Depth Charts

[RAY@HQ]

We'll be whittling down to 100% throughout the month... in some places more quickly than others, depending on clarity of job battles, etc. Our charge to our team analysts who make those calls is that we expect them to be at exactly 100% per position on the morning of Opening Day. Many will get there sooner, or be at 105-110% at most positions, whereas today it's not hard to find positions where we're at 140% or more. (Periodic reminder: we explain our process for all of this on the Stats & Projections home page.)

[Snider]

Ray - please don’t think I’m expecting close to 100% today. I’m just hoping as we get close to the start of the season - you will get close to that allocation.

[Snider]

Ray - thank you. Another question for you. When would you expect that PT would equal close to 100% for each position including saves and holds? If our draft day is April 2nd, in 3 weeks, would you expect a few days before that to be able to have PT equal close to 100% where applicable. Thank you.

[RAY@HQ]

Yes, we're updating daily. Couple of things to keep in mind, though:

- our guys aren't in front of the computer 24/7. They'll generally make updates in the evenings, but not universally.
- daily projections updates happen in the early mornings.
- in the offseason, we generally wait for transactions to become official before moving a guy. That might mean waiting a couple of days on a physical, etc before the signing is announced as official. We aren't moving guys based on the first Passan tweet.
- for regenerating projections to account for park factor changes, I'll generally be doing that every couple of days, not necessarily daily.

[Snider]

Ray - With free agent signings and trades happening fast, i would expect your depth charts to be updated at least daily. Rodo and Kershaw signed yesterday and they are not reflected in the depth charts for SF or KA OR in the playing time. In addition the other pitchers/players it reflected are not updated either. I rely on your PT and depth charts. Can we be assured that these will update daily as drafts and changes to roster approach quickly?

thank you