Freakshow
08-11-2009, 07:41 AM
I realize that the Current Events Forum has recently run polls on this. However, those ballots appeared to be drawn up somewhat unsystematically, the OF were all thrown together, and they weren’t even in alphabetical order. I think we can do this a bit better. Here’s my format:
• We’ll create a 25-man team, which will be the ballot for the final election.
• We’ll have ten preliminary polls, one for each position.
• We’ll vote for two players at each position (16 players total), plus five starting pitchers, plus four relievers. DH will not be listed separately, since only a handful of significant players played a majority of their games there.
• Data will be provided: total Win Shares 2000-2008 plus top 3 seasons in the decade; total WARP3 2000-2009 plus top 3 seasons; MVP award top 3 finishes in the decade. Other stats (OPS+, RC, etc.) are as of the 2009 all-star break.
• Players will be ranked only on their play in the decade 2000-2009; performance before 2000 should be ignored. Active players should be projected only to the end of this season; what you think they might do after this season is irrelevant.
• I’ll try and get the ten polls up fairly quickly. They’ll stay open for about a month.
We'll vote for two second basemen. If a 2B is one of the Top 2 in a stat among these players it's highlighted below.
Player 3MVP ASG OPS+ RC OBP SLG G GG WARP3 Top 3 WS Top 3
Bret Boone 3-10-x 2 115 525 0.340 0.474 835 3 27.3 (12.2-9.1-5.4) 116 (32-30-25)
Ray Durham x-x-x 1 107 731 0.354 0.450 1228 30.5 (6.8-5.5-4.7) 148 (21-20-20)
Jeff Kent 1-6-13 4 129 902 0.371 0.518 1266 50.7 (9.6-8.7-7.8) 206 (37-28-28)
Placido Polanco 17-x-x 1 100 699 0.350 0.418 1259 1 49.2 (6.6-6.0-6.0) 151 (24-22-18)
Brian Roberts 18-x-x 2 103 670 0.354 0.417 1062 30.5 (7.0-6.6-6.2) 118 (28-22-20)
Alfonso Soriano 3-6-12 7 114 895 0.327 0.511 1276 41.0 (8.6-7.8-6.0) 165 (28-27-26)
Chase Utley 7-8-13 4 131 649 0.381 0.531 819 46.3 (9.5-9.1-8.8) 123 (30-28-27)
• We’ll create a 25-man team, which will be the ballot for the final election.
• We’ll have ten preliminary polls, one for each position.
• We’ll vote for two players at each position (16 players total), plus five starting pitchers, plus four relievers. DH will not be listed separately, since only a handful of significant players played a majority of their games there.
• Data will be provided: total Win Shares 2000-2008 plus top 3 seasons in the decade; total WARP3 2000-2009 plus top 3 seasons; MVP award top 3 finishes in the decade. Other stats (OPS+, RC, etc.) are as of the 2009 all-star break.
• Players will be ranked only on their play in the decade 2000-2009; performance before 2000 should be ignored. Active players should be projected only to the end of this season; what you think they might do after this season is irrelevant.
• I’ll try and get the ten polls up fairly quickly. They’ll stay open for about a month.
We'll vote for two second basemen. If a 2B is one of the Top 2 in a stat among these players it's highlighted below.
Player 3MVP ASG OPS+ RC OBP SLG G GG WARP3 Top 3 WS Top 3
Bret Boone 3-10-x 2 115 525 0.340 0.474 835 3 27.3 (12.2-9.1-5.4) 116 (32-30-25)
Ray Durham x-x-x 1 107 731 0.354 0.450 1228 30.5 (6.8-5.5-4.7) 148 (21-20-20)
Jeff Kent 1-6-13 4 129 902 0.371 0.518 1266 50.7 (9.6-8.7-7.8) 206 (37-28-28)
Placido Polanco 17-x-x 1 100 699 0.350 0.418 1259 1 49.2 (6.6-6.0-6.0) 151 (24-22-18)
Brian Roberts 18-x-x 2 103 670 0.354 0.417 1062 30.5 (7.0-6.6-6.2) 118 (28-22-20)
Alfonso Soriano 3-6-12 7 114 895 0.327 0.511 1276 41.0 (8.6-7.8-6.0) 165 (28-27-26)
Chase Utley 7-8-13 4 131 649 0.381 0.531 819 46.3 (9.5-9.1-8.8) 123 (30-28-27)