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9 months

Latest Down on the Farm article is out! @Drew_Haugen explores batted-ball spray angle and how it can inform a player's approach at the plate. Free and unlocked for everyone to read! 🔥⬇️

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2 years

Hesitant to post this on Twitter because I know the nuance will be lost, but I think it's worth sharing. Here's each club's drafted WAR relative to the expected value of their pick position from 2010-2019. Cutoff is 2019 to avoid penalizing recently high picking clubs...

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Here is a look at drafted WAR by all organizations since 2010. Astros in the lead by quite a bit. The Angels, Tigers, and Yankees have accumulated the least amount of value through the draft. Angels are not last as I previously Tweeted, but they are pretty close to last

Down on the Farm

@downonthefarm12

2 years

I've been spending some time looking at historical draft results. Something I didn't realize was just how little value the Angels have gotten out of the draft since taking Trout in 2009. Since 2010 they've acquired the least value from the draft by far. They are in last by a lot!

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Let's try this one more time...here is drafted WAR since 2015 for each organization. Apologize for the earlier tweet that was incorrect, there was a bug in my code. Astros in the clear lead driven by Bregman, Tucker, Pena, Straw. Rockies at the bottom with just Rodgers, Lawrence

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For the second year in a row the Rays’ affiliates finished with the best organizational winning percentage (.593). It was a tough season for the White Sox, Royals, and A’s affiliates, which didn’t have a single club finish above .500 this year

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All MLB farm systems -- wRC+ by xFIP. You want to be in the lower right quadrant - where the Twins, Cubs, and Yankees are located. The best offensive club (wRC+) has been the Dodgers, the worst has been the Phillies. The Braves have the lowest xFIP, while the A's have the highest

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This is obviously not the only way to judge a club's farm system, but good players tend to win games. Here's a look at winning% by organization for Low-A through Triple-A this season. The Rays, Dodgers, and Cubs have the highest winning percentage. The Royals have the lowest

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2 years

Thanks to @enosarris for sharing his Stuff+ data. Here is a look at starting pitcher Stuff+ distributions for all MLB clubs. The rank of the box-plots are ordered by a weighted average of Stuff+ grades. Brewers, Yankees, Astros on top, Rockies, Rangers, Cardinals at the bottom

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There is a strong chance I am the only person who thinks this is interesting, but I guess we'll find out 🤷‍♂️ I wanted to see which organizations had the youngest and oldest players in their farm system (A ➡️ AAA). The Guardians have the youngest group by quite a bit

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Here is a look at organizational winning percentage -- Low-A through Triple-A. The Rays minor league affiliates have won 59.6% of their games this season. This comes after last season, when they won 65% of the games they played. The Royals have the lowest winning percentage

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Some people have been retweeting this plot we made last year, so I thought I would update it to reflect the end of 2022 season and current season. These are WAR totals for all players the organization drafted, but not necessarily ones that they developed

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I'll just continue...since 2015 the schools with the most players to reach the big leagues: 1) Florida - 15 2) Virginia - 13 3) Clemson - 10 4) Louisville - 10 5) Vanderbilt - 10

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A few people have asked for this table without MLB records included. Some things to keep in mind: It's only been a month, things change quickly, minor league affiliate win-loss record is not necessarily indicative of organizational talent or the quality of the farm system

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2 years

Rays’ affiliates won three league titles and had a combined regular season record of 322-221 (.593). The season and plot is now complete @DurhamBulls

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Now that April is behind us, let's look at the winning percentages for all organizations across all levels. No surprise, the Dodgers are leading the way and the A's are in dead last, only winning 37% of their games across all levels

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Here is a look at organizational winning percentage this season. Always an important caveat: Minor league affiliate win-loss record is not necessarily indicative of organizational talent or the quality of the farm system. But, if you have talent, you tend to win more ballgames 🤷🏻

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2 years

Pete Crow-Armstrong can FLY!

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8 months

@EliBenPorat Never thought I’d say this because I’m as firm a believer in statistics and a data-driven approach as anyone, but did you WATCH Ichiro play baseball?

