muethibp
10-30-2007, 11:30 AM
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-value-production-standings-2005-2007/
Hardball Times has endeavored to track the major league production of a team's farm system, whether the MLB player makes the big club where he came up or with a different team. It generally uses win shares produced for former team farmhands and adds them up. For example, the Reds get credit for Kearns since he came up with the Reds but earned his win shares elsewhere in 2007. On the other hand, the 2007 Reds get no credit for Hamilton or Phillips.
The Reds finished last in the NL Central for each of 2005-2007 reaching a particularly strong level of putridity in 2007; in 2007 Reds farmhands, for both the Reds and other teams, produced the lowest amount of win shares in the three year study. In fact, looking back over the previous years, it would appear the Reds in 2007 had the lowest non-expansion team total in at least the last 14 years (and it's not particularly even close).
Hardball Times has endeavored to track the major league production of a team's farm system, whether the MLB player makes the big club where he came up or with a different team. It generally uses win shares produced for former team farmhands and adds them up. For example, the Reds get credit for Kearns since he came up with the Reds but earned his win shares elsewhere in 2007. On the other hand, the 2007 Reds get no credit for Hamilton or Phillips.
The Reds finished last in the NL Central for each of 2005-2007 reaching a particularly strong level of putridity in 2007; in 2007 Reds farmhands, for both the Reds and other teams, produced the lowest amount of win shares in the three year study. In fact, looking back over the previous years, it would appear the Reds in 2007 had the lowest non-expansion team total in at least the last 14 years (and it's not particularly even close).