tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32211348682280384572024-03-14T02:08:50.872-04:00Some Thoughts on BaseballPeter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-35180430319280267242012-08-15T09:50:00.000-04:002012-08-15T09:50:02.759-04:00AJ Burnett and Marco Scutaro Continue to Help the Blue Jays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A. J. Burnett and Marco Scutaro are two players that the Blue Jays desperately tried to re-sign but they ultimately went on to leave the team as free agents; Burnett after the 2008 season and Scutaro after the 2009 season. While both players have gone on to have some ups and downs in the following years and neither stayed with their new organizations for the entire length of the contracts they signed, the real benefit to the Blue Jays was the draft pick compensation they received in return for losing both players.<br />
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For losing A.J. Burnett the Blue Jays received a 1st round supplemental pick and New York's 3rd round draft choice in the 2009 first year player draft. With these picks they selected James Paxton as the supplemental pick and Jake Marisnick with NY's 3rd round pick. Unfortunately they were unable to sign Paxton and therefore received a similar supplemental round draft pick in the 2010 draft which they used to select Noah Syndergaard.<br />
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For losing Marco Scutaro the Blue Jays received a 1st round supplemental pick and Boston's 2nd round draft choice in the 2010 first year player draft. With these picks the Blue Jays selected Aaron Sanchez and Justin Nicolino.<br />
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Therefore to summarize, for the loss of Burnett and Scutaro as free agents the Blue Jays received draft pick compensation that resulted in the following players:<br />
1. Noah Syndergaard<br />
2. Jake Marisnick<br />
3. Aaron Sanchez<br />
4. Justin Nicolino<br />
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For those of you not familiar with the Jays minor league system, Syndergaard, Sanchez and Nicolino all pitched for Class A Lansing in 2012 and may be the teams top three pitching prospects as they have combined to record 22 wins against 10 losses over 268 innings pitched with 288 strike outs, a 2.65 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP. After watching Syndergaard and Sanchez pitch this season Pat Hentgen, who is now a special assistant in the Blue Jays organization, <a href="http://thestar.blogs.com/baseball/2012/05/griffin-pat-hentgen-has-seen-the-future-of-the-jays-in-a-lansing.html">compared</a> the two pitchers to Roy Halladay and Chris Carpenter. The trio have also recently been featured <a href="http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/mlb/article/1226593--toronto-blue-jays-go-lugnuts-over-sanchez-syndergaard-nicolino">here</a> in a Toronto Star article.<br />
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Jake Marisnick who was recently promoted to double A New Hampshire is a top center field prospect who Baseball America <a href="http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/07/midseason-top-50-prospects-list-2/">recently listed</a> as the 37th best prospect in baseball and one spot ahead of the Blue Jays Anthony Gose.<br />
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As it turns out the failure to sign A.J. Burnett and Marco Scutaro could be one of the best things to happen to the Blue Jays and may continue to pay dividends for team over the next decade.<br />
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<i><span class="help">Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images</span></i>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-26512559137164307012012-06-25T23:17:00.000-04:002012-06-26T07:58:28.425-04:00Looking Back at the 2002 "Moneyball" Draft<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have to admit I'm fascinated with the major league baseball draft as there is nothing else like it in professional sports. Essentially general managers are drafting players that they hope will help the team in three, four or five years down the road. It's no wonder that major league rules don't allow for the trading of draft picks when 90% of GM's will never see the players they draft have any kind of success while still employed for that team (I totally made up the 90% number but you get my point). <br />
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I think my fascination with the draft is a direct result of J.P. Ricciardi's tenure as general manager of the Blue Jays. When he was hired he came with a pedigree of being an expert talent evaluator and his true strength was to be shown in his drafts. I bought into this hype immediately and after his first draft I couldn't wait for the Russ Adams era to begin.<br />
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Looking back now the draft was actually a major weakness of Ricciardi's, and it was very strategic of him to paint this kind of a picture of his skills set as it sometimes takes a decade for us to find out if he's telling the truth. Then again, it's not a lie if he knows the truth. It's also one of the reasons I'm hesitant to praise Alex Anthopoulos for his work at rebuilding the minor league system. How the hell do I know if any of the guys in the Jays minor league system will be any good five years from now? I've heard this story before and it didn't work out to well, and guess what, the boy wonders first 1st round draft pick Deck McGuire is already looking like a bust. In all fairness to Anthopoulos, his approach of preaching patience while building from within and through trades is probably the right one, but it requires a leap of faith from fans and there are no guarantees of success.<br />
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This brings me to the 2002 "Moneyball" draft made famous by Micheal Lewis and the Oakland Athletics. I was probably a little biased going into reading the book Moneyball because at the time I was just learning about OPS as a dedicated reader of Rob Neyer's column at ESPN, back when he wasn't behind a paywall, and loving it. But after I finished the book I was even more convinced that Billy Beane was smarter than any other GM in the sport, and possibly all of sports. It all made perfect sense to me and finally someone had figured out the "mlb draft".<br />
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Now that it is a decade later and moneyball is <a href="http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8080945/now-hollywood-dust-settled-oakland-trying-win-unfair-game">officially dead</a> we should be able to look back at the 2002 draft and be able to clearly state whether or not it was a success for Billy Beane and the Oakland A's. However, today I read <a href="http://blogs.thescore.com/mlb/2012/06/25/today-in-poorly-formed-thoughts-the-blue-jays-are-anti-moneyball/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thescore%2Fgettingblanked+%28Getting+Blanked+%28Blog%29%29">this</a> column written by Dustin Parkes over at Getting Blanked who disagrees with Jon Paul Morosi who wrote <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/toronto-blue-jays-2010-draft-class-anti-moneyball-approach-062312">this</a> column which declared that "History has judge it (Oakland's 2002 draft) a failure". On the surface this didn't make much sense to me because they did draft Nick Swisher that year who has had a pretty damn good career, I wish Ricciardi had that kind of lack of success at the draft more often. This inspired me to take a closer look at the famous moneyball draft.<br />
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Thanks to Baseball Reference and their easy access historical draft information it's actually pretty simple to go back and look at the complete Oakland Athletics <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=OAK&year_ID=2002&draft_type=junreg&">2002 draft</a> or any other team's draft in any other year for that matter. After looking at the Oakland draft, which appeared decent to me, I decided to do a little comparative research and calculate the cumulative Wins Above Replacement (WAR) to date of the players drafted for every team in the 2002 rule four draft. What I found was that the cumulative WAR for the Oakland Athletics (51.1) was actually the best in baseball that season, refer to Table 1 below for the breakdown of the cumulative WAR by team of the players drafted in 2002.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Table 1 - Cumulative WAR by Team of the 2002 Draft</b></span><br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 178px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 4169; mso-width-source: userset; width: 86pt;" width="114"></col><col style="width: 48pt;" width="64"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; height: 15pt; width: 86pt;" width="114"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Team </span></b></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 48pt;" width="64"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">WAR</span></b></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Athletics</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">51.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Giants</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">39.2</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dodgers</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">38.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brewers</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">37.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Red Sox</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">36.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rays</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">35.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tigers</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">34.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reds</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Marlins</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29.7</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Twins</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Braves</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phillies</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Royals</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rockies</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Angels</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">21.7</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Indians</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mets</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cubs</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pirates</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">White Sox</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Padres</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mariners</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Diamondbacks</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cardinals</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Astros</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.7</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yankees</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #dbe5f1; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Expos</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.3</span></td></tr>
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I guess this is what they call revisionist history? Not only was the moneyball draft a success for Billy Beane and the Oakland A's, it was the most successful draft of any team in baseball that season and by a significant margin. It also confirmed my beliefs that J.P. Ricciardi had no idea what he was doing when it came to the draft.<br />
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To be fair, some of the success Oakland had from this draft was the result of taking a late round pick named Jonathon Papelbon (16.2 WAR) who they were unable to sign. However, if you removed him from the equation, you would also have to remove others that didn't sign, such as Hunter Pence (17.7 WAR) taken by the Brewers and Jacoby Ellsbury (13.7 WAR) taken by the Rays, and the A's would still finish in the top 3 teams for value of players taken that signed with their team. Also, I feel removing these players would be taking away credit for a system that identified great talent, therefore I officially declare the A's winners of the 2002 draft!<br />
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Some other interesting facts that came up while doing my 2002 draft research included:<br />
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<li>The Boston Red Sox selected one Ricky Romero in the 37th round of the draft (Thank God he didn't sign, although would that have meant that Tulo would now be with the Jays?)</li>
<li>The Royals should have walked away from the draft after their first selection of Donald Greinke, better known as Zach, who has since gone on to put up a total 29.2 career WAR. Meanwhile the rest of the Royals picks that year have amounted to a combined -4.4 WAR.</li>
<li>The 2002 cumulative value of the total players selected is equivalent to a WAR of 571.3, or an average WAR of 19 per team. </li>
<li>The value of first round of the draft was equivalent to a WAR of 220.5, or almost 40% of the total value of the draft.</li>
<li>The three most valuable players of the 2002 draft were Zack Greinke taken 6th overall (29.2 WAR), Matt Cain taken 25th overall (28.6 WAR) and Cole Hamels taken 17th overall (25.7 WAR).<br /> </li>
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<i>photo courtesy</i> <i>of W.W. Norton & Company Inc</i></div>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-84158004284022881172012-05-29T14:38:00.000-04:002012-05-29T14:38:20.856-04:00State of the Nation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've said all along that this season for the Blue Jays was a year to figure out 'what they really had' since there were so many question marks at multiple positions. Sure everything could have perfectly fell into place, but it was unlikely. Sure the season is still young, however nothing this team has done so far has changed my opinion of my expectations for the season.<br />
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That being said it appears that a lot of the answers for the initial questions regarding this team are becoming clearer and the Jays should have a better understanding of what they truly need going forward:<br />
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<b>Questions: </b><br />
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1. Can Colby Rasmus rebound? <br />
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Although he continues to struggle at the plate there are signs that he can turn it around, in the meantime his defense has been outstanding and he should continue to be the Jays CF.<br />
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2. Can Adam Lind Regain his 2009 form?<br />
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The answer to this is a resounding No and it looks like the team has moved on and will look to find a more permanent solution. <br />
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3. Is Eric Thames the Answer in LF?<br />
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Again the answer is a resounding No as not only did he continue to struggle defensively, but the league found holes in his swing leading to Thames putting up the lowest OPS among the 16 regular left fielders in major league baseball at the time of his demotion to Las Vegas today.<br />
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4. What about Travis Snider<br />
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Unfortunately this question has yet to be answered as a wrist injury has caused him to miss a significant number of games and hinder his production. However he did show signs of improving his plate discipline prior to the injury. Unfortunately it may be too little too late.<br />
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5. Can Brandon Morrow take that Next Step to Acehood?<br />
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In spite of his recent shellacking at the hands of the Texas Rangers, Morrow has been the Blue Jays best starting pitcher this season. Has he become an ace? I think it is probably a little premature to say he has, but he continues to improve and will be a trusted key component in the rotation for years to come.<br />
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6. What Should we make of Kelly Johnson and Edwin Encarnacion?<br />
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Unfortunately for the Blue Jays, along with Jose Bautista, these two players have been the the most productive hitters on the team. This is unfortunate because they are both heading into free agency and will likely demand a sizable contract that will outweigh their value. I would recommend the team sell high on these two rather than committing into long term deals for mid level talent.<br />
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7. What Can we expect from Brett Lawrie<br />
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I love Brett Lawrie's future, however expectations for his performance got out of control during the off-season and people need to remember that he is just 22 years old and just learning to become a major league hitter. I would still lock him up to a long term contract now, and you could probably do this at a much better rate than even a month ago.<br />
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8. Which Prospects will have Break Out Seasons<br />
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Most of the Jays prospects are still at least a year away from the major leagues, however two players closest to the major leagues include Travis D'Arnaud, who I've never been all that high on, who really looks like a true elite prospect, and Anthony Gose who continues to make great strides in his development. While pitchers Deck McGuire and Chad Jenkins have taken a step back this season, Noah Snydergaard, Aaron Sanchez, Drew Hutchison and Justin Nicolino have all been receiving rave reviews. However, I must caution that other than Hutchison, these pitchers are a long way from the major leagues and a wise man once said "There is no such thing as a pitching prospect". Let's just temper our expectations and enjoy the ride.<br />
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<b>Final Thoughts</b><br />
