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Questions for Jason "Professor" Parks

Posted: August 21 12, 2:27 pm
by planet planet
Jason Parks, baseball author and analyst for Baseball Prospectus (writer of the recurring BP column "Prospects Will Break Your Heart") has graciously agreed to answer questions about Cardinals prospects (or MLB prospects at large). Jason also hosts www.texasfarmreview.com and is a host "Up and In: The Baseball Prospectus Podcast". You can find him in Twitterverse under @professorparks.

Listen to a snippet of Jason's thoughts on Oscar Taveras here.

Re: Questions for Kevin Goldstein

Posted: August 21 12, 2:42 pm
by The Third Man
When grading or ranking prospects, what balance do you try to strike between factors such as well-roundedness, floor vs. ceiling, bust potential, etc.? Do you prefer boom-or-bust prospects or those most likely to stick in MLB?

Who are the best prospects you've ever seen? In addition, who had the best individual tools (fastest, most power, best fielder, hardest throwing, best breaking pitches)?

Re: Questions for Kevin Goldstein

Posted: August 21 12, 3:58 pm
by Swirls
Assuming no injuries and daily playing time (either MLB or AAA), how would you address the Cardinals' potential logjam next year in trying to find a spot for Adams and Taveras?

Re: Questions for Kevin Goldstein

Posted: August 21 12, 4:03 pm
by heyzeus
What do you think about innings caps on young pitchers? Is the "x% rule," ie, only increasing a young pitcher's total innings pitched by x percent over the previous year (I believe a lot of teams use 10%), statistically supported?

Re: Questions for Kevin Goldstein

Posted: August 21 12, 4:10 pm
by Fan_In_NY
Is there a disadvantage to developing players to subjecting them to an extreme run (+ or -) environment? Do having organziations having teams in High Desert, Las Vegas, Albuquerque suffer in player development because players get bad habits or have issues overcoming these environments?

Re: Questions for Kevin Goldstein

Posted: August 21 12, 4:11 pm
by Fan_In_NY
If Ben & Jerry's were making a Wierd Baseball Ice Cream flavor, what would be in it?

Re: Questions for Kevin Goldstein

Posted: August 21 12, 9:26 pm
by MrCrowesGarden
Obviously a small sample size, but Michael Wacha seems to be firing on all cylinders right now. Where does he seem to fit among the Cardinals' best prospects? How much (if at all) does his ability to move quickly through the system impact where you place him?

Re: Questions for Kevin Goldstein

Posted: August 22 12, 7:43 am
by heyzeus
Nate Silver has drawn wide acclaim for his 538 blog, where he applies sabermetric principles to predictive analysis of elections. What other areas of life do you think sabermetric type analysis could be or are being applied to change the way we approach a problem?

Re: Questions for Kevin Goldstein

Posted: August 22 12, 8:00 am
by lukethedrifter
heyzeus wrote:Nate Silver has drawn wide acclaim for his 538 blog, where he applies sabermetric principles to predictive analysis of elections. What other areas of life do you think sabermetric type analysis could be or are being applied to change the way we approach a problem?

Do you apply advanced metrics to braised short ribs?

Re: Questions for Kevin Goldstein

Posted: August 22 12, 8:22 am
by JackofDiamonds
lukethedrifter wrote:
heyzeus wrote:Nate Silver has drawn wide acclaim for his 538 blog, where he applies sabermetric principles to predictive analysis of elections. What other areas of life do you think sabermetric type analysis could be or are being applied to change the way we approach a problem?

Do you apply advanced metrics to braised short ribs?
Do you not?