Effectively Wild Episode 1173: Actual Stats vs. Actual Scouts

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about two reports citing anonymous sources, Scott Boras’ boat metaphor, “Memento Mori” as a motivational tool, a John Jaso update, and a Patreon plug, then bring on the FanGraphs prospect team (Kiley McDaniel, Eric Longenhagen, and Chris Mitchell) to talk prospect-ranking philosophies, scouting-the-stat-line successes, how record home run rates affect scouting, the Ronald Acuna consensus and the Brendan McKay controversy, and the 10 biggest disagreements between FanGraphs’ stats-based and scouting-based prospect lists. Audio intro: John Frusciante, "The Will to Death" Audio interstitial: The Tragically Hip, "Inevitability of Death" Audio outro: The Kinks, "Till Death Us Do Part" Link to “reminders of death” study Link to Fernando Perez John Jaso tweet Link to scouting-based top 100 prospects list Link to stats-based top 100 prospects list Link to Effectively Wild Wiki Link to Effectively Wild Wiki crowdsourcing sign-up sheet Link to SABR Analytics Awards voting page  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source