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By: Troy Patterson

Why would a graph of players playing in the league and not accounting for playing time give you an idea of a freely available player who is not playing right now? Your assumption here is saying that...

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By: Martin Monkman

J.C., you have identified all of the market distortions in MLB valuation, which clearly perturbs efforts to model what “correct” valuation should be. But I think your definition of “talent” is too...

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By: Ben

Looking at Martin’s charts, it looks like the “talent level” is based on an exponential curve distribution, not anything resembling a normal distribution. In that case, the 30-way division of the minor...

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By: JC

Martin, I address why cumulative distributions are not appropriate for measuring available replacement-level talent in any one season in the comments of my previous post.

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By: Ryan M

Have you read the seminal articles on the topic of dollar valuation and replacement level? I’m not talking the stuff from five years ago. The earlier things by Pappas and Silver basically anticipate...

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By: Colin Wyers

I think this misses the mark on two points. As for why we need replacement level, you did a pretty good job of spelling out the point yourself: I think this misses the mark on two points (well, I will...

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By: Martin Monkman

J.C., you said “cumulative distributions are not appropriate for measuring available replacement-level talent in any one season”. Point taken — but rhetorically, what is the appropriate length of time?...

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By: LarryM

As I said in the last thread, I have soeme sympathy with what you are trying to do here, but I think your dogmatism on the point is misplaced. Part of the problem is the difference between economic...

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By: Martin Monkman

I thought I’d take a look at the ERA distribution of all active pitchers in 2009, not just the 100+ BFP. My summary is that the <100 BFP group are worse (and the difference is statistically...

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By: LarryM

Another point: unless I’m misreading you, you seem to advocate a method of player valuation comparing players to average players. Yet you also argue that there is a scarcity of major league players at...

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