Comments on: Hot or Not: Hitters http://www.futureredbirds.net/2012/04/18/hot-or-not-hitters/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Fri, 17 May 2013 00:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jeff http://www.futureredbirds.net/2012/04/18/hot-or-not-hitters/comment-page-1/#comment-63879 Jeff Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:08:33 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=8941#comment-63879 No, I don’t believe we can.

]]> By: Tackle Box http://www.futureredbirds.net/2012/04/18/hot-or-not-hitters/comment-page-1/#comment-63865 Tackle Box Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:48:57 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=8941#comment-63865 Yeah, I remember that site. It was one of those things were if you just went by to look at it, you ended up spending at minimum an hour there.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.futureredbirds.net/2012/04/18/hot-or-not-hitters/comment-page-1/#comment-63837 Aaron Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:29:23 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=8941#comment-63837 One of my best sleeper calls ever, I think. I’m pretty proud of that one.

]]> By: Hottie http://www.futureredbirds.net/2012/04/18/hot-or-not-hitters/comment-page-1/#comment-63827 Hottie Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:39:15 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=8941#comment-63827 I was a 9.7 on that site. I give myself a solid 7.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://www.futureredbirds.net/2012/04/18/hot-or-not-hitters/comment-page-1/#comment-63794 Andy Beard Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:04:33 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=8941#comment-63794 I was wondering today… has there been any research about when numbers begin to “stabilize” for minor league players? For example, Fangraphs’ library says that hitters’ contact rate, strikeout rate, and walk rate “stabilize” at 100, 150, 200 PAs respectively (Link: http://www.fangraphs.com/library/index.php/principles/sample-size/). So… does this same principle hold true for minor league players? We can’t assume that… can we?

]]> By: Jeff http://www.futureredbirds.net/2012/04/18/hot-or-not-hitters/comment-page-1/#comment-63787 Jeff Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:01:22 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=8941#comment-63787 I don’t know if anyone remembers the Hot or not website from back in the day, but that’s what I was attempting to reference.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.futureredbirds.net/2012/04/18/hot-or-not-hitters/comment-page-1/#comment-63786 Jeff Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:00:43 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=8941#comment-63786 Second base! O_o

]]> By: lboros http://www.futureredbirds.net/2012/04/18/hot-or-not-hitters/comment-page-1/#comment-63777 lboros Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:39:27 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=8941#comment-63777 also in the “hot” category —- former StL farmhand Alex Castellanos, who is featured in Kevin Goldstein’s blog today:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16520

Castellanos was barely on the prospect radar heading into the 2011 season, but he was in the midst of a breakout year at Double-A Springfield, batting .319/.379/.562 in 93 games, which made him a key component in the deal to acquire Rafael Furcal from the Dodgers. He kept on hitting after the trade, and while Albuquerque certainly helps his numbers, a .364/.462/.745 line after 13 games is impressive anywhere, and more importantly, his return to second base from the outfield has been a surprising success with scouts seeing him as potentially average there.

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