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@downonthefarm12

1 year

The end of the MiLB season is getting closer and closer. Here is a look at the 2023 organizational standings through 8/17

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@downonthefarm12

2 years

30 seconds of Matt Mervis homers from the 2022 season to celebrate his Fall Stars game MVP yesterday @mmervis12

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@downonthefarm12

2 years

Here is a look at R&D size and MLB winning percentage. Evaluating the size of R&D groups is an increasingly difficult task, as analysts, data engineers, and developers have gradually been integrated into all baseball departments. Here we used data from club websites in early '22

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2 years

In today's newsletter: A conversation with @drewsaylor19 on the Royals hitting philosophy, Vinnie Pasquantino, Nick Pratto, Michael Massey and more... #TogetherRoyal Free & unlocked for all to read!

Down on the Farm - 7/21/22

A conversation with Drew Saylor on the Royals hitting philosophy, Vinnie Pasquantino, Nick Pratto, Michael Massey and more...

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@kateefeldman Yes, on top of that they should be ashamed of their general performance calling the game

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2 years

Kyle Harrison (SF) walked 4 and struck out 8 today for AA Richmond. Here are all his swinging strikes...

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@downonthefarm12

2 years

The Rockies, who made zero trades at the deadline, also have the fewest trades since the start of the 2017 season. I thought the Mariners and Jerry Dipoto would top this list, but it's the Rays. They've executed 121 trades since 2017

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2 years

Walker Powell (CHC, AA) on the bump for the Smokies tonight. Powell has a 2.94 ERA in 29 games this season. This is his 5th start

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@downonthefarm12

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I've been spending some time looking at historical draft results. Something I didn't realize was just how little value the Angels have gotten out of the draft since taking Trout in 2009. Since 2010 they've acquired the least value from the draft by far. They are in last by a lot!

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@downonthefarm12

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Here is a look at Stuff+ for MLB starters by relievers for each club. Rockies are removed because Stuff+ is not adjusted for altitude and they are really, really low for both ⬇️🔥

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Here is a look at the rest of 2023 season projected WAR (Steamer) acquired at the trade deadline. A clear look at the buyers and sellers this year ⬇️

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2 years

Below are swing rates by organization (AA + AAA). There is a fairly noticeable difference between the orgs at the top and the bottom. For example, HOU swing percentage is just 43%, while MIA is 49%

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@downonthefarm12

8 months

Stop giving billionaires public money

Hayes Gardner

@HayesGardner

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Maryland state Treasurer Dereck Davis: “If John [Angelos] can hear me now, it’s deeply disappointing and troubling that you could look your state in the eye and outright lie to us about your intentions."

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Here is a look at hitters in the Cubs farm system by wRC+. They've have a strong offensive season across their system, led by prospects like Pete Crow-Armstrong, Kevin Alcantara, Kevin Made, and James Triantos #ItsDifferentHere

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Tomorrow's newsletter will feature an interview with Royals hitting coordinator Drew Saylor. We talked about a few of their young hitters, but here is a look at all hitters in the Royals system by wRC+ (minimum 80 plate appearances) #TogetherRoyal

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@downonthefarm12

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More than 50% of that value for the Astros is from Springer, Correa, and Bregman. It helps to draft near the top for a few years, but you also can't make mistakes when you pick towards the top

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2 years

The Nationals finished the 2022 season with the 5th worst run differential (-252) since 2012. The Dodgers had the best run differential (+334). Here is a look at every club over the past 10 seasons

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2 years

The Seattle Mariners traded RF Frankie Tostado to Washington Nationals. Tostado, 24, slashed .284 / .330 / .459 (113 wRC+) across 375 Double-A plate appearances last season

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@downonthefarm12

2 years

Today's newsletter is out ➡️ Prospect spotlight on Carter Jensen of the Royals

Down on the Farm - 7/26/22

Prospect spotlight on Carter Jensen of the Royals

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@downonthefarm12

2 years

There are still some free agents available, but here is a look at both MLB and MiLB signings for each club during the 2022-2023 offseason

