Thursday, February 12, 2009

Second Basemen at the Auction

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

64 players rated at second.
Nine have a range rating of 2; Seven of those have error ratings under 10.
30 have a range rating of 3.
22 have a range rating of 4.
Three (Rivera, Atkins, Davis) have a range rating of 5, error 41.

Three are full-time (600+ PA) ... LopezJ, Atkins, Cano.
28 are part-time (300-599 PA).
33 are bench players (less than 300 PA).

Average age of available 2b -- 31.4 yrs
Average PA of available 2b --- 307 PA

HairstonJ, 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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HairstonJ (284), Grudzielanek (350), Santiago (146), Hill (221), Punto (370), Belliard (333)

Top Six Overall OB
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Santiago, Cora (168), HairstonJ, Carroll (381), Counsell (294)

Top Six Overall TB
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HairstonJ, Grudzielanek, Barmes (410), Hill, Punto, Belliard

Top Six OB v L
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Hill, CabreraA (398), Santiago, Hairston, Grudzielanek, Keppinger (489)

Top Six TB v L
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Barmes, Belliard, Grudzielanek, HairstonS (354), HairstonJ

Top Six OB v R
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Santiago, Cora, Carroll, Vazquez (338), Counsell, HairstonJ

Top Six TB v R
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HairstonJ, Grudzielanek, Vazquez, Hill, Inglett (372), Ellis (495)

Youngest Six
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CabreraA, AybarE (360), LopezJ, LaRoche (247), Murphy (114), AybarW (356)

Worst Six
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Laroche, Anderson (147), Castro (172), Davis (222), Everett (139), Raburn (198)

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 :-).

1 comment:

DBA Commish said...

If you are looking for 2b at the Auction, you are either taking LopezJ or Cano for your FT needs, or putting together 2-3 others. LopezJ is ranked #17 and is in the FrRFA for 2 years. Cano is RFA and will probably take 3+ years to pry him away from Normandy Lake. Both teams have holes to fill. Possible other bidders could include BBM (Soriano/Hall) and WHW (Figgins). Deals might be had.