The Baseball Cube - Player Ratings

[GMinTraining]

The Baseball Cube is a site that rates players and gives stats for all their professional and non professional seasons.  The ratings gauge how a player performed based on each league played in and not his overall ability.  I found it fun to look up our Twins players and analyze which player rated better in which areas.  Some had major highs and some had major lows and some were steady as they come.  Based on the Cube - I had a better idea of what type of players I would keep to finalize my 25 / 40 man rosters for 2017.  Team winning percentage was an important rating for me, because I want to restore a winning attitude moving forward.  Find out which ratings are most important for you (individually and collectively).

 

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=miguel-sano

 

Type in players name in search engine.  Once player page pops up - Look for ACTIVE TALENT RATINGS below  players name.  

 

For what it's worth - A team full of Kepler's would be real nice, but not realistic.  So how do you surround those Kepler's and Polanco's you might be able to find?  

[GMinTraining]

THE BASEBALL CUBE RATINGS

(100 = Top Rating)

Not their potential, but what they've earned at each level of their lives.

 

MIGUEL SANO RATINGS

Speed - 54

Power - 99

Contact - 18

XBH - 95

RBI - 94

Runs - 74

Hitting - 72

Durability - 65

Team Winning % - .535

 

MAX KEPLER RATINGS
Speed - 59
Power - 73
Contact - 73
XBH - 76
RBI - 82
Runs - 64
Hitting - 71
Durability - 69
Team Winning % - .560

 

KENNYS VARGAS RATINGS
Speed - 19
Power - 81
Contact - 35
XBH - 65
RBI - 84
Runs - 44
Hitting - 72
Durability - 53
Team Winning % - .522

 

EDDIE ROSARIO RATINGS
Speed - 70
Power - 73
Contact - 54
XBH - 67
RBI - 71
Runs - 77
Hitting - 64
Durability - 62
Team Winning % - .535

 

JORGE POLANCO RATINGS
Speed - 65
Power - 52
Contact - 81
XBH - 48
RBI - 62
Runs - 56
Hitting - 78
Durability - 62
Team Winning % - .531

 

BYRON BUXTON RATINGS
Speed - 88
Power - 76
Contact - 33
XBH - 70
RBI - 59
Runs - 88
Hitting - 59
Durability - 48
Team Winning % - .556

 

DANIEL PALKA RATINGS
Speed - 62
Power - 97
Contact - 25
XBH - 93
RBI - 93
Runs - 73
Hitting - 74
Durability - 93
Team Winning % - .541

 

ADAM BRETT WALKER RATINGS
Speed - 69
Power - 97
Contact - 17
XBH - 90
RBI - 96
Runs - 85
Hitting - 58
Durability - 96
Team Winning % - .560

 

BRIAN DOZIER RATINGS - Veteran
Speed - 72
Power - 64
Contact - 71
XBH - 65
RBI - 57
Runs - 66
Hitting - 60
Durability - 84
Team Winning % - .535

 

JOE MAUER RATINGS - Veteran
Speed - 45
Power - 52
Contact - 80
XBH - 43
RBI - 67
Runs - 35
Hitting - 87
Durability - 60
Team Winning % - .501

 

It is interesting to see what each skill set rating actually contributes to that players overall winning percentage throughout the years.  It also shows how fragile our players have been over the years of their baseball lives (durability).  Despite the lows in their various ratings, many have still contributed at high levels in other rating areas. This is why the Mauer's and Dozier's were able to remain All Stars during their careers.  They had a skill set that was visibly better than most at their positions.  The question remains - How does the new GM piece this talent together to make a winning product on the field.  How does / can it collectively work?  

[beckmt]

Would love to see the current major league staffs pitcher rankings.  That would tell the whole tale. Would also love to see this by year with the emphasis of checking on 2016

[markos]

 

It also shows how fragile our players have been over the years of their baseball lives (durability).   

The durability stat doesn't pass the sniff test for actual durability (avoiding injuries). Polanco hasn't been on the DL in 3 years, but has a low durability mark. Their durability methodology is a little funky...

 

"Number of games a player has played compared to the numbers of games his team played. For pitchers, uses a formula that compares number of games pitched versus number of expected games pitched if pitched for a full season with this team. Bench players may not appear to be durable."

[GMinTraining]

 

The durability stat doesn't pass the sniff test for actual durability (avoiding injuries). Polanco hasn't been on the DL in 3 years, but has a low durability mark. Their durability methodology is a little funky...

 

"Number of games a player has played compared to the numbers of games his team played. For pitchers, uses a formula that compares number of games pitched versus number of expected games pitched if pitched for a full season with this team. Bench players may not appear to be durable."

I can see your point.  It does include seasons outside of MiLB and MLB as well.  Maybe some had injuries prior to pro ball as well.  I don't know, but can see your point as well.  Not many of those guys were bench players in their career though.

[markos]

 

I can see your point.  It does include seasons outside of MiLB and MLB as well.  Maybe some had injuries prior to pro ball as well.  I don't know, but can see your point as well.  Not many of those guys were bench players in their career though.

My guess is that this metric is suffering either from some kind of double-counting - ex. Polanco's "number of games his team played" includes the MLB and AAA games, or from counting the games from the highest level - ex. Polanco, who ended 2015 at AA in early September, might have had a game total of 162 because he spent a limited amount of time in the majors.

[Thrylos]

There is another set of number for Sano there, that sheds light to how much one should believe the rest:

 

He is listed as: 6-3 / 195

[GMinTraining]

 

There is another set of number for Sano there, that sheds light to how much one should believe the rest:

 

He is listed as: 6-3 / 195

That can be said for the MiLB website as well.  Sano was listed at that weight (190 lbs.) up until last year.  

 

 

[GMinTraining]

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/about/talent.asp

 

The Key for Baseball Cube Ratings