An eighth-round pick out of the University of Central Oklahoma, LHP Holden Capps has quietly been posting some very good performances for Class-A Lexington. Coming off of a high school career that saw him make the All-District, All-Area, and All-State teams for Lawton High School in 2013, Capps began his collegiate career with Redlands Community […]
Day: July 24, 2018
The bleak reality of the Royals offense
Last month at the mothership, Rob Mains published a pair of articles comparing three of the more accepted advanced offensive metrics. TAv is what we use here at Baseball Prospectus. OPS+ is found on Baseball Reference. And wRC+ is located at Fangraphs. Mains ran the numbers and found that, despite some fundamental differences in how […]
Diamonds in the Rough 7-23-18
HR Roll Call: Gabriel Cancel (8), Meibrys Viloria (5), Jose Caraballo (3) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Meibrys Viloria 4-5, 2R, HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Nolan Watson 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 3-7 GO-FO, 77p/48k Lexington Legends 7, Asheville Tourists 5 The […]