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1 year

The top minor league winning percentage amongst all organizations will likely go down to the wire this season. The Rays won by a large margin in 2022 and still have a chance to finish on top this year 💪. It's been a brutal year for White Sox, Royals, A's, and Nats fans 😕

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Bretty Baty had a huge month. He slashed .365/.435/.688 (201 wRC+) with 8 homers and 7 doubles. He finished the month with a 20% strikeout rate and 8% walk rate. Baty had 13 multi-hit games #LGM

Mike Mayer

@mikemayer22

2 years

Mets third base prospect Brett Baty has been named the July MiLB Player of the Month for the Double-A Eastern League. Baty hit. 365/.435/.688 and led the league in home runs (eight) and RBI (27).

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Top pitching prospect performances (8/17): Kyle Harrison (21) - SF (AA) 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 10 K 🔥 Hunter Brown (23) - HOU (AAA) 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 K, 2 BB 💪 Ken Waldichuk (24) - OAK (AAA) 5.1 IP, 2 ER, 6 K, 1 BB 👍 Jack Leiter (22) - TEX (AA) 4 IP, 2 ER, 7 K, 2 BB 👌

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Minor league leaders in wRC+ (qualified players): 1) Niko Kavadas (BOS, A, A+) - 196 2) Kyle Manzardo (TB, A+) - 181 3) Vaun Brown (SF, A, A+) - 176 4) Kerry Carpenter (DET, AA, AAA) - 169 5) Gunnar Henderson (BAL, AA, AAA) - 165 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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@downonthefarm12

2 years

Minor League games pick back up today for the first time in nearly a week. Here is a look at organizational wRC+ rankings so far this season. Dodgers and Rockies are the top offensive clubs, Phillies and Angels are at the bottom. Keep in mind these numbers aren't park adjusted 🏟

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2 years

Here's a look at win total distributions for big league clubs from 2010-2022, sorted by winning%. The length of the bar gives you a sense of the extremes for each organization. The Cardinals have been remarkably consistent. The Padres and Rockies have been consistently bad.

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@downonthefarm12

2 years

Triston Casas (BOS) slow motion swing #DirtyWater

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2 years

34 pitchers had a K-rate above 30% this season (Min. 100 IP). Only 6 pitchers finished with a K-rate above 30% and a BB-rate below 6% — Brandon Pfaadt (ARI), Brant Hurter (DET), Tanner Bibee (CLE), Wilmer Flores (DET), Jack Leftwich (CLE), and Brent Headrick (MIN) 🔥

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2 years

Here is a look at total wins across all full-season levels (A, A+, AA, AAA, MLB) in 2022. The Dodgers and Rays tied for the most overall wins with 408. The lowest win total belonged to the A's

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@downonthefarm12

5 months

Through yesterday's games, here is a look at organizational winning percentage including the big league club. Any surprises here?

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@downonthefarm12

2 years

PSA: I know everyone steals everything on Twitter, but consider retweeting instead of copying and pasting 🤷‍♂️

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@downonthefarm12

2 years

Thanks to @enosarris for sharing his STUFF+ grades for the PCL. Here is a quick look at STUFF+ at an organizational level. Keep in mind that STUFF+ is scaled so that 100 is MLB average. To read more, please check out my post:

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An early look at MLB run differential. Rays = great pitching, great hitting. A's = poor pitching, poor hitting. You want your team in the top right quadrant

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2 years

First attempt at building a visual template for displaying percentile rankings for MiLB players. Here is a look Cardinals' prospect Tink Hence's (RHP) percentile rankings in the Florida State League in 2022

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Building pitching models at the Minor League Level, @Drew_Haugen takes a look at Triple-A pitch quality at both the player and team level 🔥⬇️

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@downonthefarm12

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Wyatt Mills RHR has bounced between Tacoma (AAA) and Seattle this year. In 16 AAA games he has a 1.83 (3.95 FIP). Mills was a 3rd round pick out of Gonzaga in 2017. William Fleming RHP, an 11th round pick last year out of Wake Forest, has a 4.92 ERA (5.14 FIP) in 14 starts (LowA)

Kansas City Royals

@Royals

2 years

We have acquired RHPs Wyatt Mills and William Fleming from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for INF Carlos Santana and cash considerations. Mills has been added to the 40-man roster and will be optioned to Omaha (AAA), Fleming will be assigned to Quad Cities (High A).

