RESEARCH: Sustainability of dollar value
By Patrick Davitt
@Patrickdavitt
November 30th, 2012 1:04am
Introduction
One of the arguments that arose in our recent series on “The Prospect Myth” was that trading prospects for “established players” was no sure thing, because there are likewise no guarantees projecting value from past record—even at the MLB level.
This seemed like a legitimate critique, so we decided to examine just how “projectable” a player’s value is based on his past performance.
Method
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