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So while it appears that many of the questions heading into the season have turned out negatively, I believe this is a positive and the organization now has a clear direction as to what they need to do to improve and take that next step towards becoming a contender.Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-28104587901023945592012-03-23T11:25:00.002-04:002012-03-23T13:32:32.670-04:00Bad Day For Pitchers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zmUx2ydRG4A/T2yUAkL5XAI/AAAAAAAAAKk/pJ0OFIR3K1c/s1600/bad_driving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zmUx2ydRG4A/T2yUAkL5XAI/AAAAAAAAAKk/pJ0OFIR3K1c/s640/bad_driving.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For the following three American League East pitchers it has been a really bad day, mostly because of poor, poor decisions they have made:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. After a <a href="http://blogs.thescore.com/mlb/2012/03/23/dislocating-joba-chamberlains-ankle/">trampoline accident</a> Joba Chamberlain has a bone sticking out of his ankle.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. Bobby Jenks <a href="http://blogs.providencejournal.com/sports/red-sox/2012/03/red-sox-pitcher-jenks-arrested-for-driving-under-the-inflence.html">got arrested</a> after deciding to get drunk, then drive an automobile, damage some property and flee the scene.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3. The normally well behaved Matt Bush <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/matt-bush-arrested-dui-fleeing-scene-accident-111702840.html">got arrested</a> after getting drunk, driving, running down a 72 year old man on a motorcycle and fleeing the scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Update: Add another pitcher to the list of having a bad day as Joakim Soria <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/Royals_Report/status/183241800549539842">has opted</a> to undergo season ending Tommy John surgery. Given the kind of day it has been, I wouldn't be surprised to hear Chris Carpenter is also done for the season, not to mention potential bad news for Ryan Madsen and Brian Wilson.</span>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-26100822851590516442012-03-22T14:40:00.000-04:002012-03-22T14:40:01.255-04:00Playing General Manager<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SQWTffYoKAs/T2toEaEb8GI/AAAAAAAAAKY/bVOTsdVo7oY/s1600/GM2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="411" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SQWTffYoKAs/T2toEaEb8GI/AAAAAAAAAKY/bVOTsdVo7oY/s640/GM2.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">According to <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/DKnobler/status/182834968551096320">Danny Knobler</a> of CBS Sports the Orioles are shopping Mark Reynolds and Kevin Gregg. My initial reaction was, of course they are, they are the OriLOLes and who would want those stiffs. Then I got thinking a little more, put on my GM hat and thought to myself 'self, would the Blue Jays be in a better position if they traded Adam Lind for Mark Reynolds?'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Adam Lind has a very team friendly contract at $5 million for this year and next, then team friendly options for 2014 through 2016. However, there is a real chance that he isn't a very good player and the team may be better off just getting out of the contract altogether. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mark Reynolds, the king of the strike out, has a $7.5 million contract for this year with an $11 million team option for 2013 (with a $500,000 buyout). Reynolds hasn't hit much either for the past couple of seasons, however, the man still knows how to take a walk, and hit plenty of home runs. Because of this, he has been slightly more valuable over the past two seasons than Lind (0.9 rWAR vs. 0.3 rWAR). However, if you take Mark Reynolds off of 3rd base and stick him at 1st base, this might absorb some of the impact that his -2.5 dWAR had last season, and the Jays could find themselves with a 3 WAR value player.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think if I'm the general manger of the Blue Jays I'd at least put in a call and offer Lind straight up for Reynolds. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-55784508993701815452012-03-21T16:11:00.008-04:002012-03-22T11:29:39.692-04:002012 Season Preview: Toronto Blue Jays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r7QIcjXh5Sk/T2o1eqhMVSI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/I7j8UP5UC-A/s1600/jayslogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="600" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r7QIcjXh5Sk/T2o1eqhMVSI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/I7j8UP5UC-A/s640/jayslogo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Note: This article was supposed to be the third part of a series for Baseball Digest, however, the site folded before it was ever published, therefore I'm posting it here three weeks after it was written. Enjoy!</i></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i></i></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2011 Review </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 2011 the Toronto Blue Jays finished out of the playoffs for the 18<sup>th</sup> consecutive season finishing 4<sup>th</sup> in their division with 81 wins and 81 losses. However, all was not doom and gloom for this team as the season was filled with positives such as the emergence of Canadian born Brett Lawrie, a repeat Hank Aaron award winning season for Jose Bautista and continued stockpiling of the farm system by GM Alex Anthopolous.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2012 Preview</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are remarkably few positions on the Toronto Blue Jays up for the taking this year, the rotation looks set, the revamped bullpen is full, and the only position on the field that could be up for grabs is left fields and even then the team has identified a clear front runner. Therefore, let’s take a quick look at the projected 25 man opening day roster:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Rotation</b></span></div><ol style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Romero, Ricky - The ace</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Morrow, Brandon – The guy who has the stuff to be the ace</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">A</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">lvarez, Henderson – The rookie coming off a strong 10 game audition in 2011</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Cecil, Brett – The guy looking to rebound and winner of this spring training’s “best shape of his life” award</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">McGowan, Dustin – The remarkable talent without any remaining ‘options’</span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Starter – On Deck</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">It has been said by numerous prognosticators and minor league evaluators that the Toronto Blue Jays have the greatest depth of minor league talent of any team in baseball and their strength is pitching. However, there aren’t that many we can expect to make an impact this season. One player who could play a role is Kyle Drabek who is coming off a disappointing season in both the majors and the minors, but with his talent it’s too early to give up on him yet, and with any young pitcher you never know when the light bulb turns on and he finally gets it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Bullpen</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><ol><li><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Sergio Santos – The closer everyone wanted</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Francisco Cordero – The closer no one wanted in spite of great numbers last season, so he signed as a set up man</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Darren Oliver – The LOOGY, but not really (have you seen his splits? Under a .600 OPS against vs. Both lefty’s and righty’s)</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Casey Janssen – The stud from last season</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Jason Frasor – The Jays all time leader in appearances for a pitcher was reacquired in the off-season because we just couldn’t get enough of him</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Carlos Villanueva – The stud reliever who’s numbers get watered down every year because of mediocre spot starts</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Luis Perez – The guy who shouldn’t have a spot on the roster but there is a rule that all bullpens must have two lefty’s</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></li>
</ol></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I’ve left Jesse Litsch off the bullpen roster, who otherwise should be there. However he has recently been shut down due to shoulder inflammation, including having a visit to the dreaded Dr. James Andrews. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Starting Infield</b></span></div><ol style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Adam Lind (1B) – It seems everyone in Toronto has given up on this guy, but I still have hope</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Kelly Johnson (2B) – Underrated, or is he? Yes, yes he is! I think? Oh who the hell knows what to expect from him?</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Yunel Escobar (SS) – Someone said that Yunel is the best shortstop in the American League and my immediate reaction was disbelief. But then I couldn’t name anyone better than him?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Brett Lawrie (3B) – The franchise! No pressure kid</span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Starting Outfield</b></span></div><ol style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Eric Thames – I expect big things this year from Thames, and not just because he showed up to camp with arms the size of my head. Although, many others think Travis Snider should be starting over him</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Colby Rasmus – With Tony LaRussa out of his head could this be the year he takes off? Probably not, but he should be better than last season</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Jose Bautista – The home run king who should have won the American League most valuable player award last season</span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Designated Hitter </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><ol><li><span style="font-size: small;">Edwin Encarnacion – He put up monster numbers last season when he started at DH, let’s hope the team doesn’t need to put him anywhere else this season</span></li>
</ol></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Bench</b></span></div><ol style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Travis Snider – He may start the season in the minors so that he can play every day, however because he may also be the team’s starting left fielder, I’m leaving him on the roster</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Rajai Davis – I love having a guy like this on the bench!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Jeff Mathis – The no hit, back-up catcher guy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Omar Vizquel – The veteran presence on the bench</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ben Francisco – The player acquired during the off season that didn’t make a lot of sense?</span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Minors</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">As I mentioned above the Toronto Blue Jays minor league system is one of the highest rated in baseball, which is greatly due to its depth of talent. However, while there are many that could break out and become elite prospects this season, it is hard to pin point anyone that I would consider a “can’t miss” prospect (sorry Travis D’Anraud). I also don’t think there is really anyone in the minor leagues that will have a major impact with the big club in 2012, as almost all of the decent prospects are at least a year away. If I had to pick someone to make an impact with the Blue Jays this season, I suspect that it would be a starting pitcher, possibly a Deck McGuire or a Drew Hutchinson.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>My Predictions</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blue Jays MVP – Jose Bautista</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blue Jays Ace (pitcher) <i>– </i>Brandon Morrow</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blue Jays's 2012 record – 85-77</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blue Jay's 2012 finish in division – 4th</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>In Conclusion</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">It seems this team is fully of guys that could be either elite, or horrible, so it really is difficult to project how they will do. Overall I see this team with fewer holes in their line-up than last season, a lot of young talent that will continue to improve, a much improved bullpen, and specifically I’m projecting better seasons from Brandon Morrow, Colby Rasmus, Kelly Johnson and Adam Lind. Regardless, it will be fun to watch.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Blue Jays logo, courtesy <a class="external" href="http://sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=2559d7603ouedg7ldhw0br4fn" target="_blank">SportsLogos.net.</a></i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i> </i></span></div>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-24019258873379925902012-02-15T20:59:00.007-05:002012-02-16T12:34:44.349-05:00Blue Jays 2012 Projected Wins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-biUXa9uBhOE/TzgxEGBmAGI/AAAAAAAAAKI/B4wQeIW4ddc/s1600/lawrie+jump.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" sda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-biUXa9uBhOE/TzgxEGBmAGI/AAAAAAAAAKI/B4wQeIW4ddc/s640/lawrie+jump.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
On the weekend I decided to take my lovely wife out for a special Valentines Day dinner and a movie. Given that it took us until the last minute to find a sitter for our two children it didn't leave me any time to make dinner reservations...big mistake. We got to the restaurant strategically located close to the theatre and unfortunately the wait time for a table was much too long if we wanted to make it to the movie in time, so we decided to go elsewhere. Of course being the Saturday before Valentines Day everywhere we went there were no tables available. After finally ending up eating at a quicky soup and sandwich place, because there was just no time at left for anything else, we gobbled down our mediocre sandwiches and rushed back to the movie theater. The movie we settled on, being Valentine's Day weekend and all, was The Vow, which I figured would be pretty much like every other movie of that genre and just entertaining enough that I wouldn't fall asleep. Sometime though, very rarely of course, these types of movies can be surprisingly outstanding. Of course I never got a chance to find out as the movie was sold out and the entire night was a disaster. <br />
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As I can relate anything back to baseball this night got me thinking that the 2012 Blue Jays are kind of like the movie The Vow, in that I have very little expectations for this team heading into the season. Most likely this team is going to be middle of the road and just entertaining enough to keep my interest. However, every once in a while a team comes out of nowhere and surprises you in being much better than anyone ever expected. So could the 2012 Blue Jays be one of those teams that surprises everyone, and really what should we be expecting for this season?<br />
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Going into the 2012 season the general consensus seems to be that the Toronto Blue Jays likeliest outcome is another 4th place finish behind the Yankees, Rays and Red Sox. In fact, I've been pretty vocal that 2012 should be viewed as a season to figure out what this team really has, and used to determine their biggest needs. It feels like almost everyone on this team outside of Jose Bautista and Ricky Romero could be great, or horrible, making it really difficult to determine what positions are in the greatest need of an upgrade. But what do the numbers say, how many wins should we really be expecting from this team?<br />
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Last year I sat down and did this very exercise that I'm about to do today and I used projected Wins Above Replacement (WAR) to forecast the number of wins we should expect from the Blue Jays. I came up with with my own projections bases on my expectations, trending and past results to forecast players WAR values and in the end I came up with the projection that the Blue Jays would win 84 games in 2011. As it turns out if it weren't for a late season stumble I may have been bang on and as it was I wasn't far off as the Blue Jays won 81 games. This season, I'm going to do things a little differently which we will get into a little later, but first I want to look back on 2011 and using players WAR values see how many games the Blue Jays should have won this past season. <br />
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<b>Looking Back on 2011</b><br />
The principle theory behind the Wins Above Replacement (WAR) statistic is that it assigns a specific number of wins (positive or negative) to a player in relation to replacement level talent. Replacement level talent is defined as a combined set of players that would make up a team with a .320 winning percentage, which is equivalent to 52 wins over a 162 game schedule.<br />
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Below you will find a list of each 2011 Blue Jays players final season WAR values broken out by position player (table 1) and pitcher (table 2).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Table 1 - Total WAR by Batter for the 2011 Toronto Blue Jays</b></span><br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 191px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 95pt;" width="127"></col><col style="width: 48pt;" width="64"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl64" height="20" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt; width: 95pt;" width="127"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Player</span></b></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); width: 48pt;" width="64"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">WAR</span></b></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jose Bautista </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yunel Escobar </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brett Lawrie </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jose Molina </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Edwin Encarnacion </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">J.P. Arencibia </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kelly Johnson* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Corey Patterson* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">John McDonald </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Eric Thames* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Adam Lind* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.7</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mike McCoy </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mark Teahen* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">David Cooper* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jayson Nix </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Darin Mastroianni </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Adam Loewen* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chris Woodward </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.2</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Aaron Hill </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dewayne Wise* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Travis Snider* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Colby Rasmus* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rajai Davis </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Juan Rivera </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-1.2</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240); height: 15pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Total Offense</span></b></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: rgb(240,240,240); border-left: rgb(240,240,240); border-right: rgb(240,240,240); border-top: rgb(240,240,240);"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18.4 </span></b></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Table 2 - Total WAR by Pitcher for the 2011 Toronto Blue Jays</span></b><br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 193px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 4717; mso-width-source: userset; width: 97pt;" width="129"></col><col style="width: 48pt;" width="64"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt; width: 97pt;" width="129"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pitcher</span></b></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 48pt;" width="64"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">WAR</span></b></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ricky Romero* </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Carlos Villanueva </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Casey Janssen </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.7</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brandon Morrow </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Henderson Alvarez </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brett Cecil* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.2</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Frank Francisco </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jason Frasor </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesse Litsch </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.7</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Marc Rzepczynski* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.7</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Joel Carreno </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Octavio Dotel </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Zach Stewart </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.2</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shawn Camp </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.2</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jon Rauch </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.2</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chad Beck </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Trever Miller* </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mike McCoy </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">P.J. Walters </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Scott Richmond </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dustin McGowan </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Luis Perez* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">David Purcey* </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Danny Farquhar </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kyle Drabek </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rommie Lewis* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wil Ledezma* </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jo-Jo Reyes* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brian Tallet* </span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brad Mills* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.7</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #bfbfbf; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Total Pitchers</span></b></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #bfbfbf; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15.2</span></b></td></tr>
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From the tables above we see that the 2011 Toronto Blue Jays offense (and defense) represented a total of 18.4 wins above replacement level and the pitchers represented 15.2 wins for a combined 33.6 wins above replacement. Add this to the number of wins a replacement level team should win (52 or 51.84 to be exact), and this would suggest that the Blue Jays should have won approximately 85.44 games in 2011. Not that far off from the actual 81 games the team won, however from my limited experience doing these types of exercises I have found that when you add up a teams total player WAR value, it often does result in 3 or 4 more wins than the actual amount.<br />