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5 months

Learn to Build Baseball Visualizations. A re-post to highlight some of our baseball coding tutorials ⬇️📊📈

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2 years

Vinnie Pasquantino keeps raking. He's now hitting .304/.395/.679 with 15 homers across 200 plate appearances

MLB Pipeline

@MLBPipeline

2 years

Three straight games with a homer for Vinnie Pasquantino! The No. 4 @Royals prospect cranked his 15th roundtripper of the year for the @OMAStormChasers :

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2 years

Sal Frelick (MIL) smokes one up the middle

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2 years

In today's newsletter we talked with Driveline founder Kyle Boddy ( @drivelinebases ). Here's what he had to say about hitting development and what Nolan Arenado wanted when he came to Driveline. You can read the full conversation here:

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2 years

Royals newly acquired RHP Beck Way (23) - KC (A+) went 6 innings today, giving up 3 runs on 3 hits. The 23-year-old walked 2 and struck out 7 batters. Way got 14 swing and misses on 81 pitches #TogetherRoyal

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A few people have said that all STL value they acquired through the draft was traded away, but that's not really true. While they did trade some international talent, the've kept most of their drafted talent... Edman - 14.4 Bader - 13 (85% with STL) DeJong - 10.6 Carlson - 5.5

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This is random but something I noticed, the 2016 draft has an incredible amount of later round picks who have become extremely valuable big leaguers: Shane Bieber - pick 122 - 20 WAR Corbin Burnes - pick 111 - 16 WAR Tommy Edman - pick 196 - 14 WAR Sean Murphy - pick 83 - 15 WAR

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2 years

What prospects have potentially changed their approach this year? Here's a look at the hitters with the biggest changes in their swing rate between 2021-2022. One that stands out is Ezequiel Tovar (COL) who has dropped his swing rate by nearly 10%

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2 years

Jackson Chourio (18) is now hitting .302 / .356 / .573 with 20 home runs this year. He's slashing .252 / .320 / .514 (125 wRC+) in 125 plate appearances since being promoted to High-A

Brewers Player Development

@BrewersPD

2 years

Yawn … 4 homers in a 5-game stretch for Jackson Chourio 🤷‍♂️ He’s got 6 in his last 11 games #ThisIsMyCrew

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Incredibly stupid to not feature the #FuturesGame and have it widely accessible. Maybe it's a good idea to showcase the next group of star players in the game 🤷‍♂️

keithlaw

@keithlaw

2 years

I agree. But it’s also now streaming on a service most people don’t have so 🤷‍♂️

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@enosarris Papierski's 90th percentile exit velo is 98 mph with a steep angle. Plate discipline is above average (chase is 24%) and makes a lot of contact, it will be interesting to watch him after going to SF

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Through 4/23, here is a look at organizational winning percentage, Low-A through Triple-A. The Brewers have the highest winning percentage at nearly 63%, while the Angels have the worst, winning only 35% of their games

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2 years

In today's post we walk through how to get minor league play-by-play data using R. This will be part 1 in a multi-part series. Check it out ⬇️

How To: Getting Minor League Play-by-Play Data, Part I

Step one in obtaining minor league play-by-play data using R

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We're currently working on our annual list of the top available Minor League Free Agents -- that post will drop on Thursday, but here is an early look at the list of position players sorted by OPS. Some may have already signed (re-signed) - drop it in replies if so! @BenLindbergh

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From today's newsletter: "Brett Baty (22) - NYM (AA) continues to dominate in Double-A. Yesterday he was 2 for 3 with a home run and two walks. He’s hitting .312 / .406 / .544 with 19 homers this year and seems more than ready for Triple-A."

