A lot was expected of Randal Grichuk for the 2019 season. After a slow start in 2018, he generated a 140 wRC+ in the second half of that campaign. In 2019, he started slowly but never really bounced back. Report Card time!
Grading system
I constructed my own grading method. It is a combination of a standard grade system and the 2018 fWAR percentiles for position players; Table 1 shows the grading scheme. The highlights are as follows:
- The data set of fWARs reflects any position player with a minimum of 100 plate appearances and a fWAR that is not negative
- A fWAR that is approximately in the top-third will earn a B
- A grade of C is where roughly the median of the data set
- I arbitrarily decided that any fWAR that is in the 15th or lower percentile receives an F
The evidence
Table 2 contains some data that is relevant for an assessment of Grichuk’s 2019 season.