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<b>2012 Projection</b><br />
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This year when projecting each Blue Jays player WAR values, rather than make my own, probably biased, educated guess for each player, I decided to turn to the fine folks of Fangraph who polled the general public of their expectations for the majority of players in baseball. To see the results for the Toronto Blue Jays player projections go to <a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&type=fan&team=14">Fangraphs here</a>, or refer to the tables below for the projected WAR values by batter (Table 3) and by pitcher (Table 4). <br />
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<b>Note:</b> for any player who didn't have WAR projections for the 2012 season, I projected a repeat of their 2011 WAR value.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Table 3 - Projected WAR Values for Blue Jays 2012 Batters</span></b><br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 191px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 4644; mso-width-source: userset; width: 95pt;" width="127"></col><col style="width: 48pt;" width="64"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt; width: 95pt;" width="127"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hitters</span></b></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 48pt;" width="64"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">WAR</span></b></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jose Bautista </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brett Lawrie </span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yunel Escobar </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kelly Johnson* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Colby Rasmus* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">J.P. Arencibia </span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Travis Snider* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Adam Lind* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Edwin Encarnacion </span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Eric Thames* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jeff Mathis</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.2</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rajai Davis </span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ben Francisco</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Omar Vizquel</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="background-color: #bfbfbf; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Total Offense</span></b></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #bfbfbf; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">34.3</span></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Table 4 -</span></b> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Projected WAR Values for Blue Jays 2012 Pitchers</span></b><br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 191px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 4644; mso-width-source: userset; width: 95pt;" width="127"></col><col style="width: 48pt;" width="64"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl64" height="20" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt; width: 95pt;" width="127"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hitters</span></b></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 48pt;" width="64"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">WAR</span></b></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brandon Morrow </span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ricky Romero* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Henderson Alvarez </span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.7</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Darren Oliver</span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brett Cecil* </span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.2</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sergio Santos</span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Carlos Villanueva </span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dustin McGowan </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Casey Janssen </span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.7</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesse Litsch </span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jason Frasor </span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Francisco Cordero</span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.2</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #bfbfbf; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Total Pitching</span></b></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: #bfbfbf; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">16.7</span></b></td></tr>
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From the tables above we see that the 2012 Toronto Blue Jays projected offense (and defense) represent a total of 34.3 wins above replacement level and the pitchers represent 16.7 wins for a combined 51 wins above replacement. Add this to the number of wins a replacement level team should win (52), and this would suggest that the Blue Jays will win 103 games in 2012.<br />
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WTF??<br />
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The Blue Jays will win 103 games in 2012!<br />
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Something has got to be wrong here. Could someone please look over my numbers as I must have made a mistake, my calculations state that the Blue Jays will win 103 games this year. That this years team is actually the greatest Blue Jays team ever assembled. Next thing you will tell me is that The Vow will be the surprise Oscar winner for best movie.Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-91572701938335106792012-01-18T22:15:00.003-05:002012-01-19T08:37:52.465-05:00The Myth of the Blue Jays Offense<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hStz6vZubD8/TxdylMzx61I/AAAAAAAAAI0/T85o5r4k8dA/s1600/jose-bautista.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hStz6vZubD8/TxdylMzx61I/AAAAAAAAAI0/T85o5r4k8dA/s400/jose-bautista.jpg" width="261" /></a></div>This off-season whenever the discussion turns to dissecting the Blue Jays greatest needs for improvement, on numerous occasions I've heard comments similar to, 'They don't need to improve their offense as they scored the 6th most runs in baseball', 'Their offense is good enough' or 'Their pitching was horrible and was the biggest reason for their lack of success'. Whenever I heard comments like this alarm bells went of in my mind as I suspected these assumptions may be based on faulty information. Therefore today I'd like to delve into the Blue Jays 2011 offensive runs scored and pitching runs allowed, compare them against the rest of the league and see if the common beliefs hold up.<br />
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<b>The 2011 Results - Offense</b><br />
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Yes it is absolutely true the Toronto Blue Jays finished finished 6th in baseball in runs scored in 2011, however, with pitchers hitting in the National League you really can't use runs scored as a measure of comparison for teams from the different leagues. Therefore, to compare apples to apples I will only use American League team totals for the purpose of this article, where the Blue Jays finished 5th out of 14 teams in runs scored. Refer to Chart 1 for American League runs scored by team.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Chart 1 - American League Runs Scored by Team </b></span><br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 207px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 4498; mso-width-source: userset; width: 92pt;" width="123"></col><col style="mso-width-alt: 3072; mso-width-source: userset; width: 63pt;" width="84"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="60" style="height: 45pt;"><td class="xl65" height="60" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; height: 45pt; width: 92pt;" width="123"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Team</span></b></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 63pt;" width="84"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Runs Scored</span></b></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Boston</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">875</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NY Yankees</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">867</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Texas</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">855</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Detroit</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">787</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Toronto</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">743</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kansas City</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">730</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Baltimore</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">708</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tampa Bay</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">707</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cleveland</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">704</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">LA Angels</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">667</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chicago White Sox</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">654</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oakland</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">645</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Minnesota</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">619</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Seattle</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">556</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="background-color: #bfbfbf; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Average</span></b></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #bfbfbf; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">723</span></b></td></tr>
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The first thing that stands out to me is that although the Jays did finish 5th in the league in runs, they scored 132 less runs than the league leading Boston Red Sox. Additionally, they only scored 20 more runs than the league average. Thirdly, these totals ignore home park factors and could be misleading.<br />
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To combat any park advantage I decided to equalize each teams at home runs scored by taking their <a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor">2011 park factors</a> and adjusting each to an equivalent of 1.00. Therefore, once removing home park advantages, the Toronto Blue Jays adjusted total runs scored was 692, which was 31 runs below the league average. Additionally, they now finished 10th out of the 14 teams in adjusted total runs scored.<br />
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Therefore, despite the common belief, the above analysis suggests the Blue Jays offense was below average for American League teams in 2011.<br />
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<b>The 2011 Results - Pitching</b><br />
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The common belief is that the entire rotation outside of <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romerri01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Ricky Romero</a></b> and 10 starts for <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alvarhe01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Henderson Alvarez</a></b>, the entire Toronto Blue Jays rotation was a disappointment. Additionally the bullpen couldn't be counted on as they blew a league leading number of saves and <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/janssca01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Casey Janssen</a></b> was the only reliable member that had any kind of success. Overall the pitching staff was a disappointment and needs improvement. On the surface the numbers support this argument as Toronto Blue Jays pitchers allowed 761 runs which was the 4th highest total in the American League. Refer to Chart 2 for American League runs allowed by team.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Chart 2 - American League Runs Allowed by Team</b></span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></b><br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 213px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 4498; mso-width-source: userset; width: 92pt;" width="123"></col><col style="mso-width-alt: 3291; mso-width-source: userset; width: 68pt;" width="90"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="60" style="height: 45pt;"><td class="xl65" height="60" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; height: 45pt; width: 92pt;" width="123"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Team</span></b></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 68pt;" width="90"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Runs Allowed</span></b></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Baltimore</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">860</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Minnesota</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">804</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kansas City</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">762</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Toronto</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">761</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cleveland</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">760</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Boston</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">737</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Detroit</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">711</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chicago White Sox</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">706</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oakland</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">679</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Texas</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">677</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Seattle</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">675</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NY Yankees</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">657</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">LA Angels</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">633</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tampa Bay</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">614</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="background-color: #bfbfbf; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Average</span></b></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #bfbfbf; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">717</span></b></td></tr>
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Again, the above totals ignore home park factors and when the number of runs allowed at home are adjusted to equalize any advantage/disadvantage, the totals look very different. The 2011 Toronto Blue Jays adjusted total runs allowed is now 706, which is good enough for 8th lowest of the 14 American League teams and 11 fewer runs than the league average number given up. Therefore, since both numbers are now right in the middle of the pack for the American League, you could say that the Jays pitching was league average in 2011.<br />
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Therefore, while I believe that both the offense and pitching needs some improvement before we can truly call the Blue Jays a team ready to compete for a playoff spot, the analysis above suggests that it is actually the Blue Jays offense that needs the greatest amount of improvement.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo courtesy of SI.com</i></div>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-9611061896071768952012-01-11T21:53:00.009-05:002012-01-13T13:02:21.124-05:00Why Prince Fielder Will Sign With the Blue Jays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9Ak1WbN5g2E/Tw41Fv7nE3I/AAAAAAAAAIs/mWrADsfrjuw/s1600/Fielder+bluejays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kba="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9Ak1WbN5g2E/Tw41Fv7nE3I/AAAAAAAAAIs/mWrADsfrjuw/s640/Fielder+bluejays.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let me start by saying that I have never thought up until today that there was any real chance that <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fieldpr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Prince Fielder</a></b> would sign with the Blue Jays. The team has never given any indication that they would, and I have been the first to tell others that it's not happening. Sure I would daydream every now and then what it would be like to have both Fielder and <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=bautijo02,bautis005jos&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a></b> in the middle of the Blue Jays line-up, however I never though it would happen, in spite of any reports to the contrary. That is until today, and for no other reason that when I started putting the pieces of the puzzle together in my head I realized that Toronto is really <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fieldpr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Prince Fielder</a></b>'s only option.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What you say??? What about all the other reports about numerous teams being interested in him. Well, we need to remember he is being represented by Scott Boras who is the king of spinning false interest in his clients and in early December he had even convinced a reporter to <a href="http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2011/12/04/free-agent-powerhouse-prince-fielder-reportedly-has-narrowed-his-choices-of-teams-to-three/">break the story</a> that Fielder had narrowed his list of teams down to three, which also happened to included the Blue Jays. Additionally, when you start looking at the teams that are reportedly interested, all of them have denied any interest.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let's go through the list:</div><div><br />
1. Washington </div><div>According to <a href="http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120111&content_id=26314680&vkey=news_was&c_id=was">MLB.com</a> there's a "99 percent" chance that the Nationals will not sign <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1326332261_0">Prince Fielder</span>. Additional reports suggest that after the <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/werthja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jayson Werth</a></b> signing last year which is not quite working out the way they expected, they are a bit gun shy to hand out another big contract, and <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/5/nationals-gm-rizzo-nothing-changed-prince-fielder/">they say</a> the teams situation is settled at first base with Adam LaRoche.</div><div></div><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1326330868400118"><br />
2. Seattle<br />
According to <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/jcrasnick/status/156820024353488896">ESPN's Jerry Crasnick</a> Seattle's interest in Fielder is "extremely overblown." and an agent reports are that they only have $3 to $4 million left for this years budget</div><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1326330868400117"><br />
3. Milwaukee <br />
Prince's former team has moved on and signed <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ramirar01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Aramis Ramirez</a></b> instead, and with <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=rodrifr03,rodrifr04,rodrig012fra,rodrig005fra&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Francisco Rodriguez</a></b> accepting arbitration there is little money left to bring back Fielder.</div><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1326330868400116"><br />
4. Texas <br />
According to <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/jonmorosi/status/157151324847357952">Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports</a>, if Texas signs <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker&id=darvis001yu-" target="_blank">Yu Darvish</a></b>, there is reportedly no money left for Fielder</div><div><br />
5. Miami <br />
According to <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/Ken_Rosenthal/status/144828467312214016">Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports</a> a high ranking official in Miami has stated the team "is not and will not" be pursuing Prince Fielder</div><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1326330868400120"><br />
