This is what I’m calling the “Adam Wainwright Situation”.
In the process of determining the winner of the Pitching Grade Challenge, I receive a list of the grades of the twenty pitchers involved.
There was a difference in grade with one of the pitchers (Wainwright) in the list provided to me prior to the season becoming available on APBA GO. Either there was a last minute change in the grade or simply an innocent transcription error in the list provided to me.
I took it on faith but it’s on me for failing to confirm the grades once the season became available on APBA GO.
What now?
I have manually confirmed all of the other grades on APBA GO are correct. I have also notified APBA of the discrepancy in the list and asked for clarification. Once I get an answer, I will recalculate the Challenge results. If there are changes in award winners, I will let everyone know.
I will then work with APBA to come up with a satisfactory solution.
Again apologies to everyone involved.