Down on the Farm - 8/8/22

Corbin Carroll (ARI) stays hot, Matthew Liberatore (STL) strikes out 10, Colton Cowser (BAL) and Connor Norby (BAL) collect 4 hits a piece, Brett Baty (NYM) continues to dominate in Double-A

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Mike Mayer

@mikemayer22

2 years

Mets are promoting third base prospect Brett Baty and pitching prospect José Butto to Triple-A Syracuse. Baty has a .950 OPS, 19 home runs, and 59 RBIs in Double-A this year. Butto has a 4.00 ERA and 10.5 K/9 innings for Double-A Binghamton.

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The South Bend Cubs win the Midwest League title, beating Lake County 2 games to 1. They were 34-32 in the 1st half, but won the MWL Western Division in the 2nd half w/ a 39-26 record. After joining South Bend on 6/1, Pete Crow-Armstrong slashed .287/.333/.498 (126 wRC+) @SBCubs

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@mikemayer22 I had this teed up for something else, so I'll just drop here :)

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Today we took a deeper look at Cubs' prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong 📈

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Messing around with some plots...here is swing rate by called-strike rate for MLB hitters. It's fairly obvious there is a strong association between swing rate and called strike rate. It's still always interesting to see who is on the edges of these plots --Juan Soto, of course

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Stuff+ and PitchingBot models mostly agree in 2023. A few pitchers where there is a discrepancy? Adam Wainwright, Aaron Civale, Cristopher Sánchez, Luis Castillo, to name a few

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Joshua Baez (STL) had the two hardest hit balls-in-play yesterday. He went 3 for 5 with two home runs, both off the bat at 109 mph 🔥

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And how about the Padres Esteury Ruiz (AAA) -- 22 for his last 48 (.458 / .527 / .750) with 4 homers. 4 walks and 12 Ks over that span

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Perhaps under the radar a bit, but the Brewers Noah Campbell (AA) has been highly impressive this year. This month he's 21-53 (.396 / .508 / .679) while walking (17%) nearly as much as he is striking out (18%). That's a wRC+ of 211! #ThisIsMyCrew

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@downonthefarm12

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Wyatt Mills has a very unique delivery with an extremely low release point. Here is a piece I wrote on estimating release points in the PCL - Mills was among the lowest in the PCL

Kansas City Royals

@Royals

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We have acquired RHPs Wyatt Mills and William Fleming from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for INF Carlos Santana and cash considerations. Mills has been added to the 40-man roster and will be optioned to Omaha (AAA), Fleming will be assigned to Quad Cities (High A).

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What a day at the plate for Drew Waters (KC) -- he went 3-3 with two walks and a homer off Jacob deGrom 💯. Waters was acquired by the Royals last month from the Braves in exchange for the 35th pick in the 2022 MLB draft #TogetherRoyal

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A few notable hitting performances today (5/18): Tristan Gray (26), - (AAA) TB - 2-3, 2 HR, BB, K Aaron Schunk (24), - (AA) COL - 3-3, HR, 2B, BB Adley Rutschman (24), C - (AAA) BAL - 2-4, HR, BB Cody Morissette (22), 3B - (A+) MIA - 2-4 HR, 2B

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@beloitskycarp Cody Morissette with another strong game tonight, 2-4 with 2 doubles and a walk. After a slow start to the season, he's slashed .265/.393/.571 with 3 home runs and 6 doubles in May

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In today's newsletter, I talk with Brewers hitting coordinator @BDel_Chiaro . Among the many topics we discussed -- setting up a game-like training environment, Jackson Chourio's strike zone discipline, Sal Frelick, and the role of the hitting coordinator

Down on the Farm - 6/21/22

A conversation with Brewers hitting coordinator Brenton Del Chiaro, C.J. Abrams (SD) and Dom Smith (NYM) recalled, Jeter Downs (BOS) gets his first big league call-up, big night for Oneil Cruz (PIT)

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@EvanDrellich Is there a second part to this statement? Seems like he should provide his evidence for rejecting the promise, right?

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Welcome Drew Haugen ( @Drew_Haugen ), who is making his first post here at Down on the Farm! Drew dives into some work he's been doing looking at swing decisions ⬇️

Introducing Swing Decision Run Value

Drew Haugen makes his Down on the Farm debut with a new hitting metric!

