Version 2.1 Upgrade Issues
We’re currently resolving some issues related to the new back end changes at MLC. The big issue is that our old links do not work. While this was a seamless move on our test bed, our hosting has some...
View ArticleStats Updating Again
Stats were not updated the last couple days because our hosting company banned us from accessing the site. The issue has been resolved and we are updating once again.
View ArticleIntroducing Yesterday’s Best
The 10 best hitting and pitch performances from last night can now be found at our new Yesterday’s Best page. Since we want to focus on prospects here at Minor League Central, only players that are in...
View ArticleThe 2011 June Draft First Round: Then and Now, Picks 1-10
It’s now been over a year since the 2011 June draft, which means two things: we now have a large enough sample size to judge the progress of these draftees, and everyone on this list can now be traded....
View ArticleThe 2011 June Draft First Round: Then and Now, Picks 11-20
We continue this series with picks 11-20. Here the draft strategies vary depending on each franchise’s current roster and patience tolerance. You’ll see some teams use this part of the draft to pick up...
View ArticleThe 2011 June Draft First Round: Then and Now, Picks 21-33
The last article in this series will look at picks 21-33. These picks should be your low-floor/high-ceiling lottery tickets. These should be the 6’4″ pitchers who throw hard, or who teams think they...
View ArticleThe 2011 June Draft First Round: Then and Now, Redux
As a final recap to the 2011 June Draft First Round review series, I’m going to redraft the first round and give fans a better idea of who should have gone where with the assistance of one year of...
View ArticlePre-Free Agency Extensions and You, NL West
We all know the debate. The reward of signing that super-prospect long term early in their careers versus the risk of said prospect becoming Lastings Milledge. We all want an Evan Longoria on our team,...
View ArticlePre-Free Agency Extensions and You, NL Central
In Part I of this series, I reviewed pre-free agency extension candidates in the National League Western division. I took a look at potential contract extensions for Wade Miley, Wilin Rosario, Clayton...
View ArticlePre-Free Agency Extensions and You, NL East
We wrap up the pre-free agency extension candidates discussion with players from the National League Eastern division. So far we’ve looked at extensions for Wade Miley, Wilin Rosario, Clayton Kershaw,...
View ArticleRedefining ‘Number One Starter’
I have a problem with the term ‘Number One starter’. In fact, have a problem with numbering starters at all. The problem arises when trying to compare pitchers from different teams. Just because Roy...
View ArticleDatabase Bugs Fixed/Future Development
We’ve released a database update that should fix a lot of long standing bugs that caused stats to be off by a few PA. There was a bug in our game parser that caused rescheduled games to be missed. All...
View Article2013 Updates
Minor League Central numbers will begin being updated at the start of the 2013 minor league season on April 3rd as we prep the database to handle the new data. Thanks for your patience.
View Article2013 Updates Ready, wOBA, And More
After a lot of behind the scenes work Minor League Central is now ready for updates for the 2013 season and will be updated daily. Thank you for your patience while we get things set up. Due to some...
View ArticleQualified Filter Added To Leaderboards
We’ve made a minor upgrade to our leaderboards. There is now the “qualified” check box next to the minimum plate appearances/innings pitched filter. The qualified checkbox means only players that can...
View Article4/8/13 Update Issues
2013 updates aren’t quite in the state we’d like them to be in yet, and it looks like some games got double counted yesterday. We’ll work to have this resolved before we update tomorrow.
View ArticlewOBA FAQ
What is wOBA? wOBA is an offensive stat that seeks to fix some of the flaws in OPS. OPS is a good measure of offense but it has some flaws such as treating a point of on base percentage as equal to a...
View ArticleVersion 2.3.1.2 Changes
Changes: The report page no longer loads the Diamondbacks by default when you click the “Report” link at the top of the page. This will improve load times for people looking to get a report for non...
View ArticleVersion 2.3.2 Changes. TTO%, BABIP Minus Popups
New Stats BABIP-IFB It’s mostly true that pitchers have little control over their balls in play, so if a pitcher is too far from the league average BABIP his performance is likely going to regress to...
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