David Appelman is the creator of FanGraphs.

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Matt B.
15 years ago

Yikes, .370 wOBA for Hanley? That seems extremely low…. When did he turn into Brian Roberts?

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Matt H.
15 years ago
Reply to  Matt B.

Yeah, they have pretty much every aspect of his game regressing mightily. I certainly hope this is not the case, I would be very sad.

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Matt B.
15 years ago
Reply to  Matt H.

His career OBP is .379, I haven’t known many players as toolsy as Hanley, who has shown improvement in each facet of his game peak at 24 and significantly regress at 25! Well, I am sure there are a few, but not with Hanley’s pedigree and just recent MLB success….

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Matt B.
15 years ago
Reply to  Matt H.

With a career .379 OBP, that .370 wOBA ‘projection’ just seems like a waste of time, sorry to say…

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BJ
15 years ago
Reply to  Matt H.

HanRam did not produce in the minors, that’s why its lower than you’d think.

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Matt B.
15 years ago
Reply to  Matt H.

No, but he was the Red Sox top prospect according to BA for like 4 years running before he was dealt… Every scout was in awe of him… But you’re right, outside of rookie ball (51 games) he was average in the minors…

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Brian Cartwright
15 years ago
Reply to  Matt B.

Hey, Brian Roberts is 345

The past years weighting is causing the projections to lag a little behind someone like Ramirez who broke out to a very high level, but 370 still has him as the best offensive ss in the majors.
MLE PROJ
2002 18 BOS A- 419 367
2003 19 BOS A 311 331
2004 20 BOS AA 329 327
2005 21 BOS ML 295 314
2006 22 FLO ML 360 333
2007 23 FLO ML 404 357
2008 24 FLO ML 401 370

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Matt B.
15 years ago
Reply to  Brian Cartwright

Yeah, I was referring to Hanley’s projection (.370) vs Brian Roberts 08 wOBA (.369)…

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