6. Baltimore<br />
According to <a href="http://www.masnsports.com/school_of_roch/2011/12/the-rotation-bullpen-fielder-minor-league-managers-and-mora.html">Roch Kubatko of MASN</a> that there is "no way" the Orioles will give Fielder the kind of money he wants, and the teams General Manager <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-duquette-not-ruling-out-fielder-but-20111221,0,7374285.story">Dan Duquette says</a> they won't be players for Fielder.</div><div><br />
7. Cubs <br />
The Cubs have <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/no-prince-fielder-cubs-trade-anthony-rizzo-205250358.html">just acquired</a> their first baseman of the future in <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rizzoan01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Anthony Rizzo</a></b>.</div><div><br />
8. Cardinals<br />
Rather than paying a princely sum, the Cardinals <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/cardinals-sign-all-star-beltran/article_d74d0942-2cb2-11e1-8aa9-001a4bcf6878.html">have signed</a> <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrca01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Carlos Beltran</a></b> instead and <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berkmla01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Lance Berkman</a></b> will be the teams 2012 1st baseman<br />
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9. Dodgers<br />
The teams general manager <a href="http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/7444133/gm-ned-colletti-says-los-angeles-dodgers-our-payroll">Ned Colleti has said</a> the team is likely done spending as "we are at our payroll"</div><div><br />
That completes the list of team with reported interest in Prince Fielder, could there be others? Possibly San Francisco, however they have never been linked to Fielder and <a href="http://jon-heyman.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/33714192/33978369">John Heyman of CBS sports</a> reports that Fielder does not want to go to the West Coast. Maybe Arizona, but they've got <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goldspa01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Paul Goldschmidt</a></b> at 1st base who is young, inexpensive and controllable for the next 6 years. I guess you can never count out the Red Sox and Yankees, but their 1st base and DH situations are filled. This really only leaves one team, the Toronto Blue Jays. <br />
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Also, the Toronto Blue Jays have never denied interest in Prince Fielder, they have just balked at his asking price and contract term demands. However, if they are the only bidder then Fielder will eventually have to give in to the demands of the Blue Jays and settle for a maximum 5 year deal. After all, Alex Anthopoulos has a value for all players and if a contact for Fielder meets what they believe is his value, and it makes sense for the team, then he's willing to make such moves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Update: </b>According to the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nationals-journal/post/nationals-still-pursuing-prince-fielder-met-today-with-agent-scott-boras/2012/01/11/gIQAX1IJsP_blog.html?wprss=nationals-journal">Washington Post</a> the owners of the Washington Nationals met with agent Scott Boras to discuss Prince Fielder, therefore the "99 per cent" chance that he won't sign with the team comment may have been nothing more than posturing. Something that a lot of teams may be doing to try to get the price down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Update 2: </b>According to <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/jonmorosi/status/157599377752469504">Jon Paul Morosi</a> the Blue Jays are "not a serious suitor for Prince Fielder" and that "Price/years would need to come way down". Well the hypothesis of my article is that since apparently no one is interested in Prince Fielder at his current demands, his price/years will have to come way down if he wants to play anywhere next season. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Picture “Photoshopping” courtesy Chris Creamer, baseball </i><a class="MIVA_AdLink" href="http://blogs.thescore.com/mlb/2011/12/07/albert-prince-consider-your-look-when-choosing-your-team/#" id="MIVA_LINK_6_0_5" name="MIVA_LINK_6_0_5" target="_blank"><i>card template</i></a><i> courtesy Andrew Meyer, via <a href="http://blogs.thescore.com/mlb/">Getting Blanked</a></i></div>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-656404139389515462011-11-01T10:29:00.001-04:002011-11-01T10:42:52.987-04:00How the Best Players in the AL Were Acquired - Part Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EAElrwJwP9U/Tq_sl2T8WeI/AAAAAAAAAIg/6zKjbLGzuCA/s1600/money.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EAElrwJwP9U/Tq_sl2T8WeI/AAAAAAAAAIg/6zKjbLGzuCA/s400/money.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
In part one of <a href="http://somethoughtsonbaseball.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-best-players-in-al-were-acquired.html">How the Best Players in the AL Were Acquired</a> it appeared that spending money on free agent players was not the best way to attain valuable players. However the data collated to determine this conclusion was only taken from the American League 2011 season, and that breaks the cardinal rule that you should never make a judgement based on a small sample size. Therefore, today I will look at results for all American League player seasons over the past ten years to which will either support or discredit our findings from in Part 1.<br />
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Again, I've determined the criteria for "Best Players" to be any season in which a player has posted a WAR (Wins Above Replacement) of 3.0 or better. This resulted in a total of 655 player seasons in the American League from 2002 through 2011. So let's get to the results:<br />
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<b>The Hitters....</b><br />
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The list of hitters in the American League that posted a 3.0 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) or better over the past 10 years resulted in total of 391 players, and detailed in the chart below is how teams acquired these players:<br />
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #C5BE97; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">Acquired</span></b></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #C5BE97; border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">Total Players</span></b></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #C5BE97; border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">% of Overall Hitters</span></b></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Trade</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">116</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">29.7%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Amateur Draft</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">140</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">35.8%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Amateur Free Agent</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">29</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">7.4%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Free Agent*</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">92</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">23.5%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Via Rule 5 Draft</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">0</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">0.0%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Waivers</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">3</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">0.8%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Purchased</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">11</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">2.8%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black;">Total</span></b></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">391</span></b></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">100.0%</span></b></div></td> </tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-small;">* Players that were re-signed by their existing team as free agents are not included in these totals.</span><br />
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The biggest change we see from Part 1 of How the Best Players in the American League Were Acquired is that the percentage of players that were acquired via free agency jumped from 5.4% up to 23.5%. However the amateur draft and trade routes were still the best way to acquire a top player.<br />
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<b>The Pitchers...</b><br />
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The list of pitchers in the American League that posted a 3.0 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) or better over the past 10 years resulted in total of 264 players, and detailed in the chart below is how teams acquired these players:<br />
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #C5BE97; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">Acquired</span></b></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #C5BE97; border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">Total Players</span></b></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #C5BE97; border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">% of Overall Pitchers</span></b></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Amateur Draft</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">95</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">36.0%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Trade</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">74</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">28.0%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Amateur Free Agent</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">27</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">10.2%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Free Agent*</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">58</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">22.0%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Via Rule 5 Draft</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">3</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">1.1%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Waivers</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">4</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">1.5%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Purchased</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">3</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">1.1%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black;">Total</span></b></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">264</span></b></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">100.0%</span></b></div></td> </tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-small;">* Players that were re-signed by their existing team as free agents are not included in these totals.</span><br />
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Again, the biggest change we see from Part 1 of How the Best Players in the American League Were Acquired is that the percentage of players that were acquired via free agency jumped from 10.7% up to 22.0%.<br />
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<b>Overall Players...</b><br />
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The list of overall players in the American League that posted a 3.0 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) or better over the past 10 years resulted in total of 655 players, and detailed in the chart below is how teams acquired these players:<br />
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<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #C5BE97; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">Acquired</span></b></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #C5BE97; border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">Total Players</span></b></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #C5BE97; border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">% of Overall Players</span></b></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Amateur Draft</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">211</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">32.2%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Trade</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">214</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">32.7%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Amateur Free Agent</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">56</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">8.5%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Free Agent</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">150</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">22.9%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Via Rule 5 Draft</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">3</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">0.5%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Waivers</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">7</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="background: #BFBFBF; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">1.1%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">Purchased</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">14</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">2.1%</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black;">Total</span></b></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="95"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">655</span></b></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 15.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 100.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="133"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">100.0%</span></b></div></td> </tr>
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Based on the results from the American League over the past 10 season, the best way to acquire a "Top Player" is through the Amateur Draft or via trade, with the two avenues almost equally viable. Signing a free agent is also a much more viable option than our initial analysis suggested, as on average 15 "Top Player" seasons a year are a result of players that had signed with their team as a free agent.<br />
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What we can also determine is that acquiring players through waivers or the Rule 5 Draft is highly over-rated, as it is very unlikely source of acquiring talent, and while purchasing a player from the Japanese league may seem to have some merit, most of those seasons are a result of two players, Ichiro Susuki and Alfonso Soriano.<br />
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<b>Trend...</b><br />
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To get a better understanding if there is a changing trend for how the best players in the AL were acquired I have included a graph below that breaks down the data by season:<br />
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What we find above indicates that there is a downward trend of elite players acquired as free agents. My initial inclination is that teams are now acquiring these players by trade before they have a chance to become free agents, as we saw with the Roy Halladay and Adrian Gonzalez deals, however at the same time we don't see a spike in "Top Players" being acquired through trades which would refute this hypothesis.<br />
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Also in the above graph we see a steady upward trend of the "Top Players" acquired through the amateur draft. This may be a result of more teams locking up their young talent to long term contracts through their productive seasons, such as has been the case with many players on the Tampa Bay Rays. Another explanation could be more players re-signing with their existing teams rather than leaving to sign with another team as a free agent. Both of these theories would also provide an explanation as to why there has been a decline in productive seasons coming from free agent signings.<br />
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Of course only time will tell if these trends will continue or if they are only a mere result of random market fluctuations. However if I'm a general manager, I'm first looking to either acquire players through trades or the amateur draft, and additionally I'm looking to identify my young "elite players" and hoping to lock up these players to a contract that takes them through their productive years.Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-53045942231763631892011-10-27T09:12:00.001-04:002011-10-27T09:17:20.759-04:00Stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q1rzpFG-1Xw/TqlPgknnzvI/AAAAAAAAAIU/PMMq-7PkNXE/s1600/stuff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q1rzpFG-1Xw/TqlPgknnzvI/AAAAAAAAAIU/PMMq-7PkNXE/s400/stuff.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Some interesting stuff out there in the baseball universe:<br />
<ul><li>According to <a href="http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/oracle/discussion/2012_zips_projections_-_boston_red_sox/">Baseball Think Factory</a>, a well respected organization that produces the ZIPS projections, Jacoby Ellsbury has a 0% chance of hitting 30 or more home runs in 2012. In fact they identified that Marco Scutaro has a better chance (1%) of hitting 30 home runs. Considering that Ellsbury hit 32 this year that's quite the statement.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/red_sox/index.php/2011/10/26/source-blue-jays-will-not-rule-out-signing-david-ortiz/">Boston Herald</a> believes that the Blue Jays are considering signing David Ortiz.</li>
<li><a href="http://seedlingstostars.com/prospect-rankings/2012-s2s-top-100/">Seedlings to the Stars</a> is very slowly counting down the Top 100 prospects in Major League Baseball, posting one well written article a day. </li>
<li>The Baseball Bloggers Alliance has completed handing out their post season awards and Jose Bautista was named top player in the American League. Some other noteworthy awards included:</li>
<ul><li>Matt Kemp won the NL top player award </li>
<li>Clayton Kershaw beat out Roy Halladay as the NL's top pitcher</li>
<li>Justin Verlander was named the AL's best pitcher</li>
</ul><li>For those who just can't get enough of Baseball Statistics, the <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l119&lid=119&t=l_bat">MLB.com website</a> has up to date statistics from the Arizona Fall League. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.drunkjaysfans.com/2011/10/mid-afternoon-snack-wednesday-october.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DrunkJaysFans+%28DrunkJaysFans%29">Drunk Jays Fan</a> is providing us with daily interesting links related to the Blue Jays </li>
<li><a href="http://www.bluejayhunter.com/2011/10/should-blue-jays-buy-or-trade-for.html">The Blue Jay Hunter</a> expands on my blog post regarding whether the Blue Jays should buy or trade for franchise players. I plan to do a follow-up blog to my original post with a much larger sample size. </li>
<li>According to <a href="http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111026/blue-jays-ticket-revenue-rogers-111026/20111026/?hub=TorontoNewHome">CTV.com</a> the Blue Jays had their highest ticket revenue this past season in over 18 years. Also of note, the Blue Jays average TV audience was 507,000 viewers per telecast, which is much higher than any other teams published viewership in the major leagues. As a point of reference, <a href="http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2011/10/03/Media/MLB-RSNs.aspx">this recent article</a> which does not include Canadian team television ratings states that the NY Yankees have the highest average household viewership at 319,000 per game.</li>
</ul>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-64241489713221636732011-10-11T22:23:00.001-04:002011-10-11T22:23:51.950-04:00Stan Musial Award Ballot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--8aJTrwJDDc/TpTnRYiEqDI/AAAAAAAAAIE/c3pxk4ITWoc/s1600/Stantheman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--8aJTrwJDDc/TpTnRYiEqDI/AAAAAAAAAIE/c3pxk4ITWoc/s400/Stantheman.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week I did </span><a href="http://somethoughtsonbaseball.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-10-07T08%3A23%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=7"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a post</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> covering my ballot for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) Goose Gossage award recognizing the American League's top reliever. This award is part of the following selection of awards, voted on by 2 blogger representatives for each major league team, that will be handed out over the next couple of weeks:</span><br />
