as we produce all of our off-season prospect lists.
A couple of things to remember about our Performance Evaluations: 1) these are not necessarily prospect lists. While it is fair to assume that the best prospects will put up the best performances, these lists focus only on a player’s offensive performance while they were in the league during the 2009 season. They do not consider things like defensive ability, offense vs. required offense for a given position, performance prior to 2009 or projectability. Prospect evaluation is a combination of art and science and this is the science part of that equation. Later in the fall, we will breakdown each team’s ‘prospects’ and rank them in ‘prospect value’ order. 2) What it is, is a comparative statistical look at each players performance, placed in context of their age, their home park, and the league. We rate each player in the five categories that we have found most significant in predicting future Major League performance. The players that rate the highest, have assembled the best ‘Performance’ in these areas. For a more detailed look at the statistics involved you can refer to previous articles on the site (http://baseballnumbers-diamondfutures.blogspot.com/2009/09/do-it-yourself-quantitative-examination.html).
A quick note about the rankings…The total is the weighted numerical value of the combined statistics that we use. It is scaled for the level of play. Typically, a player with a positive score will rank in the top 1% - 2% of all Minor League players. After the total we list the sub-scores in 4 areas of significance. These scores are presented, for ease of understanding, in a typical 20-80 scouting format. They represent how the individual player performed in those areas in relation to THE LEAGUE in question. A score of 50 represents league average. If you have further questions on the methodology, feel free to email me at baseballnumbers@ix.netcom.com.
Top Hitting Performances
Name , Org , POS - Total … Reach Base … Strike Zone Judgement … Power … Speed
1 ) Nolan Reimold , BAL , OF - 1.41 … 79 … 38 … 80 … 59
2 ) Desmond Jennings , TBR , CF - 1.10 … 79 … 71 … 54 … 78
3 ) Michael Brantley , CLE , CF - 0.79 … 73 … 76 … 36 … 80
4 ) Fernando Martinez , NYM , RF - 0.67 … 26 … 54 … 77 … 40
5 ) Jose Tabata , PIT , CF - 0.45 … 54 … 71 … 50 … 47
6 ) Andrew McCutchen , PIT , CF - 0.45 … 59 … 74 … 51 … 69
7 ) Michael Taylor , PHI , LF - 0.32 … 59 … 59 … 73 … 45
8 ) Matt LaPorta , CLE , LF - 0.26 … 61 … 62 … 77 … 33
9 ) Matt Wieters , BAL , C - 0.25 … 73 … 44 … 69 … 32
10 ) Scott Sizemore , DET , 2B - 0.25 … 65 … 61 … 62 … 78
11 ) Andy Marte , CLE , 3B - 0.24 … 45 … 61 … 79 … 47
12 ) Neil Walker , PIT , 3B - 0.07 … 27 … 61 … 76 … 49
13 ) Ian Desmond , WSN , SS - (0.11) … 79 … 59 … 36 … 66
14 ) Matt Joyce , TBR , RF - (0.23) … 60 … 36 … 73 … 68
15 ) Jeff Fiorentino , BAL , RF - (0.23) … 72 … 60 … 69 … 62
16 ) Steve Pearce , PIT , 1B - (0.25) … 62 … 61 … 76 … 34
17 ) Jordan Brown , CLE , LF - (0.28) … 59 … 65 … 72 … 34
18 ) Justin Turner , BAL , 2B - (0.29) … 70 … 77 … 36 … 57
19 ) Chris Heisey , CIN , LF - (0.31) … 32 … 58 … 69 … 62
20 ) Kevin Russo , NYY , 2B - (0.31) … 79 … 65 … 39 … 59
21 ) Austin Jackson , NYY , CF - (0.31) … 70 … 33 … 33 … 80
22 ) Trevor Plouffe , MIN , SS - (0.39) … 41 … 64 … 50 … 35
23 ) Reid Brignac , TBR , SS - (0.47) … 43 … 61 … 49 … 42
24 ) Lou Marson , CLE , C - (0.52) … 74 … 53 … 32 … 48
25 ) Scott Moore , BAL , 3B - (0.58) … 26 … 57 … 78 … 38
26 ) Reegie Corona , NYY , 2B - (0.61) … 25 … 73 … 41 … 54
27 ) Garrett Jones , PIT , RF - (0.62) … 53 … 60 … 74 … 71
28 ) Trevor Crowe , CLE , RF - (0.64) … 79 … 61 … 37 … 63
29 ) Danny Valencia , MIN , 3B - (0.69) … 25 … 70 … 64 … 31
30 ) David Winfree , MIN , RF - (0.69) … 31 … 46 … 67 … 31
Note: Juan Francisco did not accumulate enough ABs to qualify
Top Pitching Performances
Name , ORG , POS - Total … Allow HRs … Control … Dominance … Stamina
1 ) Tommy Hanson , ATL , R - 1.38 … 54 … 66 … 80 … 72
2 ) Jeremy Hellickson , TBR , R - 1.35 … 58 … 65 … 80 … 74
3 ) Kris Medlen , ATL , R - 0.97 … 79 … 64 … 79 … 60
4 ) Chris Tillman , BAL , R - 0.78 … 66 … 64 … 73 … 67
5 ) David Hernandez , BAL , R - 0.72 … 46 … 56 … 80 … 65
6 ) Hector Rondon , CLE , R - 0.34 … 37 … 75 … 59 … 73
7 ) Carlos Carrasco , CLE , R - 0.24 … 36 … 61 … 67 … 72
8 ) Jon Niese , NYM , L - 0.15 … 55 … 62 … 60 … 71
9 ) Luke French , DET , L - 0.14 … 55 … 67 … 64 … 74
10 ) Ian Snell , PIT , R - 0.13 … 79 … 49 … 79 … 73
11 ) Homer Bailey , CIN , R - 0.05 … 35 … 58 … 64 … 74
12 ) Clay Buchholz , BOS , R - (0.17) … 57 … 58 … 68 … 71
13 ) Wade Davis , TBR , R - (0.20) … 48 … 44 … 62 … 70
14 ) Travis Wood , CIN , L - (0.23) … 51 … 53 … 41 … 73
15 ) Ross Detwiler , WSN , L - (0.23) … 70 … 39 … 54 … 63
16 ) Dillon Gee , NYM , R - (0.26) … 39 … 53 … 58 … 67
17 ) Matt Maloney , CIN , L - (0.27) … 54 … 75 … 62 … 75
18 ) Charlie Morton , PIT , R - (0.29) … 70 … 68 … 64 … 75
19 ) Yohan Pino , CLE , R - (0.31) … 54 … 73 … 68 … 75
20 ) Jake Arrieta , BAL , R - (0.38) … 40 … 47 … 54 … 67
21 ) Michael Bowden , BOS , R - (0.45) … 47 … 45 … 45 … 66
22 ) Tyler Clippard , WSN , R - (0.45) … 66 … 42 … 78 … 27
23 ) Collin Balester , WSN , R - (0.45) … 68 … 50 … 36 … 67
24 ) Kevin Mulvey , MIN , R - (0.46) … 52 … 47 … 47 … 73
25 ) Anthony Swarzak , MIN , R - (0.49) … 67 … 64 … 33 … 73
Note: Ian Kennedy, Phil Hughes, Daniel Hudson and Matt Klinker didn’t have enough innings to qualify.
A cumulative listing of all of our, to-date, league evaluations can be found here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/20122682/2009-Top-Performances-by-League
Next Up: Sunday, September 27, 2009 – Performance Evaluation Summary
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