Comments on: Introducing the SONAR Score

By: phuturephillies

phuturephillies — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:01:19 +0000

Hilarious.

This isn’t a “scouting system”….maybe you mis-read.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:45:16 +0000

so, a scouting system that doesn’t take fielding, arm strength, speed, intangibles, or offspeed pitches into account. Sounds like a great idea. )

By: CouchKing

CouchKing — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:04:50 +0000

Looking at Fredddy Galvis’ number at negative 44, I would be disappointed with him as a prospect.

Galvis 19 and was at 2A atthe season’s end, where I read that he was doing okay and not overwhelmed.

So, we have a 19 year old smooth as glass defender at 2A.

Was his season as a hitter so poor early on that his SONAR score was tanked?

I guess that these are a full season’s worth of data. It would be nice to see the SONAR by month for a player to see how they are developing during that campaign.

At the end of the season your SONAR score for August could be much higher than May and your August score reflects your new value to the organization.

The downside to monthly scores is that everyone knows that baseball is a very streaky game. Aplayer could have a great month or a terrible one.

You could also graph a players monthly SONAR scores to see how they are trending, whether one month was just an anomoly of some sort.

By: allentown

allentown — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:16:12 +0000

I think it helps. Teams are less likely to leave the SS hole open.

By: mikeb

mikeb — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:09:10 +0000

if he learns to bunt, the only advantage that would bring is that he would move the 3b who would be playing at ss back towards 3b. there would still be three playing infielders on the left side of the diamond. how often does he hit a grounder to the ss area?