<ul style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Connie Mack Award (top manager): announced </span><a href="http://baseballbloggersalliance.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/bba-names-arizonas-gibson-tampa-bays-maddon-top-managers/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">today</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Willie Mays Award (top rookie): announce October 13 </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Goose Gossage Award (top reliever): announced October 17 </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Walter Johnson Award (top pitcher): announced October 20 </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Stan Musial Award (top player): announced October 24 </span></li>
</ul><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Award...</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, I will cover my ballot for the Stan Musial Award recognizing the American Leagues Top Player. This award, unlike Major League Baseball's MVP Award, recognizes the top position player in the league regardless of how well his team performed during the regular season. Also, unlike the MVP award pitchers are ineligible to win. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ballots submitted for this award must include 10 finalists are tabulated using a point scale of 13-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, and the player with the most points after all votes are counted is declared the winner of the Stan Musial Award.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Numbers...</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not going to get into great detail regarding the statistics I focused on for determining who I included on my ballot like I did with the my Goose Gossage Award post, however many of the same criteria applies in that I focused on statistics that reflected what actually happened in 2011 and not those that project what is most likely to happen in 2012. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Additionally, the players defensive position, the strength of his defence and his overall offensive results all played a part in determining who I included on my ballot and in what order. Specific statistics that I focused on included On Base Percentage, Slugging Percentage, OPS (OPS+), Stolen Bases, Caught Stealing, Plate Appearances and of course, Wins Above Replacement courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com, for which I have highlighted the top 20 below in Figure 1.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">Figure 1 - AL Top 20 Wins Above Replacement Leaders</span></strong><br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 355px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 1316; mso-width-source: userset; width: 27pt;" width="36"><col style="mso-width-alt: 4644; mso-width-source: userset; width: 95pt;" width="127"><col span="3" style="width: 48pt;" width="64"></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; height: 15pt; width: 27pt;" width="36"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rk</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 95pt;" width="127"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Player</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Team</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PA</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #c2d69a; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">WAR</span></strong></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jose Bautista</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TOR</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">655</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.5</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jacoby Ellsbury*</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BOS</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">732</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.2</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Miguel Cabrera</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DET</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">688</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.1</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Adrian Gonzalez*</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BOS</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">715</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.9</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dustin Pedroia</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BOS</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">731</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.8</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Evan Longoria</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TBR</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">574</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.3</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alex Gordon*</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">KCR</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">690</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.9</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mike Napoli</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TEX</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">432</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.5</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alex Avila*</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DET</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">551</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.4</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ian Kinsler</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TEX</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">723</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.4</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Adrian Beltre</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TEX</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">525</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.2</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">12</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Curtis Granderson*</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NYY</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">691</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.2</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ben Zobrist#</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TBR</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">674</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.1</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Peter Bourjos</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">LAA</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">552</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Erick Aybar#</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">LAA</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">605</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.7</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">16</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Robinson Cano*</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NYY</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">681</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.6</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alberto Callaspo#</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">LAA</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">536</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.5</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yunel Escobar</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TOR</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">590</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.4</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brett Gardner*</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NYY</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">588</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.4</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl63" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">20</span></div></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jhonny Peralta</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DET</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">576</span></div></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.4</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl64" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22</span></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kevin Youkilis</span></div></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BOS</span></div></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">517</span></div></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.3</span></div></td></tr>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Ballot...</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The finalists in descending order for my Stan Musial Award ballot are as follows:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Ben Zobrist - Played multiple positions, 2nd base and in the outfield, stole bases, hit 72 extra base hits and didn't get enough recognition for his season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Dustin Pedroia - This guys was such a pest this season, it even bugs me that I've included him on this list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Evan Longoria - Forget batting average, this guy had a monster season while playing stand out defense at a position of premium.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Robinson Cano - 81 extra base hits for a 2b ain't too shabby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Alex Avila - Finished 7th in the American League in OPS+ as a catcher playing almost every day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Adrian Gonzalez - Led the American league in hits, 2nd in average, 3rd in OPS and OPS+, 3rd in OBP and among the best defensive 1st basemen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Curtis Granderson - Piled up the counting stats with 136 runs, 10 triples, 41 home runs, 119 rbi's and 25 stolen bases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Miguel Cabrera - No one in baseball got on base at a higher rate than Cabrera.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Jacoby Ellsbury - A number 1 selection most other years as the speedy centre-fielder known for stolen bases led the league in total bases in 2011</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And My #1 Selection is...</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Jose Bautista</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know what you are thinking, 'of course a Blue Jay Blogger is going to pick Jose Bautista #1', well hold on there a second, Jose Bautista simply was the top player in the American League. Not only did he lead the AL in WAR, but he came .001 point from winning the American League Sabermetric Triple Crown. That is leading the league in OBP, SLG and OPS, which he would have if it were not for a late season surge by Miguel Cabrera that moved him a hair above Bautista in OBP. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those that argue that Jacoby Ellsbury was the better player because of the added number of steals, hits, etc., I simply state that Jose Bautista got on base 287 times, which was 23 more times than Ellsbury in spite of having 77 fewer plate appearances, and oh yeah, and Bautista also hit 11 home runs more than Ellsbury, therefore more power plus getting on base more often equals better hitter.</span>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-44934316775375765102011-10-07T08:23:00.001-04:002011-10-11T22:28:32.398-04:00How The Best Players in the AL Were Acquired<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dNbWeBbRNio/TpT7OPYbrkI/AAAAAAAAAIM/WE2godi1yHc/s1600/baseball-money.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" oda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dNbWeBbRNio/TpT7OPYbrkI/AAAAAAAAAIM/WE2godi1yHc/s400/baseball-money.jpg" width="349" /></a></div><br />
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Every off season fans of teams teams rest there hopes for the upcoming season on who their team can sign as a free agent. However signing free agents often come at a premium cost and substantial risk, therefore is it really worth it? With all the talk, myself included, of suggesting the Blue Jays going out and sign one of Albert Pujols or Prince Fielder as a free agent, I thought I would do a little digging to how the best players in the American League in 2011 were acquired.<br />
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<b>The Hitters...</b><br />
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I've compiled a list of all the hitters in the American League that posted a 3.0 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) or better, which resulted in total of 37 players, and detailed in the chart below how their teams acquired those players:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Chart 1 - How AL Hitters with a WAR of 3.0 or Greater in 2011 Were Acquired</b></span><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background: #d6e3bc; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-background-themecolor: accent3; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How Players Were Acquired?</b></div></td><td style="background: #d6e3bc; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-background-themecolor: accent3; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Total Number of Players</b></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Trade</div></td><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">19</div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Amateur Draft</div></td><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">13</div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Amateur Free Agent</div></td><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">3</div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215">Free Agent*</td><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">2</div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: #d9d9d9; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Total</b></div></td><td style="background: #d9d9d9; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b>37 </b></div></td></tr>
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Not counting teams that resigned their own players as free agents, surprisingly Adrian Beltre and David Ortiz were the only hitters acquired via free agency that posted a 3.0 WAR or better in 2011, and Ortiz first signed with his respective team as free agents well before becoming established players.<br />
<br />
* Paul Konerko and Jhonny Peralta were re-signed by their existing team as a free agent and not included in these totals.<br />
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<b>The Pitchers...</b><br />
<br />
Similarly I have compiled a list of all the pitchers in the American League that posted a 3.0 WAR or better, which resulted in total of 28 players, and detailed in the chart below how their teams acquired those players:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Chart 2 - How AL Pitchers with a WAR of 3.0 or Greater in 2011 Were Acquired</b></span> <br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background: #d6e3bc; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-background-themecolor: accent3; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How Players Were Acquired?</b></div></td><td style="background: #d6e3bc; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-background-themecolor: accent3; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Total Number of Players</b></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Amateur Draft </div></td><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">14</div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Trade</div></td><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">5</div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Amateur Free Agent </div></td><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">4</div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Free Agent**</div></td><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">3</div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Via Rule 5 Draft</div></td><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">1</div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Waivers</div></td><td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">1</div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: #d9d9d9; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 161.35pt;" valign="top" width="215"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Total</b></div></td><td style="background: #d9d9d9; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: medium none; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 134.65pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">28</b></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
Again, C.C. Sabathia, Brandon McCarthy and Freddy Garcia were the only pitchers to be acquired via free agency.<br />
<br />
** Mariano Rivera was re-signed by his existing team as a free agent and not included in these totals. <br />
<br />
<b>Moral of the Story...</b><br />
<br />
Out of a total 66 players in the American League who posted a WAR of 3.0 or greater in 2011, only 5 or 7.5% of these players were acquired as Free Agents.<br />
<br />
There might be something to Alex Anthopoulos' theory that the best way to acquire talent, other than through the amateur draft, is through trades. At least this theory holds true above when it comes to the hitters, and even with pitchers more top players were acquired via trade than through Free Agency.<br />
<br />
That being said, I'm a gluten for punishment an would still support either an Albert Pujols or Prince Fielder signing.Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-19933686606437997702011-10-05T23:11:00.005-04:002011-10-06T08:29:10.538-04:00My Goose Gossage Award Ballot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HYN9VCI54Mc/To0BSXR0wRI/AAAAAAAAAIA/-4q6QF0hZ2Q/s1600/Goose+Gossage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kca="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HYN9VCI54Mc/To0BSXR0wRI/AAAAAAAAAIA/-4q6QF0hZ2Q/s320/Goose+Gossage.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Awards</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The regular season is over and for fans of more than 73% of the teams in baseball it means time to focus on what happened to their team, how it can be improved, those bastards that actually made the playoffs and obviously most importantly...Award Season! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes award season is just around the corner and I'm not referring to the awards that the baseball writers never seem to get right, I'm talking about the following, most respected awards in pro sports today, that are voted on by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA):</span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Connie Mack Award (top manager): announced October 10</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Willie Mays Award (top rookie): announce October 13</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Goose Gossage Award (top reliever): announced October 17</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Walter Johnson Award (top pitcher): announced October 20</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Stan Musial Award (top player): announced October 24</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Toronto chapter of the BBA is allotted two votes per award, as I assume every other city with one major league team is allotted, although I probably should check in to it to make sure that Boston isn't stacking the votes. Votes for these awards are submitted by only the most respected bloggers within each city, with blogs supporting AL teams given a vote for the AL awards and vice versa, blogs supporting NL teams given a vote for the NL awards. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">As a proud member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance I have been given the honour of voting for the Goose Gossage Award for top American League reliever, which I get into greater detail today, and the Stan Musial Award for the top American League player.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>As a Side...</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Before getting into the candidates for this award I feel I need to preface something. I was not looking forward to voting on this award and I will tell you why, there is such a split in the baseball world as to who should be the obvious winner of this award. For most people it's a hands down no brainer that Jose Valverde should win the award, as they believe he has had one of the top 5 best seasons for a reliever of all time! Jose Valverde was a perfect 49 for 49 in save opportunities and only one other closer in major league history has had a "perfect season" and that was Eric Gagne who was not only the best closer for that season, but also won the Cy Young award for his perfection.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the other side of the coin new statistical metrics suggest that Valverde just isn't that good. In fact, his Wins above replacement according to Fangraphs was 1.0, good enough to finish 19th among AL relievers, and his xFIP of 4.01 suggest he may even be a below average reliever. So how could any sane, rational person vote for this loser???</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Numbers...