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Park-Adjusted wRC+ Rankings

This is pretty straightforward after my last post, so I won't spend too much time. I went through the International (AAA) and Eastern League (AA) rankings for all players with at least 350 plate appearances and adjusted the wRC+ numbers according to their park factors and sorted them from best to worst.

Here's the top 10 park-adjusted wRC+ for the International League. Numbers on the left are their non-adjusted wRC+ rankings. Numbers in parentheses are the prospect ranking in their team's farm system per MLB.com.

wRC+ Rk Name Team Age PA BABIP wOBA wRC+ PF wRC+ PF wRC Rk
4 Kevin Kramer Pirates (6) 24 527 0.392 0.378 141 149 1
2 Danny Jansen Blue Jays (3) 23 360 0.292 0.386 146 145 2
5 Christin Stewart Tigers (6) 24 522 0.296 0.373 138 143 3
6 Jordan Luplow Indians 24 357 0.336 0.367 134 142 4
1 Mitch Walding Phillies 25 472 0.375 0.387 147 140 5
3 Joey Meneses Phillies 26 536 0.358 0.381 143 135 6
8 Mike Yastrzemski Orioles 27 374 0.320 0.356 126 135 7
10 Gabriel Guerrero Reds 24 432 0.342 0.352 123 130 8
7 Yandy Diaz Indians 26 426 0.360 0.364 132 130 9
20 Pablo Reyes Pirates (10) 24 398 0.338 0.344 118 126 10

Note: I used FanGraphs' numbers for Pirates players, since those have been updated for 2019.

Here are the same rankings for the Eastern League.

wRC+ Rk Name Team Age PA BABIP wOBA wRC+ PF wRC+ PF wRC Rk
2 Levi Michael Mets 27 447 0.379 0.389 143 148 1
1 Cavan Biggio Blue Jays (9) 23 563 0.307 0.393 145 146 2
2 Corban Joseph Orioles 29 523 0.311 0.390 143 140 3
11 Connor Marabell Indians 24 377 0.325 0.364 126 139 4
8 Ke'Bryan Hayes Pirates (1) 21 508 0.344 0.369 129 137 5
10 Bryan Reynolds Pirates (9) 23 383 0.362 0.368 128 136 6
5 Jonathan Davis Blue Jays 26 358 0.345 0.376 134 136 7
4 Drew Ward Nationals (29) 23 380 0.330 0.378 135 135 8
5 Josh Ockimey Red Sox (10) 22 376 0.339 0.376 134 135 9
15 Andrew Calica Indians 24 501 0.356 0.358 122 135 10

Big shoutout to Ke'Bryan Hayes, who FanGraphs has as the Pirates' top prospect.

Not surprising, but a lot of the players who rank highly in wRC+ but aren't ranked in their teams farm system are older players. Marabell for the Indians seems like one of the few exceptions. I'm interested to see if he makes FanGraphs' list for 2019 Indian prospects.

In case you're curious, here's how some of the other Pirates prospects ranked among qualifiers. First AAA:

wRC+ Rk Name Team Age PA BABIP wOBA wRC+ PF wRC+ PF wRC Rk
23 Kevin Newman Pirates (6) 24 477 0.333 0.338 114 122 13

And AA:

wRC+ Rk Name Team Age PA BABIP wOBA wRC+ PF wRC+ PF wRC Rk
28 Will Craig Pirates (16) 23 549 0.288 0.341 110 119 19
38 Jordan George Pirates (AA) 25 392 0.293 0.327 101 109 33
42 Logan Hill Pirates (Unranked) 25 444 0.293 0.322 98 106 36
46 Stephen Alemais Pirates (15) 23 463 0.326 0.319 96 104 39
48 Cole Tucker Pirates (5) 21 589 0.310 0.315 93 102 42

That's it for today. I've found some park-adjusted pitching numbers, so I'll probably run through the Pirates pitching prospects with those before moving on to Minor League WAR estimates.

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