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Top pitching prospect performances yesterday (7/29): Kyle Harrison (20) - SF (AA) 3 IP, 0 ER, 5 K, 3 BB 👌🏼 Mick Abel (20) - PHI (A+)6 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 10 K, 2 BB 🔥 Griff McGarry (23, AA), 4 IP, 0 ER, 7 K, 4 BB, 2 HBP Hunter Brown (23) - HOU (AAA) 4.2 IP, 1 ER, 5 K, 2 BB 💪

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The pitch clock reduced MiLB game times from 2021 -> 2022 by 21 minutes, on average. It's worth noting though that the smallest reductions happened at the highest levels. The average AAA game time was reduced by 17 minutes, but High-A saw a change of 29 minutes. Thoughts?

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I know the season is not over, but looking at win total distributions for the past 10 years and it's interesting to see how much of an outlier 2023 has been for historically successful clubs like the Cardinals and Yankees. Rockies & Angels standout for their consistent mediocrity

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What hitter would have benefited most from bat speed training this year? In today's post we try to answer that question, check it out ⬇️🔥

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2 years

Here is a look at the number of prospects on the @fangraphs pre-season top 100 list for each club over the past 6 years. This was inspired by a visual @tdylf created several years ago using the Baseball America top 100. The Orioles & Rangers had the most this year with 6 each

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2 years

Most MiLB teams have played more than 40 games at this point, so let's take a look at the organizational rankings by win-loss record. Here are all 30 organizations, ranked by total wins. The Cubs, Dodgers, and Brewers are on top so far:

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Today's post is free and unlocked! We sat down with Driveline founder Kyle Boddy ( @drivelinebases ) to talk about player development, the restructuring of the minor leagues, the role of the pitching coordinator and more...

Down on the Farm - 8/4/22

Driveline founder Kyle Boddy talks about player development, Tyler Osik (CWS) hits for the cycle, Noelvi Marte (CIN) hits a pair of homers, Francisco Álvarez (NYM) swats his 22nd homer of the year

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Time for Double-A?

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Mets two-way prospect Nolan McLean has three hits tonight for High-A Brooklyn, including a double and his 4th homer. As hitter: 1.000 OPS As pitcher: 2.84 ERA

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Today we explored this year's minor league free agent class. Who's this year's Joey Meneses? The post is free and unlocked for all ⬇️

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Best records in the minor leagues: @Pelicanbaseball (Cubs - A) - 40-17 @ChasRiverDogs (Rays - A) 40-17 @IronBirds (Orioles - A+) 38-18 @GoYardGoats (Rockies - AA) 38-19 @FresnoGrizzlies (Rockies - A+) 38-19

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Top prospect performances yesterday (8/5): Gunnar Henderson (21) - BAL (AAA) 2-4, HR, 2B 📈 James Wood (19) - WSH (A) 4-6, HR, SB 🔥 Luis Campusano (23) - SD (AAA) 3-3, HR, 2B, 2 BB 💯 Luis Matos (20) - SF (A+) 2-4, HR 💪 Sal Frelick (22) - MIL (AAA) 2-4, 📈

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Notable performers last night, 4/6: Mark Vientos (23) - NYM (AAA) 3-3, HR, BB 💣 Junior Caminero (19) - TB (A+) 5-6, HR 🔥 Keyber Rodriguez (22) - TEX (A+) 3-4, 2 2B 💪 Sal Frelick (22) - MIL (AAA) 4-7, 2B, SB 📈

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What makes a launch angle good? Contextualizing batted-ball profiles by understanding the relationship between batter launch angle and exit velocity 🔥⚾️⬇️ @Drew_Haugen

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This is certainly something organizations struggle with, especially ones that aren't confident in their ability to unlock certain skills in players. It's a symptom of poor processes and decision making. I've seen it firsthand.

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Exploring the minor league free agent list, a look at which minor league free agents could make an impact in 2024. Free and unlocked ⬇️🔥