</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whenever going through potential candidates for an award the first thing I do is start to compile the numbers. Some of the numbers I feel are relevant to this award, in no particular order, include:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Save and Blown Saves</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I know they are archaic statistics, however there is still some romance to getting a save and it is a statistic that is important to players and thus has created a mental pressure that some players just can't overcome. Let's call this the Matt Thornton disease. I believe that a closers job is harder than a set up mans' and therefore will give emphasis in voting consideration to closers and the number of saves vs. blown saves will provide a point of separation.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Shut Downs, Meltdowns and SD%</i></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For those who aren't familiar with Shut Downs and Melt Downs, please take the time to go <a href="http://blogs.thescore.com/mlb/2011/04/01/shutdowns-meltdowns-and-better-bullpen-stats/">here</a> and read up on the statistic. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I believe this is a much better statistic to evaluate a reliever’s performance than the traditional saves and blown saves statistics. It incorporates the real impact a reliever has on improving his teams chances of winning and likewise his teams chances of losing. Therefore, there are no cheap shut downs and/or meltdowns. Additionally, shut downs and melt downs can be applied to all relievers and are not just limited to closers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shut Down Percentage (SD%) is simply the total number of Shut Downs divided by Shut Downs and Melt Downs combined.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Wins Above Replacement (WAR)</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">WAR is all the rage these days, almost to the point where it is the only statistic that matters. While I do agree with this to a point, I believe that there are some kinks in the statistic, especially for when you are evaluating pitchers. The first kink is that there are two different versions of the WAR statistic out there, one that is used by Fangraphs.com and a different version, albeit with many of the same principles, that is used by Baseball-Reference.com. The main difference between the two statistics is that the Fangraph’s version uses a more projective formula that identifies what a players WAR should be without the luck factor. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>The Traditional Numbers</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I still believe in the traditional statistics when it comes to evaluating a players season, this means for a reliever I will consider the players ERA, WHIP and Strike Outs. While I recognize that luck plays a factor in ERA and WHIP, these are measurements of what actually happened, and actual performance should be the most important factor for recognizing a player with an award. Strike Outs are important because when compared with the number of innings pitched it identifies how dominant a pitcher was.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh and Wins and Losses offer very little in regards to evaluating starting pitchers and therefore offer almost nothing for relievers, these statistics were completely ignored for evaluation purposes. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Candidates...</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">For my evaluation of the candidates I began with everyone who qualifies as an American League reliever and whittled down the candidates. The chart below identifies the top 20 AL relievers for the Baseball-Reference version of WAR. I've included this list along with all other important statistics because I feel it highlights well my final group of candidates for AL top reliever.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Chart 1 - Top 20 AL Relievers by Win Above Replacement (WAR) </b></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; width: 715px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 124pt;" width="165"></col><col style="width: 47pt;" width="62"></col><col style="width: 16pt;" width="21"></col><col style="width: 23pt;" width="31"></col><col style="width: 18pt;" width="24"></col><col style="width: 17pt;" width="23"></col><col style="width: 17pt;" width="22"></col><col style="width: 28pt;" width="37"></col><col style="width: 29pt;" width="39"></col><col span="2" style="width: 28pt;" width="37"></col><col style="width: 28pt;" width="37"></col><col style="width: 29pt;" width="39"></col><col span="2" style="width: 37pt;" width="49"></col><col style="width: 32pt;" width="43"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="49" style="height: 36.75pt;"><td class="xl85" height="49" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 36.75pt; width: 124pt;" width="165"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Name</b></span></div></td><td class="xl86" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Team</b></span></div></td><td class="xl87" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>G</b></span></div></td><td class="xl87" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>IP</b></span></div></td><td class="xl88" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>K</b></span></div></td><td class="xl87" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>SV</b></span></div></td><td class="xl87" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>BS</b></span></div></td><td class="xl89" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>ERA</b></span></div></td><td class="xl89" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>WHIP</b></span></div></td><td class="xl89" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>FIP</b></span></div></td><td class="xl89" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>xFIP</b></span></div></td><td class="xl90" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>FG WAR</b></span></div></td><td class="xl90" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>BR WAR</b></span></div></td><td class="xl90" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Shut Downs</b></span></div></td><td class="xl90" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Melt Downs</b></span></div></td><td class="xl91" style="background-color: #d7e4bc; border-color: windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>SD %</b></span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">David Robertson</span></div></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yankees</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">70</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">66</span></div></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">99</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.08</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.13</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.84</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.46</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.8</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.9</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">37</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td><td class="xl92" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">82%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mariano Rivera</span></div></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yankees</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">64</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">61</span></div></td><td class="xl75" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">60</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">44</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.91</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0.90</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.19</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.64</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.4</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.5</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">37</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div></td><td class="xl93" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">84%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jim Johnson</span></div></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Orioles</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">69</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">91</span></div></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">58</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.67</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.11</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.22</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.42</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.6</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.2</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">31</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11</span></div></td><td class="xl92" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">74%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Alfredo Aceves</span></div></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Red Sox</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">51</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">93</span></div></td><td class="xl75" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">67</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.03</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.11</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.96</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4.42</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0.7</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.9</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">18</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td><td class="xl93" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">75%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jose Valverde</span></div></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tigers</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">75</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">72</span></div></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">69</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">49</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.24</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.19</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.55</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4.01</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.0</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.7</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">38</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div></td><td class="xl92" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">88%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Greg Holland</span></div></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Royals</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">46</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">60</span></div></td><td class="xl75" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">74</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.80</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0.93</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.21</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.67</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.0</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.6</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">24</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td><td class="xl93" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">96%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chris Sale</span></div></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">White Sox</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">58</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">71</span></div></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">79</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.79</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.11</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.12</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.00</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.4</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.4</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">28</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div></td><td class="xl92" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">80%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jesse Crain</span></div></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">White Sox</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">67</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">65</span></div></td><td class="xl75" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">70</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.62</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.24</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.70</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.86</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0.9</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.3</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">25</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">13</span></div></td><td class="xl93" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">66%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Vinnie Pestano</span></div></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Indians</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">68</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">62</span></div></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">84</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.32</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.05</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.67</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.80</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.5</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.2</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">29</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td><td class="xl92" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">78%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Koji Uehara</span></div></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- - -</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">65</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">65</span></div></td><td class="xl75" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">85</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.35</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0.72</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.03</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.33</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.3</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.2</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">23</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div></td><td class="xl93" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">82%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scott Downs</span></div></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Angels</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">60</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">53</span></div></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">35</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.34</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.01</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.29</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.40</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0.9</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.2</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">25</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span></div></td><td class="xl92" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">71%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Grant Balfour</span></div></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Athletics</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">62</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">62</span></div></td><td class="xl75" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">59</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.47</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.03</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.77</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.57</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0.4</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.2</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">32</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td><td class="xl93" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">84%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Joe Smith</span></div></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Indians</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">71</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">67</span></div></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">45</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.01</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.09</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.91</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.57</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.2</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.1</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">20</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></div></td><td class="xl92" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">69%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Aaron Crow</span></div></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Royals</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">57</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">62</span></div></td><td class="xl75" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">65</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> 7</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.76</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.39</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4.11</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.34</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0.3</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.1</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">19</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">15</span></div></td><td class="xl93" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">56%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jonathan Papelbon</span></div></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Red Sox</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">63</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">64</span></div></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">87</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">31</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.94</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0.93</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.53</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.16</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.0</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.0</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">32</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td><td class="xl92" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">89%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Glen Perkins</span></div></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Twins</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">65</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">61</span></div></td><td class="xl75" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">65</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.48</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.23</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.41</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.92</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.7</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.0</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">17</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12</span></div></td><td class="xl93" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">59%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kyle Farnsworth</span></div></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rays</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">63</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">57</span></div></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">51</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">25</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.18</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0.99</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.16</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.21</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0.9</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.8</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">21</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></div></td><td class="xl92" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">70%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Daniel Bard</span></div></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Red