MONDAY MINORS FINAL 7/9 ... M-Braves woes continue

[CJ9]

Pretty much all the good names in the GCL lineup today. Maitan, Gutierrez, Waters, Severino, Encarnacion, Soto.

[Super]

Pretty much all the good names in the GCL lineup today. Maitan, Gutierrez, Waters, Severino, Encarnacion, Soto.

Obviously far away, but that's quite a group to follow.

[UNCBlue012]

I hate tying up a ton of money to one player but with Acuna, Albies, Swanson, Inciarte all cheap and cost controlled, I'd strongly consider making a run at Machado or Donaldson.

I throw a crap-ton at Machado and trade assets for Quintana or Archer.

Quintana
Teheran
Folty
Newcomb
Sims/whoever else lol

Inciarte CF
Swanson SS
Freeman 1B
Machado 3B
Acuna RF
Flowers C
Camargo LF
Pitcher
Albies 2B

Line them up how you want!

[Southcack77]

The $$ is the issue. I wonder how willing they'd be to eat half.

For sure the $.

He's in the middle of LFs and would be in the top half of DH in wRC+ (at least 50 PA at DH). There is some value there, but he's not worth 18-21 million.

[SJ24]

Maitan with a flyout to center.

Waters walks.

Yunior Severino with a line drive base hit. Now batting .419.

[CJ9]

Jean Carlos Encarnacion with an RBI double. Coming into today, he was slashing .415/.442/.610 through 41 at bats with two walks and nine Ks.

[Enscheff]

Is anyone familiar with the process that calculates outfield throw velocities? Never read or heard it explained? Calculated from video or radar guns?

StatCast uses radar to track every ball (including spin rates/axis), and every player, for every play. They literally have all the data required to evaluate everything from batted ball profiles, to pitch velocity and movement, to defensive positioning, to defensive range, to throw velocity and accuracy, to base running efficiency, to who backed up which plays correctly.

It's all there. Right now dozens of software guys are busily writing algorithms to process this data to produce metrics that are useful and illustrative of what players are actually doing on the field for any given play.

MLB teams are in the process of hiring armies of analysts to sift through this data. It's too bad they only pay them $50k per year and rely on the fact that these guys want to be GMs.

I would absolutely love to get my hands on that data set.

[SJ24]

Maitan with a hit to center. Now hitting .437.

[CJ9]

Home run No. 2 for Drew Waters. The box score said the homer was to left, and it was against a RHP so likely an opposite field homer. Saw on Twitter during Saturday's game that one of his doubles was also an opposite field shot off the wall.

[Enscheff]

Home run No. 2 for Drew Waters. The box score said the homer was to left, and it was against a RHP so likely an opposite field homer. Saw on Twitter during Saturday's game that one of his doubles was also an opposite field shot off the wall.

Who was it that was big on this guy before/during the draft?

Was is ZB?

Whoever it was, good call so far!

[Southcack77]

StatCast uses radar to track every ball (including spin rates/axis), and every player, for every play. They literally have all the data required to evaluate everything from batted ball profiles, to pitch velocity and movement, to defensive positioning, to defensive range, to throw velocity and accuracy, to base running efficiency, to who backed up which plays correctly.

It's all there. Right now dozens of software guys are busily writing algorithms to process this data to produce metrics that are useful and illustrative of what players are actually doing on the field for any given play.

MLB teams are in the process of hiring armies of analysts to sift through this data. It's too bad they only pay them $50k per year and rely on the fact that these guys want to be GMs.

I would absolutely love to get my hands on that data set.

I have a hard time picturing the equipment that would measure it and how it would be set up. That would be a neat 8 minute segment for someone to produce. I'd watch.

[Enscheff]

I have a hard time picturing the equipment that would measure it and how it would be set up. That would be a neat 8 minute segment for someone to produce. I'd watch.

Ever seen the things that track golf ball trajectories? Same thing, but on a much larger scale.

[zbhargrove]

Who was it that was big on this guy before/during the draft?

Was is ZB?

Whoever it was, good call so far!

Yeah I was beating the Waters drum. I never thought he'd fall and then I had my doubts we would actually pick him. But he looks great so far.

[Tapate50]

Yeah I was beating the Waters drum. I never thought he'd fall and then I had my doubts we would actually pick him. But he looks great so far.

Internet points awarded

[CJ9]

Maitan breaks the tie with a go-ahead, two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning. He's 2-5 today.

[Garmel]

Only worrisome trait with Waters is contact but so far he's had around 20-25% K rate, which is tolerable.

[nsacpi]

Maitan breaks the tie with a go-ahead, two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning. He's 2-5 today.

kid's in a slump

[SJ24]

Maitan hitting .421 with a 15% K rate.

I'm ready for his first HR.

[Jay212033]

Maitan hitting .421 with a 15% K rate.

I'm ready for his first HR.

I just like the fact that he's making constant hard contact. The power will come, he has one of the prettiest most simple swings I've seen in a while!

Also Go Drew Waters!!! He struggled his 1st couple game but man has he turned it on!

[Super]

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