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Navin R Johnson

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The guide to sustainable farming - ESPN
« on: February 20, 2014, 09:53:11 am »
Interesting article on the Angels trying to fix the leagues worst Minor League system.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10470778/los-angeles-angels-try-anything-fix-worst-franchise-mlb-espn-magazine

Lots of talk about how the Cardinals do things that might lend some insight to the way the Astros are doing things now.

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Re: The guide to sustainable farming - ESPN
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2014, 10:46:25 am »
Thanks for the link.  I enjoyed reading it, but it was inconsistent:  "player development/not scouting/N=1/what works for the individual" and "Brandon Wood was fatally flawed with a hitch-filled loopy swing which is either correctable or impossible to change."  Seems like the second observation contradicts the initial premise: if it turns out that Brandon Wood's swing is impossible to change, the edge will go to the team that identifies that through scouting.

The basic paradigm doesn't change.  Success will accompany teams who properly value which skills win games, who identify those most likely to gain those skills and who best develop those skills.

What is OBS in the quote "Limiting OBS will be one of the main considerations in evaluation of minor league pitching."