Sox</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">70</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">73</span></div></td><td class="xl75" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">74</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.33</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0.96</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.96</span></div></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.05</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.8</span></div></td><td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.7</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">35</span></div></td><td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11</span></div></td><td class="xl93" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">76%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium 1pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Casey Janssen</span></div></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue Jays</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">55</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">55</span></div></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">53</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.26</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.10</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.45</span></div></td><td class="xl71" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.04</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.3</span></div></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.7</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">18</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 0.5pt medium medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td><td class="xl92" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">82%</span></div></td></tr>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"><td class="xl77" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt 1pt; height: 15.75pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Neftali Feliz</span></div></td><td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 47pt;" width="62"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rangers</span></div></td><td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 16pt;" width="21"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">64</span></div></td><td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 23pt;" width="31"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">62</span></div></td><td class="xl80" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 18pt;" width="24"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">54</span></div></td><td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 17pt;" width="23"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">32</span></div></td><td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 17pt;" width="22"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td><td class="xl81" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2.74</span></div></td><td class="xl81" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.16</span></div></td><td class="xl81" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3.57</span></div></td><td class="xl81" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4.27</span></div></td><td class="xl84" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.0</span></div></td><td class="xl84" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.6</span></div></td><td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">25</span></div></td><td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 0.5pt 1pt medium; width: 37pt;" width="49"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div></td><td class="xl94" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; width: 32pt;" width="43"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">78%</span></div></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Near Misses...</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was a much tougher decision than I thought it would be and feel that I should recognize a few players who I gave careful consideration too and in the end they just fell short of making my top 3 finalist list. This includes Koji Uehara who absolutely dominated hitters at an obscene WHIP of 0.72, Greg Holland who had the highest shut down % of any reliever with 24 shut downs versus only 1 melt down, and finally David Robertson who was in and out of my top three finalists up until the very end. I could make a strong argument that David Robertson was in fact the best reliever in the American League in 2011, however, I just felt that by going in this direction I wasn't giving due recognition to 3 other candidates who I believe were slightly better.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Vote - Goose Gossage Award...</b></span><br />
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</b>Let me start by saying this, I believe awards should be given to players for their actual performance and while luck may have played a part in inflating someone’s statistics, they are a reflection of what actually happened and you can't change that. Therefore for these awards I placed less importance on projective statistics like xFIP and Fangraphs version of WAR as I'm less concerned about whether a player will be able to repeat his success and more concerned with what they actually did. So without further ado, here is my vote for the top three AL relievers in descending order:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>3rd Place - Johnathon Papelbon </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'd hate to think that the final game of the season lost this award for Papelbon, but that just may be the case. His shutdown percentage was second only to Greg Holland, he struck out an amazing 12.2 batters per 9 innings, and put up a mind boggling FIP of 1.53. His traditional peripherals were dominant as well and it just might be possible that he was one strike away from getting my first place vote. That's how close I view my top 3 finalists.<br />
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<b>2nd Place - Jose Valverde</b></span><br />
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</b>In the end, I just couldn't give Jose Valverde my vote for best AL reliever, however going 49 for 49 in save appearances shouldn't be taken lightly, as I said this is a feat that has only been accomplished once before in the history of baseball. Also, he finished with a very good ERA (2.23), WHIP (1.19), finished 5th among AL relievers in WAR, and led the AL in Shut downs with 38. I just think someone else put up a better season and deserved my first place vote.<br />
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<b>My 1st Place Vote for the Goose Gossage Award for Top American League Reliever Goes To....<br />
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Mariano Rivera</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">To tell you the truth, I did not see this one coming. It seems every year when I look at the end of season statistics I'm blown away by just how good Rivera was. In 2011, in the toughest division in baseball, Rivera bested both Papelbon and Valverde in ERA (1.91), WHIP (0.90) and WAR (3.5). He also finished with the 2nd most shut downs (37) and 13 more saves than Papelbon as Rivera tallied 44. In my opinion, Mariano Rivera was the top reliever in the American League for 2011.</span></div>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-61183832867996655842011-09-08T14:23:00.000-04:002011-09-08T14:23:15.061-04:00Deja Vu All Over Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--9kUrnEKXes/TmkHUUcvbTI/AAAAAAAAAH8/Nd-hdxzb4jM/s1600/dcr0345l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--9kUrnEKXes/TmkHUUcvbTI/AAAAAAAAAH8/Nd-hdxzb4jM/s320/dcr0345l.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br />
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A wise man once said that no matter how many baseball games you have seen, the next game you watch will contain something you have never seen before. Well, something strange that happened in today's Dodgers/Nationals game is certainly something I've never seen before.<br />
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Here are the inning summaries for the top of the 1st and 3rd innings:<br />
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1st Inning<br />
- D. Gordon singled to shallow center<br />
- J. Loney ground rule double to deep left center, D. Gordon to third<br />
- M. Kemp grounded into fielder's choice, D. Gordon out at home, J. Loney to third<br />
- J. Rivera doubled to left, J. Loney and M. Kemp scored<br />
- A. Miles grounded out to pitcher, J. Rivera to third<br />
- J. Sands grounded out to first <br />
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3rd Inning<br />
- D. Gordon singled to shallow right<br />
- J. Loney singled to shallow right, D. Gordon to third<br />
- M. Kemp grounded into fielder's choice, D. Gordon out at home, J. Loney to second<br />
- J. Rivera doubled to left, J. Loney and M. Kemp scored <br />
- A. Miles grounded out to second, J. Rivera to third<br />
- J. Sands grounded out to shortstop <br />
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No, I did not make a mistake, although they are nearly identical those are two separate inning summaries. Yes I'm sure there have been similar innings within the same game before, but this is ridiculous.Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-43401557518095609802011-08-26T11:24:00.002-04:002011-08-26T16:20:27.289-04:00Jays Sign Non-Drafted Free Agent<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KQwvOq2aSvk/Tle51OdYoJI/AAAAAAAAAH4/pfFf3VsDD64/s1600/Wilson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KQwvOq2aSvk/Tle51OdYoJI/AAAAAAAAAH4/pfFf3VsDD64/s400/Wilson.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><br />
Apparently the Blue Jays haven't completely abandoned "Old School" philosophies as <a href="http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/08/the-mets-havent-yet-had-internal-discussions-about-picking-up-the-2013-option-for-manager-terry-collins-but-theyll-likely.html">According to MLBTraderumors</a> they have just signed Luke Willson.Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-31461269850156480642011-05-30T08:42:00.003-04:002011-05-30T08:53:11.844-04:00Jose Bautista is Clean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lMfYj4s9S1Y/TeOPG8-YbZI/AAAAAAAAAHw/aYyCuk06AiM/s1600/Canceco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lMfYj4s9S1Y/TeOPG8-YbZI/AAAAAAAAAHw/aYyCuk06AiM/s400/Canceco.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br />
At least according to the man that broke the steroid Scandal. That's right, Jose Canseco posted the following <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/josecanseco">tweets</a> about Jose Bautista, in between his marriage proposals to Lady Gaga:<br />
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<div class="tweet-row"><div class="tweet-text pretty-link"><b>Jose bautista Toronto bluejays is a beast</b></div></div><a class="tweet-timestamp" href="http://twitter.com/#%21/JoseCanseco/status/74529188169781248" title="1:35 PM May 28th"><span class="_old-timestamp" data-long-form="true" data-time="1306604117000">28 May</span></a><span class="tweet-user-name"><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="19715003" href="http://twitter.com/#%21/JoseCanseco" title="Jose Canseco"><br />
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<b>Bautista is as clean as they come and a good person</b><br />
<div class="tweet-row"><a class="tweet-timestamp" href="http://twitter.com/#%21/JoseCanseco/status/74553677821652992" title="3:12 PM May 28th"><span class="_old-timestamp" data-long-form="true" data-time="1306609956000">28 May</span></a></div>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-24426924590707004912011-04-27T21:42:00.004-04:002011-04-28T07:21:40.835-04:00Ask the Bloggers: What Others Think of Jose Bautista<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CkkyTH-H8sE/TbjFHKGw72I/AAAAAAAAAHg/6-nTyjS8tJA/s1600/2011_MLB_JOSE_BAUTISTA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CkkyTH-H8sE/TbjFHKGw72I/AAAAAAAAAHg/6-nTyjS8tJA/s400/2011_MLB_JOSE_BAUTISTA.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br />
Do you ever find yourself reading another teams blog? Do you find yourself thinking the author is such a homer that he can't see the forest through the trees? As a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays I sometimes wonder if I can't have perspective for my favorite team because I have a bias and I will always look for the best case scenario's. It is because of this that I have decided to try what will hopefully turn into a new feature on this blog, where I ask other blogger's from around the league to weigh in on a specific issue/topic regarding the Toronto Blue Jays.<br />
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This week I thought I'd start with asking other bloggers the following question:<br />
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<em>With an apparent change to his swing, Jose Bautista went from a league average at best player to slugging 54 home runs in 2010. Because of his sudden improvement many were skeptical that he could repeat the success he had last year in 2011, however once again he continues to defy all conventional wisdom and has put up even better numbers early on this season. Is he now an elite player in this league, what do you believe has led to Jose Bautista's success and can he keep it up? </em><br />
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Obviously the correct answer is of course Jose Bautista an elite player and is most likely the second coming of Babe Ruth. However here's what other blogs from around the league have to say:<br />
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<strong>Response from Bill Ivie of the Cardinals and Royals Blog <a href="http://www.i70baseball.com/">I70 Baseball</a></strong><br />
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I can tell you, when the 1998 season occurred and McGwire and Sosa were chasing the record, I remember thinking "McGwire is a player I expect this from. Sosa is a flash in the pan." Some said it was because I was a Cardinal fan. But, I'm a fan of baseball more than anything and Sosa just seemed to make a jump. I view Bautista the same way. He is a good player, but his power surge won't last. It's the product of an adjustment and the pitchers dependence on scouting reports. When you scout someone and then use that report to pitch to them and they make an adjustment, you may pitch to a new strength instead of an old weakness. Time and scouting will catch up to him, but he will have a good season or two first.<br />
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<strong>Response from Daniel Aubain of </strong><a href="http://www.cosfba.com/"><strong>Colorado Springs Fantasy Baseball Addict</strong></a><br />
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3B/OF Jose Bautista of Toronto is tied for the major league lead with seven home runs, has scored 19 runs and walked 19 times in just 18 games this season. At his current pace, he projects to hit 54 home runs (sound familiar?), score 147 runs and walk 147 times. None of these numbers put him in the stratosphere of "record-breaking" but they should be putting the talk of his 2010 simply being a fluke to rest.<br />
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<strong>Response from Francisco Hilario Jr of </strong><a href="http://baseballism.blogspot.com/"><strong>Baseballism</strong></a><strong> and </strong><a href="http://latinoball.blogspot.com/"><strong>Latinoball</strong></a><br />
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I've had similar discussions with friends and colleagues based on Jose Bautista. I believe that we as both Baseball fans and blogger are somewhat skeptical when it comes to Bautista's success. How can we not feel that way given the last 10-15 years of the "Steroid Era" in baseball. It is easy to say to myself, "Well he never hit more than 20 in a season before last season and now he hits 54?". Maybe he's a late bloomer who has had sub par help when it came to hitting. Look at George Brett who was an average hitter until he came under the tutelage of renown hitting coach Charlie Lau. Maybe all it took was the right person to find the flaw in Bautista's swing. <br />
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I believe time will tell if Bautista is an elite player. If he can continue with his current style of hitting for five or more seasons then yes I would be inclined to think of him as an elite player. For me one or two years doesn't cut it. So far this season, he's showing that last year wasn't a fluke. Let's hope he continues on that path.<br />
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<strong>Response from Cardinals blogger Aaron of </strong><a href="http://elmaquino5.wordpress.com/"><strong>El Maquino</strong></a><br />
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I think you'd be crazy to say the guy won't be a beast yet again in 2011. Flash seasons with 30 homers happen once and a while, but coming within nine of Roger Maris is too good to just be a fluke.<br />
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Whatever change he made before 2010 has made him a top-five slugger in the American League.<br />
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<strong>Response from Aaron Sommers of the general baseball blog </strong><a href="http://bloggingfromthebleachers.com/"><strong>Blogging From the Bleachers</strong></a><br />
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It is easy to question the legitimacy of Bautista’s sudden career turnaround because the 2010 season was completely unexpected from him. But, it should be pointed out that this goes beyond just the home run totals – which in 2010 surpassed his previous career total of 43. Take a look at his Baseball-Reference page and you can see clearly that during the 2010 season Bautista set new career high marks in nearly every offensive category – batting average, hits, on base percentage, RBI, walks, and more. For much of last season we heard most of the critics jumping to the “he must have been taking something” bandwagon. People wanted to believe it was more likely that he was using a PED than simply a case where the player has figured things out. Yet, with the stingy testing policies in place today and the availability of information online we know, with some degree of certainty, that he was tested multiple times during the 2010 season and passed those tests cleanly.<br />
