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[bukie]

Or even a different list, sorted top 100 by VORP:

 

       NAME             TEAM   VORP
 1    Albert Pujols     SLN   81.8
 2    Josh Hamilton     TEX   80.5
 3    Miguel Cabrera    DET     79
 4    Joey Votto        CIN   78.2
 5    Roy Halladay      PHI   75.6
 6    Felix Hernandez   SEA   70.2
 7    Carlos Gonzalez   COL   69.8
 8    Robinson Cano     NYA   69.6
 9    Jose Bautista     TOR   69.3
10    Adam Wainwright   SLN   67.7
11    Paul Konerko      CHA   64.2
12    Troy Tulowitzki   COL   61.4
13    Ubaldo Jimenez    COL     61
14    Tim Hudson        ATL   60.8
15    Adrian Gonzalez   SDN   59.3
16    Matt Holliday     SLN   59.2
17    Adrian Beltre     BOS     59
18    Josh Johnson      FLO   58.5
19    Hanley Ramirez    FLO   55.8
20    David Price       TBA   54.9
21    Dan Uggla         FLO   54.6
22    Jered Weaver      ANA     54
23    Evan Longoria     TBA     54
24    Ryan Zimmerman    WAS   53.5
25    Jayson Werth      PHI   53.2
26    Clay Buchholz     BOS   51.3
27    CC Sabathia       NYA   51.3
28    Joe Mauer         MIN   50.5
29    Cole Hamels       PHI   50.4
30    Carl Crawford     TBA     50
31    Johan Santana     NYN   49.9
32    Rickie Weeks      MIL   49.6
33    Matt Cain         SFN     49
34    Aubrey Huff       SFN   48.9
35    Ryan Braun        MIL   48.8
36    Kelly Johnson     ARI   48.2
37    Shin-Soo Choo     CLE   48.2
38    Justin Verlander  DET   47.8
39    Justin Morneau    MIN   47.4
40    Clayton Kershaw   LAN   46.9
41    Jon Lester        BOS   46.8
42    David Wright      NYN   46.7
43    Gio Gonzalez      OAK     46
44    Trevor Cahill     OAK   45.5
45    Andrew McCutchen  PIT     45
46    Billy Butler      KCA   44.9
47    Mat Latos         SDN   44.4
48    Brett Myers       HOU     44
49    Prince Fielder    MIL   43.9
50    David Ortiz       BOS   43.7
51    Vernon Wells      TOR   43.6
52    Tim Lincecum      SFN   42.9
53    Nelson Cruz       TEX   42.7
54    Kevin Youkilis    BOS   42.2
55    C.J. Wilson       TEX   42.2
56    Jim Thome         MIN     42
57    Luke Scott        BAL   41.8
58    Martin Prado      ATL   41.2
59    R.A. Dickey       NYN   41.2
60    Jonathan Sanchez  SFN   40.8
61    Adam Dunn         WAS   40.5
62    Chris Carpenter   SLN   39.6
63    Stephen Drew      ARI   39.5
64    Francisco Liriano MIN   39.4
65    Carl Pavano       MIN   39.1
66    Rafael Furcal     LAN     39
67    John Danks        CHA     38
68    Vladimir Guerrero TEX   37.9
69    Brian McCann      ATL   37.8
70    Colby Rasmus      SLN   37.7
71    Nick Swisher      NYA   37.6
72    Victor Martinez   BOS   37.1
73    Brian Duensing    MIN   36.7
74    Andre Ethier      LAN   36.1
75    Alex Rodriguez    NYA   36.1
76    Chase Utley       PHI   36.1
77    Max Scherzer      DET   35.7
78    Jeremy Guthrie    BAL   35.3
79    Scott Rolen       CIN   35.3
80    Mark Teixeira     NYA     35
81    Casey McGehee     MIL   34.7
82    Corey Hart        MIL   34.2
83    Ryan Howard       PHI   34.1
84    Shaun Marcum      TOR   33.9
85    Livan Hernandez   WAS   33.7
86    Jason Heyward     ATL   33.3
87    Tommy Hanson      ATL   33.2
88    Bronson Arroyo    CIN   33.2
89    Jose Reyes        NYN   33.1
90    Dallas Braden     OAK     33
91    Daniel Hudson     ARI   32.9
92    Colby Lewis       TEX   32.8
93    Andres Torres     SFN   32.7
94    Carlos Ruiz       PHI   32.5
95    Buster Posey      SFN   32.5
96    Ervin Santana     ANA   32.4
97    Jaime Garcia      SLN     32
98    Chris Young       ARI   31.9
99    Mike Pelfrey      NYN   31.8
100    Geovany Soto      CHN   31.5

 

EDIT: Only Soto makes this list from the Cubs, at #100 exactly.

[Guest]

Seems like a stretch for the Rangers:

 

Hamilton

Kinsler

N. Feliz

N. Cruz

A. Beltre

Andrus

CJ Wilson

 

Are those the 7? Seems like a high number but mostly lower tier guys

 

Michael Young instead of CJ Wilson and the rest is right.

