Spring Training Hitters Power Poll: Week 2

So as I said last week, the reason I was starting these polls was so that I could tweak the formula if I needed to before the regular season began, and that's exactly what has happened this week. The more data I accumulated, the more obvious it started to become that I was weighting at bats a bit too much.

As a result, guys having springs like Dayan Viciedo were ranked a lot higher than a lot others who were performing much better. So I made an adjustment and I think the new formula does a better job of representing the actual performance we've seen.

Of course, because I changed the formula, I won't include the difference in points this week, but I will show where each player was ranked last week.

RANK	PLAYER	POINTS	LW	+/-
1	Adam Dunn	35	2	NA
2	Brent Lillibridge	26	10	NA
2	Eduardo Escobar	26	10	NA
4	Dan Johnson	23	9	NA
5	Gordon Beckham	20	3	NA
5	Tyler Flowers	20	12	NA
7	Kosuke Fukudome	19	6	NA
8	Brent Morel	18	1	NA
9	Paul Konerko	15	18	NA
9	Jordan Danks	15	21	NA
11	Alex Rios	13	8	NA
11	A.J. Pierzynski	13	15	NA
13	Jared Mitchell	12	6	NA
14	Alejandro De Aza	9	4	NA
14	Ray Olmedo	9	15	NA
14	Jim Gallagher	9	14	NA
17	Trayce Thompson	8	17	NA
18	Alexei Ramirez	7	4	NA
18	Andy Wilkins	7	18	NA
20	Dallas McPherson	6	26	NA
20	Ken Williams Jr	6	22	NA
22	Hector Gimenez	5	22	NA
23	Tyler Kuhn	4	22	NA
23	Delwyn Young	4	18	NA
25	Dayan Viciedo	2	13	NA
25	Josh Phegley	2	28	NA
27	Damaso Espino	0	29	NA
27	Andrew Garcia	0	30	NA
27	Christian Marrero	0	30	NA
30	Tyler Saladino	-1	26	NA
30	Brandon Short	-1	30	NA
30	Justin Greene	-1	34	NA
33	Ozzie Martinez	-2	25	NA
33	Michael Blanke	-2	30	NA

So, as you can see, the new formula was good for Brent Lillibridge, Eduardo Escobar and Tyler Flowers -- their performances last week didn't hurt either -- and not as kind to Alejandro De Aza and Alexei Ramirez. Still, I think this is more accurate than the last formula, and the shifts in position this week won't mean as much as the ones we see next week.

Well, unless I change the formula again.