I receive a lot of emails asking for a date and I don’t have a set date when the issues will be out. I’m still working on both issues and since I’m retired, I started setting up the draft guide written pages before I even started the card ratings. I’ve never had the time to work both issues at once. It will most likely be the usual times for sending out both issues.
I believe that my new projections for the e ratings and overthrow T ratings for the catcher’s worked out well.
No changes planned to the Card Ratings issue contents. I have switched to two pages for each team. Hitters on one side, pitchers on the other. It allowed me to use the 10 font for easier reading. There are so many low inning pitchers that I was having to reduce the font for every team. I find it easier to use than last year’s issue when just a few teams needed two pages.
For the Draft Guide: There are 301 carded SOM players that didn’t get a card last year. That’s my rookie list. I have added the pitcher’s fielding into my ranking formula. The pitcher’s fielding will add between 0-1.9 chances to the on-base number and it is a constant for each pitcher. Every pitcher is now a C bunter so I have removed that column from some of my excel lists. I have added two pages for the designated hitters like I do for all the other positions. I have changed the pages with the top relievers vs LHB and RHB a little. I split off the great balanced relievers and just listed the true hard lefties/backwards righties vs LHB, and the true hard righties/backwards lefties vs RHB. Those great balanced relievers are atop the main reliever list and the closer list, they didn’t need to be here too, so this gives you a look at a few more guys who can help.
Current top ten rookies in draft order: Rutschman, JRod, Harris, Strider, Witt, Henderson, Carroll, Hunter Greene, Cruz and Moreno. I modified my entire list after all of the trades and signings.