 

5. Hamilton

51. Beltre

47. Feliz

63. Kinsler

67. Cruz

90. Young

95. Andrus

 

Elvis Andrus and his .670 OPS was in the top 100? I'll give him credit for the 64 walks drawn last season at age 21, but nothing else about his offensive game screams top 100.

[Soul]

I'm wondering why we made their top 5 if they have nothing but bad things to say about us.

[Sammy Sofa]

EDIT: Only Soto makes this list from the Cubs, at #100 exactly.

 

Fielder's a lot lower than I would have assumed.

[bukie]

EDIT: Only Soto makes this list from the Cubs, at #100 exactly.

 

Fielder's a lot lower than I would have assumed.

VORP is position-adjusted, so the number is relative to others at the position. So, a player that plays SS that had Fielder's stats would have a significantly higher VORP than Fielder does at 1B. So, whlie his numbers overall are pretty good in comparison to the rest of the league, he's just the 9th most effective 1B.

[Sammy Sofa]

EDIT: Only Soto makes this list from the Cubs, at #100 exactly.

 

Fielder's a lot lower than I would have assumed.

VORP is position-adjusted, so the number is relative to others at the position. So, a player that plays SS that had Fielder's stats would have a significantly higher VORP than Fielder does at 1B. So, whlie his numbers overall are pretty good in comparison to the rest of the league, he's just the 9th most effective 1B.

 

OK, that makes more sense than what I was remembering VORP as. Thanks.

[biittner77]

What exactly was their criteria for the top 100? For example, what 4 players on the Orioles are top 100? For that matter, what good did it do them?

 

The Cubs probably make #4 on this list due to their division and the key injuries that the teams ahead of them have already suffered. In fact, without looking at the list, I'd guess there is one team from each division except for the AL East. In which case they probably picked (in no particular order) the Indians, Dodgers, Marlins and A's. Is that close?

[davearm2]

What exactly was their criteria for the top 100? For example, what 4 players on the Orioles are top 100? For that matter, what good did it do them?

FWIW, the Orioles have:

Roberts

Markakis

Mark Reynolds

Vlad Guerrero

 

So two guys that weren't even there last year, and another that was hurt most of the year.

[UMFan83]

Top 100 players of 2013

 

4. Pujols

11. Castro

29. Vitters

47. Cashner

68. Marmol

73. B. Jackson

91. Soto

99. Garza

 

 

A man can dream can't he?

[bukie]

Top 100 players of 2013

 

4. Pujols

11. Castro

29. Vitters

47. Cashner

68. Marmol

73. B. Jackson

91. Soto

99. Garza

 

 

A man can dream can't he?

Vitters?

[UMFan83]

Top 100 players of 2013

 

4. Pujols

11. Castro

29. Vitters

47. Cashner

68. Marmol

73. B. Jackson

91. Soto

99. Garza

 

 

A man can dream can't he?

Vitters?

 

yes in my fantasy world, Vitters will make it to the majors by next season and be the 29th best player in baseball with his amazing turnaround in plate discipline :)

[davell]

Top 100 players of 2013

 

4. Pujols

11. Castro

29. Vitters

47. Cashner

68. Marmol

73. B. Jackson

91. Soto

99. Garza

 

 

A man can dream can't he?

 

I'll even go a step further and give us Matt Purke in the draft and put him at 85 on this list. :D

[Bull]

How many good teams typically have more than 3-5 top 100 guys?

 

I'm really asking. Having 3 up there and then a bunch on the cusp seems about right if you're not the Yankees or Red Sox (or sometimes the Phillies).

 

Giants had Lincecum and maybe Cain and they won it last year. Nobody really on the cusp. Who did the Padres have last year? Heath Bell, and nobody on the cusp. I don't think it's a requirement to have multiple guys in the top 100.

 

Yeah, that's what I was leaning towards. Having 3 top 100 guys is pretty damn good, and having more than that is pretty damn great.

 

Wouldn't three have to be average? or rather 3.3? Take out the outliers (yankees with 9 and astros with 0) and you still have an average of 3.25.

[radarluv1]

who is the 5th cardinal, rasmus?

[UMFan83]

who is the 5th cardinal, rasmus?

 

pujols, carpenter, holliday, rasmus, molina (yeah seriously...not wainwright...molina)

[TruffleShuffle]

i'd say wainwright is unlikely to be one of the 100 best players in baseball this year.

[NCCubFan]

I don't know about that; I have a hunch he won't allow a single baserunner all year.

[hardcorecubfan]

I am optomistic that this new year will yield at least 11 on the Cubs.

[daske17]

I don't know about that; I have a hunch he won't allow a single baserunner all year.

 

And no matter how outdated ERA is as a metric, having a 0.00 will look good on the baseball card.

[Northside Blues]

I don't know about that; I have a hunch he won't allow a single baserunner all year.

 

And no matter how outdated ERA is as a metric, having a 0.00 will look good on the baseball card.

 

Yeah, but -.-- or - doesn't look too appealing.