Tuesday, February 10, 2009

First Basemen at the Auction

So you are looking for someone that can fill in as your first baseman?  Here's some information you might want to consider when placing that bid.

64 players rated at first.
Three (Helton, Erstad, Gload) have a range rating of 2.
18 have a range rating of 3.
37 have a range rating of 4.
Six (Sweeney, Molina, Rivera, LopezF, LaRue, Vidro) have a range rating of 5.

Six are full-time (600+ PA).
25 are part-time (300-599 PA).
33 are bench players (less than 300 PA).

Average age of available 1b -- 32.7 yrs
Average PA of available 1b --- 327 PA

LopezJ and Atkins are FrRFA, so they will be on a team prior to the Auction.

Top Six One-Year Value
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Nady (594 PA), Belliard (333), Casey (216), Cantu (668), Helton (360), Derosa (574)

Top Six Overall OB
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Helton, Belliard, Nady, Derosa, Casey, Langerhans (136)

Top Six Overall TB
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Nady, Cantu, Branyan (151), LopezJ (671), Betemit (195), Garciaparra (178)

Top Six OB v L
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Sexson (323), Helton, Belliard, Atkins (651), Garciaparra, Derosa

Top Six TB v L
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Garciaparra, Belliard, Sexson, Atkins, Aurilia (437), Baker (325)

Top Six OB v R
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Helton, Shelton (114), Vazquez (338), Casey, Nady, Belliard

Top Six TB v R
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Branyan, Nady, Cantu, Hinske (428), LopezJ, Betemit, Catalanotto (268)

Youngest Six
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LopezJ, Marte (249), LaRoche (247), Aybar (356), Molina (476), Cantu

Worst Six
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LaRue (179), Vidro (326), Burke (192), Sweeney (107), LaRoche, Anderson (147)

These rankings reflect my own crazy formula, tweaked yearly, that calculates the offensive and defensive value of a player's card and assigns a number to it.  I like good steal ratings and good running ratings.  All BP ratings were at 1-10.  And, if I had any TREASURY monies this year, you probably wouldn't be seeing this list :-).

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