As promised, here is a second look at trying to put some numbers (and visuals) behind the concept of depth. The first article on the topic can be found here, and is not required reading to understand this one. Rosters are based on post-deadline information.
What is Depth?
This is a situation where what your definition of depth is will impact how you measure depth and how you report on its quality across teams. Here are a few definitions that I find more or less plausible.
- The absolute quality of players 5-15 on the rotation
- The absolute quality of players 3-10 on the rotation
- The average quality of all players on the roster
- The relative quality of starters to bench
- etc.