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MLB Player Rankings - Performance Lag

"Performance lag" is our unique method of quantifying sleeper potential. The ProRank LAG index reflects the extent to which a player's performance in your scoring categories lags behind it's expected level given his performance in other statistical categories. Rankings based on this lag index are useful for identifying players who have a good chance of putting up better numbers in the near future than they have in the recent past. The LAG index is also useful for locating steady-but-not-spectacular performers who are good end-game picks in a fantasy baseball draft.

The rankings that follow were created for the owner of a 5 x 5 fantasy baseball team prior to the start of the MLB season. Players were ranked on the basis of performance lag in the scoring categories specific to this fantasy league using end-of-year statistics from the prior season. The scoring categories were batting average (BA), runs scored (RUNS), runs batted in (RBI), home runs (HR), and stolen bases (SB). League-specific rotisserie dollar values (R$) and additional diagnostic stats (TOOLS, OPS, EYE) were also provided for each MLB player. The same report contained separate LAG rankings for all other position players, for starting pitchers, and for relief pitchers.

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MLB HITTERS WITH LARGEST PERFORMANCE LAGS (Standard 5 x 5 Rotisserie)

PLAYER        TEAM  LAG   TOOLS  PRORANK   OPS     AB     BA    RBI   RUNS   HR    SB
____________  ____  ____  _____  _______  ______  _____  _____  ____  ____  ____  ____

Michaels      PHI     82     61     -21     .980    109   .330    17    20     5     0
Melhuse       OAK     80     54     -26     .957     77   .299    14    13     5     0
Bonds         SFG     73    142      69    1.271    390   .341    90   111    45     7
Vitiello      MON     73     47     -26     .937     76   .342    13    12     3     0
Bay           PIT     64     40     -24     .944     87   .287    14    15     4     3
Griffey Jr.   CIN     57     42     -15     .919    166   .247    26    34    13     1
Mench         TEX     55     30     -25     .834    125   .320    11    15     2     1
Ross          LAD     54     32     -22     .885    124   .258    18    19    10     0
Ordonez       TAM     49     25     -24     .815    117   .316    22    14     3     0
Pratt         PHI     46     20     -26     .845    125   .272    20    16     4     0
Baerga        ARZ     41     34      -7     .859    207   .343    39    31     4     1
Redman        PIT     41     34      -7     .851    230   .330    19    36     3     7
Stairs        PIT     40     48       8     .944    305   .292    57    49    20     0
McMillon      OAK     39     16     -23     .806    153   .268    26    15     6     0
Piazza        NYM     39     30      -9     .862    234   .286    34    37    11     0
Fullmer       ANA     38     33      -5     .884    206   .306    35    32     9     5
Piatt         TAM     38      9     -29     .739    132   .227    18    11     6     1
Rivera        NYY     37     16     -21     .774    173   .266    26    22     7     0
Flaherty      NYY     37      9     -28     .751    105   .267    14    16     4     0
Hammonds      SFG     36      9     -28     .749    132   .242    13    22     4     1
Sweeney       COL     33      2     -31     .733     97   .258    14    13     2     0
Franco        ATL     33     16     -16     .826    197   .294    31    28     5     0
Mirabelli     BOS     33      8     -24     .752    163   .258    18    23     6     0
Lockhart      SDP     31      0     -31     .744     95   .242     8    18     3     0
Tyner         TAM     31      0     -31     .706     90   .278     6    12     0     2
Stenson       CIN     31      0     -30     .757     81   .247    13    14     3     0
Norton        COL     30     10     -20     .770    179   .263    31    19     6     2
Hall          MIL     29      6     -23     .753    142   .261    20    23     5     1
Rowand        CWS     29      9     -20     .769    157   .287    24    22     6     0
Williams      ARZ     29      1     -29     .730    134   .246    16    17     4     0
Lopez         KCR     29      1     -28     .753     94   .277    11    13     3     2
Hollandswort  FLA     29      6     -23     .741    228   .254    20    32     3     2

[LAG rankings for all other MLB position players and pitchers followed.]