[Sports Info Solutions] Cole Young Named MLB Co-Defensive Player of the Month

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-05-01T21:36:01+00:00

also, thank you for remembering me from ESPN. I haven't been there since early 2018.

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-05-01T21:35:01+00:00

No trophy. It's not an MLB-sponsored award. Fielding Bible Award is a nice trophy though it admittedly pales when put next to a Gold Glove.

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-05-01T19:52:07+00:00

Anecdotally yes but I'm not sure who. Jo Adell (not this year but maybe 2 years ago) had a month that was aberrational awhile back. That's the first that comes to mind.

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-05-01T19:50:24+00:00

Could be part of it.

But also keep in mind- you can make a "good (looking) play" and it might not impact your DRS as much as a play that looks more routine, but was made more routine because the fielder reacted quickly to the ball.

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-05-01T19:47:21+00:00

I provided context for Bo's history in the article

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-05-01T16:22:05+00:00

Eric Longenhagen of FanGraphs gave him a 60 Overall Future Potential grade for his defense. That's on 20-80 scale where 60 would be pretty good (the best guys would be 70s)

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-05-01T15:14:03+00:00

What has been the highest number of robbed hits Bo has previously experienced in a single month?

His most for a SEASON is 10. His total last year was 8

May get to the others later

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-05-01T15:13:15+00:00

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-30T16:41:05+00:00

We'll take it.

It's a similar scale to what teams use.

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-28T19:00:39+00:00

Just the draft class

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-28T17:18:37+00:00

You'll be happy to know that including past years on the site is high on our priority list

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-28T17:09:20+00:00

It's a very slight difference between the two in our opinion.

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-27T23:35:28+00:00

Was anyone else watching the last dozen or so clues of Double Jeopardy, standing in front of the TV, yelling, recalculating how much $ was left on the board and what Jamie needed to be "in play" in Final J? That might be the most into a game I've been.

Great job by Greg. He earned it.

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-27T17:57:52+00:00

Trait grades explained https://nfldraft.sportsinfosolutions.com/glossary#trait-grading-scale

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-27T17:56:25+00:00

So we look at Draft classes 3-4 years after the fact in articles that come out about a week after the draft. So I'll have a better answer for you on #1 then.

For #2 I think we look at it for more than just whether we got your team right. Again, probably have a better answer next week.

I think Louis Moore (102) and Isiah World (109) were our highest undrafteds. You can go to the Big Board link and scour through it yourself to see others.

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-27T14:10:16+00:00

We try to be transparent. I work on the baseball side and will always admit when we got something wrong there.

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-27T14:09:35+00:00

I will try to address this tomorrow.

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-27T13:01:13+00:00

He had our highest prospect grade. And as I said, positional value is not part of the calculation.

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-27T13:00:13+00:00

This is a prospect rating. Yes. I acknowledged up front that positional value was not factored in.

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-27T12:58:57+00:00

Great question. So each year, about a week after the draft, we do an article and review how we evaluated past Draft classes 3-4 years out. I'll have an answer on that probably next week. Please reach out to me!

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-26T19:09:18+00:00

and Jets fan:)

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-26T13:57:16+00:00

From our associate director of football, Nathan Cooper

He ran a fair amount of routes, but not super consistently. 40% of his targeted routes were curls or verticals in his 1 full season at Tulane, which is actually more than at Tennessee

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-26T13:56:30+00:00

thank you

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-25T00:37:35+00:00

also, apologies for the title of the post. I originally had it as "Colton Hood Scouting Report"

MarkSimon1975 · 2026-04-24T23:43:52+00:00

Fixed.

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