Grading the Twins Through the Season's First Half

[Linus]

30 minutes ago, bean5302 said:

There was a statistical analysis, but data is always growing and teams are continually looking for a market advantage.

https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-statistical-mirage-of-clutch-hitting/

That’s the one. Thanks for the link. What made me think of it is that Buck has relatively few RBIs and is being labeled as no good in the clutch by some. Yet he had an OPS of 976 last with RISP. Interesting stuff

[mnfireman]

3 hours ago, Brandon said:

If this is on offense the 1B is off.  Should be a B or B-. 

I agree with Authors assessment of a B for SP due to overcoming all those injuries and being at least average 

RP can quibble over D and F.  We did find 2 relievers Morris and Gomez and Banda was on a long roll of great pitching for almost 2 months before getting hurt.  But the rest of the pen is awful.  We should have at least two more relievers that have value.  Rogers is flopping., Orza is near 5.00 that is not the value I'm talking about.  No one else is doing good either 

Probably better go look at some statistics concerning 1B. According to Fan Graphs, the Twins are near the bottom in advanced metrics and middle of the pack (at best) by standard stats.

[Saxophone Joe]

I think we’re all thinking the same thing going into NY this weekend with the Yankees desperate having lost seven straight…😬

[Brandon]

1 hour ago, bean5302 said:

Take it up with Fangraphs and fWAR

0-6 A
7-12 B
13-18 C
19-24 D
25-30 F

You separated defense and gave that an F.  Though Clemens has been good defensively he has also hit and Lewis has been good since moving to 1B offensively.  Bell and Cartini played some 1B but I doubt they played enough to knock the score down to an F.

[Brandon]

25 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Probably better go look at some statistics concerning 1B. According to Fan Graphs, the Twins are near the bottom in advanced metrics and middle of the pack (at best) by standard stats.

The numbers are probably dragged down by Cartini and Bell playing at 1B.  They didn't hit.  Defense shouldn't be included here since it was graded separately.  Why double grade defense?