tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post3624752417872487345..comments2024-01-06T02:22:33.000-05:00Comments on Camden Depot: Cost Efficiency of Pitchers and Hitters in the Free MarketJon Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03521809778977098687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-35040144333309447472010-01-22T14:19:49.515-05:002010-01-22T14:19:49.515-05:00List definitely passes the smell test.List definitely passes the smell test.Nick J Falerishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12413352719310759010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-23415732553720760542010-01-22T13:14:48.180-05:002010-01-22T13:14:48.180-05:00Daniel Moroz posted a comment on this article from...Daniel Moroz posted a comment on this article from his website: http://camdencrazies.com/2010/01/22/valuing-prospects/<br /><br />It is a long comment, but really the point to be made here is the contention of whether or not pitching is overvalued on the free agent market (in other words, pitchers are far less likely to live up to their contracts than positional players). Moroz comments that he thinks including relievers into this grouping is not appropriate as he thinks fangraphs does not properly calculate WAR for them (which is arguable because replacement level for a bullpen pitcher is not the same as replacement level for a starting 1B in terms of how it is calculated).<br /><br />Anyway, I removed the relievers and it is still a significant difference (P CE rises to 0.12WAR/MM from 0.092WAR/MM). As I mentioned this is a small data set, so a more robust system should be evaluated. I don't think though that relievers are what is making this appear to be a misvaluation of pitching prospects in general.Jon Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03521809778977098687noreply@blogger.com