They have a new feature for minor leaguers called age differential (age relative to league). They calculate the average age of the league then post if the player is above or below. In 2012 when Carlos Sanchez was called up for a brief appearance in Triple A he was 7.5 years younger than the average Triple A player. Brilliant.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minor ... nche008car

Is that stat more or less important than a pitcher's W-L record?

I didnt realize that was new, thought I had just never noticed.

But yeah that's cool

That is kind of cool, but might be more useful for AA, since AAA is kind of a mishmash of young and old.

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I want to know when they are going to put EAI (expected arm injury) out for pitchers.

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They do it for every league I just used Carlos Sanchez in Triple A because it was such an extreme example. Age relative to league says so much about where a player is in his development it's awesome that they are able to put a number on it.

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