by James Vlietstra
January 3, 2022
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Background: I have sifted through the numbers to determine who the best offensive players have been in Major League history by using runs produced, total bases, walks, hit by pitches, net stolen bases, grounding into double plays, and sacrifices to determine the most productive players per at bat.
I call this new formula The V-Rating.
Way back in high school math class I learned about algebra. The numerator is divided by the denominator. The formula used for determining a player’s V-Rating includes runs produced plus total bases plus net stolen bases plus walks plus hit-by-pitch minus grounded-into-double plays divided by plate appearances minus sacrifices.
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Here is the complete collection of articles on V-Ratings.
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This article, today, lists the Yankees’ farm system most productive offensive players from 2022.
Many of the top players are from the DSL. This could be deceiving, as the competition is not as polished as it is stateside. However, these are all names that you should become familiar with.
Several of the Yankees top prospects got off to very slow starts. This brings their overall numbers down. The following numbers are their V-Rating from June 1 to the end of their minor league season:
Orlando Cabrera 1.231
Austin Wells 1.042
Jasson Dominguez 1.038
Anthony Volpe 0.963
Oswald Peraza 0.962
Everson Pereira 0.961
It’s possible that we see all six of these players in the Majors later this summer as they are all in the upper levels of the system.
The V-Rating is traditionally a good predictor of future success. The fact that they each turned their season around so drastically indicates that if they get off to a good start, they will be able to sustain it.
Overall Yankees 2022 MiLB V-Rating Leaders
1. Edinson Duran 1.188
2. Keiner Delgado 1.072
3. Felix Negueis 1.067
4. Agustin Ramirez 1.016
5. Abrahan Ramirez 1.014
6. Juan Matheus 1.00
7. Nelson Medina 1.00
8. Jesus Rodriguez 0.974
9. Spencer Jones 0.972
10. Jared Serna 0.941
11. Enmanuel Tejeda 0.931
12. Oliver Dunn 0.927
13. Omar Martinez 0.884
14. Andres Chaparro 0.88
15. Luis Ogando 0.876
16. Austin Wells 0.875
17. Michael Beltre 0.871
18. Christopher Familia 0.846
19. Aaron Palensky 0.846
20. Jasson Dominguez 0.844
21. Dayro Perez 0.844
22. Oswaldo Cabrera 0.833
23. Derek Dietrich 0.829
24. Ryan LaMarre 0.827
25. Santiago Gomez 0.826
26. Blake Perkins 0.823
27. Kelvin Espino 0.822
28. Anthony Volpe 0.821
29. Estevan Florial 0.819
30. Everson Pereira 0.805
31. Brenny Escanio 0.799
32. Armando Alvarez 0.799
33. Miguel Andujar 0.797
34. Grant Richardson 0.797
35. Manuel Palencia 0.793
36. Dairy Arias 0.79
37. Roderick Arias 0.786
38. Fidel Montero 0.778
39. Ronald Guzman 0.778
40. Elijah Dunham 0.778
41. David Beckles 0.773
42. Johan Contreras 0.77
43. Trey Sweeney 0.769
44. Willy Montero 0.769
45. Anthony Garcia 0.768
46. Oswald Peraza 0.768
47. Anthony Seigler 0.76
48. Johan Ferreira 0.758
49. Cooper Bowman 0.755
50. Ben Rice 0.751
51. Juan Sanchez 0.75
52. Tyler Hardman 0.745
53. Mickey Gasper 0.742
54. Ben Cowles 0.742
55. Diomedes Hernandez 0.732
56. Eric Wagaman 0.709
57. Jake Bauers 0.709
58. TJ Rumfield 0.705
59. Jesus Bastidas 0.67
60. Ronny Rojas 0.695
