Struggling with Draft Tracker rankings

aspero  3/25/2013 8:27 PM

I am either really confused by the pre-draft rankings or something is wring (maybe on my end).  I am in a standard 5x5 10 team league.  I am looking at the draft tracker's rankings based on my league settings and, out of the top 200 players, I have 18 non-closer relievers.  I understand that some of them have some value like Kenley Jansen, but this seems WAY out of whack.  I do notice that, at least according to the grid, it is only displaying games and not innings; is the program weighting (expected) innings pitched?

Just to arbitrarily pick a name, I guess I struggle with Koji Uehara being ranked at 92 ahead of Huston Street, Mariano Rivera, Joe Nathan, Mat Latos, Jon Lester, and Raffy Betancourt (and the list goes on). 

Am I missing something?  Am I using the Draft Tracker wrong?

Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	Name		My	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
	10	91	-0.02	0.00	Morse, Mike				SEA	OF	139		0.65	0.59	-1.13	-0.90	0.67
	10	92	-0.02	0.00	Uehara, Koji				BOS	RP	58							-1.00	-0.52	1.01	1.57	-1.18
	10	93	-0.03	0.00	Nathan, Joe				TEX	RP	62							-1.41	1.66	0.34	0.52	-1.24
	10	94	-0.03	0.00	Latos, Mat				CIN	SP	31							0.88	-0.65	-0.68	-0.52	0.82
	10	95	-0.03	0.00	Freeman, Freddie				ATL	1B	154		0.56	0.65	-0.99	-0.17	-0.22
	10	96	-0.03	0.00	Phillips, Brandon				CIN	2B	147		-0.27	-0.33	0.06	0.43	-0.05
	10	97	-0.04	0.00	Betancourt, Rafael				COL	RP	62							-1.42	1.64	0.31	0.67	-1.38
	10	98	-0.04	0.00	Street, Huston				SD	RP	60							-1.44	1.59	0.44	0.56	-1.33
	10	99	-0.04	0.00	Willingham, Josh				MIN	DH/OF	146		1.45	0.91	-0.95	-0.07	-1.52
	10	100	-0.04	0.00	Ortiz, David				BOS	DH	115		0.42	0.25	-1.14	-0.16	0.41
Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	Name		My	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
	11	101	-0.05	0.00	Rivera, Mariano				NYY	RP	58							-1.48	1.53	0.61	0.61	-1.50
	11	102	-0.05	0.00	Janssen, Casey				TOR	RP	62							-1.39	1.44	0.48	0.60	-1.37
	11	103	-0.06	0.00	Halladay, Roy				PHI	SP	29							0.35	-0.65	-0.87	0.34	0.52
	11	104	-0.09	0.00	Molina, Yadier				STL	C	136		-0.45	0.31	-0.51	-1.15	1.36
	11	105	-0.09	0.00	Lester, Jon				BOS	SP	32							0.98	-0.65	-0.63	-1.06	0.90
	11	106	-0.09	0.00	Kipnis, Jason				CLE	2B	156		-0.64	-0.19	1.26	0.07	-0.96
	11	107	-0.10	0.00	Johnson, Josh				TOR	SP	29							0.52	-0.65	-0.18	-0.64	0.47
	11	108	-0.10	0.00	Cabrera, Asdrubal				CLE	SS	154		0.02	-0.05	-0.18	0.36	-0.64
	11	109	-0.10	0.00	Robertson, David				NYY	RP	69							-0.89	-0.27	1.15	0.43	-0.91
	11	110	-0.11	0.00	Headley, Chase				SD	3B	136		-0.11	-0.42	0.00	-0.22	0.23

liam4  3/25/2013 9:04 PM

There is a discussion in the "General Discussion" forum; see Matt Buser's response.  http://baseballmonster.com/MessageTopic.aspx?topic=18

You're using the tracker right, it's just not necessarily meant to be used to rank relief pitchers.   For me, I used the values to rank the pitchers for all those with 30+ projected saves, skipping over the middle relievers.  Though I did use the value on Kenley Jansen to justify to myself to pick him up as well, despite the lack of saves.

mbuser   3/25/2013 11:58 PM

Yes, check out that thread that was posted. You see the z-scores, they reflect the expected contributions in each category and that's how the ranks are calculated. And IP is always a factor in ERA/WHIP calculations. Check the Player Rankings (actuals) for last season and you'll see a similar amount of MR finished in the top 200. For display options, click "Stats" and you'll see the projected stats for players, as well, and not just z-scores.