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Bautista seems to have made a change to his swing at the onset of the 2010 season that contributed to the successes he had last year and the early production he’s provided the Blue Jays in 2011. But, this could also be a situation where a player just seems to “figure it out” later than the norm. The question on whether he can sustain this level of production, however, is another matter altogether. The Blue Jays are banking on this being a prolonged period in his career, as evident by the contract extension they recently signed the versatile fielder to. Yet, it is too early to classify Bautista as one of the elite players in the American League because he simply has not produced at this level for a long enough period. Sure, we as fans can credit him for a wonderful 2010 season and we can recognize that his 2011 season has started on the same path. But baseball can be a finicky sport. Players can have one or two solid seasons before fading into obscurity. It happens all the time. Bautista’s ability to maintain this production going forward is going to be the key to where his legacy is set and ultimately whether Toronto was smart in guaranteeing him so much money in the coming years.Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-80965080871552296512011-04-11T22:13:00.001-04:002011-04-11T22:14:30.247-04:00An Early Look at the Numbers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mt7FO4MWfQk/TaOo4DPIXaI/AAAAAAAAAFw/68L_ii8GUA0/s1600/farrell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mt7FO4MWfQk/TaOo4DPIXaI/AAAAAAAAAFw/68L_ii8GUA0/s400/farrell.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Week 1 is officially in the books and Jays fans have already experienced many highs and lows. So let's take a much too early look at the numbers to see if there are any conclusions we can jump to. Starting with the hitters:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 679px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 4534; mso-width-source: userset; width: 93pt;" width="124"><col span="15" style="mso-width-alt: 1353; mso-width-source: userset; width: 28pt;" width="37"></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" id="yui-dt0-th-Batting" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt; width: 93pt;" width="124"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">Player</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">AB</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">R</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">H</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">2B</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">3B</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">HR</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">RBI</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">BB</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">K</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">SB</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">CS</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">AVG</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">OBP</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">SLG</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 28pt;" width="37"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">OPS</span></strong></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td headers="yui-dt0-th-G " height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/arencjp01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">J. P. Arencibia</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-R " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-H " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-2B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-3B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-HR " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-RBI " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-BB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-K " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-SB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-CS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-AVG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OBP " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.368</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-SLG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.429</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OPS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.000</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.429</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/escobyu01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Yunel Escobar</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">21</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.476</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.556</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.810</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.365</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td headers="yui-dt0-th-G " height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Jose+Bautista&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-R " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-H " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-2B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-3B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-HR " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-RBI " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-BB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-K " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-SB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-CS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-AVG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OBP " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.364</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-SLG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.533</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OPS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.636</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.170</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-G " height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcdonjo03.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">John McDonald</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-R " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-H " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-2B " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-3B " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-HR " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-RBI " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-BB " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-K " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-SB " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-CS " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-AVG " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-OBP " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.462</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-SLG " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.529</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-OPS " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.538</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.068</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td headers="yui-dt0-th-G " height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nixja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jayson Nix</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-R " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-H " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-2B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-3B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-HR " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-RBI " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-BB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-K " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-SB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-CS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-AVG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OBP " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.235</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-SLG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.316</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OPS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.588</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.904</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-G " height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccoymi01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Mike McCoy</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-R " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-H " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-2B " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-3B " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-HR " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-RBI " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-BB " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-K " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-SB " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-CS " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-AVG " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-OBP " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.364</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-SLG " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.417</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-OPS " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.455</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.871</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td headers="yui-dt0-th-G " height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Jose+Molina&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Molina</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-R " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-H " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-2B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-3B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-HR " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-RBI " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-BB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-K " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-SB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-CS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-AVG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OBP " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.231</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-SLG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.286</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OPS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.538</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.824</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-G " height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lindad01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Adam Lind</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-R " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">39</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-H " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-2B " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">12</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-3B " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-HR " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-RBI " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-BB " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-K " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-SB " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-CS " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-AVG " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-OBP " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.308</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-SLG " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.310</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-OPS " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.462</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.771</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td headers="yui-dt0-th-G " height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/snidetr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Travis Snider</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-R " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-H " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-2B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-3B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-HR " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-RBI " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-BB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-K " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-SB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-CS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-AVG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OBP " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.167</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-SLG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.286</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OPS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.300</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.586</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-G " height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hillaa01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Aaron Hill</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-R " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">38</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-H " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-2B " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-3B " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-HR " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-RBI " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-BB " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-K " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-SB " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-CS " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-AVG " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-OBP " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.184</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-SLG " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.195</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-OPS " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.211</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.406</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td headers="yui-dt0-th-G " height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Juan+Rivera&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Juan Rivera</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-R " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-H " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-2B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-3B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-HR " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-RBI " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-BB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-K " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-SB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-CS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-AVG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OBP " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.133</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-SLG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.257</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OPS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.133</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.390</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-G " height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/encared01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Edwin Encarnacion</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-R " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-H " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-2B " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-3B " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-HR " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-RBI " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-BB " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-K " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-SB " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-CS " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" headers="yui-dt0-th-AVG " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-OBP " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.167</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-SLG " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.161</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" headers="yui-dt0-th-OPS " style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.200</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.361</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td headers="yui-dt0-th-G " height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisra01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Rajai Davis</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-R " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">32</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-H " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-2B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-3B " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-HR " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-RBI " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-BB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-K " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-SB " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-CS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" headers="yui-dt0-th-AVG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OBP " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.156</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-SLG " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.156</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" headers="yui-dt0-th-OPS " style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.188</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.344</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Batting Stats Totals</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl67" id="yui-dt0-th-AB" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">315</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl67" id="yui-dt0-th-R" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">44</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl67" id="yui-dt0-th-H" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">80</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl67" id="yui-dt0-th-2B" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">12</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl67" id="yui-dt0-th-3B" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl67" id="yui-dt0-th-HR" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl67" id="yui-dt0-th-RBI" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">42</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl67" id="yui-dt0-th-BB" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">32</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl67" id="yui-dt0-th-K" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">62</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl67" id="yui-dt0-th-SB" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl67" id="yui-dt0-th-CS" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl68" id="yui-dt0-th-AVG" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.254</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl68" id="yui-dt0-th-OBP" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.320</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl68" id="yui-dt0-th-SLG" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.413</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl68" id="yui-dt0-th-OPS" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.733</span></strong></td></tr>
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1. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/arencjp01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">J. P. Arencibia</a></strong> - As I predicted <a href="http://somethoughtsonbaseball.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-to-expect-from-jp-arencibia.html">here</a>, Arencibia is a stud! It's almost a certainty that he will eventually be elected into the hall of fame. All kidding aside his start couldn't have gone much better. However, try to be patient as he won't be in the line-up everyday, and I'm not convinced yet that this is a bad thing. His time will come.<br />
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2. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hillaa01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Aaron Hill</a></strong> - At what point should we be concerned that last years version of Hill is what we should expect from now on?<br />
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3. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisra01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Rajai Davis</a></strong> - No need to press the panic button yet, he's been playing hurt.<br />
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4. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcdonjo03.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">John McDonald</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccoymi01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Mike McCoy</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nixja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jayson Nix</a></strong> - They are all off to a nice start, but at no point this season should they be confused with every day players.<br />
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5. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/snidetr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Travis Snider</a></strong> - I've been so convinced since Sniders first at bat in the major leagues that he would eventually become a core player, someone to build a team around. One week should not change this belief.<br />
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6. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Jose+Bautista&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a></strong> - I love this guy!<br />
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7. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Juan+Rivera&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Juan Rivera</a></strong> - This guy looks awful, hopefully he's one of those guys that gets his production in bunches, kind of like the guy he was traded for.<br />
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8. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/encared01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Edwin Encarnacion</a></strong> - Speaking of getting production in bunches, please be patient.<br />
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9. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/escobyu01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Yunel Escobar</a></strong> - An Atlanta Braves fan commented recently that in 2009 it seemed as if <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/escobyu01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Yunel Escobar</a></strong> was involved in everything good that happened to the Braves that year. It's kind of feeling that way for Escobar with the Blue Jays this year.<br />
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And now the Pitchers:<br />
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 612px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 4534; mso-width-source: userset; width: 93pt;" width="124"><col span="11" style="mso-width-alt: 1243; mso-width-source: userset; width: 26pt;" width="34"><col style="mso-width-alt: 1426; mso-width-source: userset; width: 29pt;" width="39"><col style="mso-width-alt: 1499; mso-width-source: userset; width: 31pt;" width="41"><col style="mso-width-alt: 1243; mso-width-source: userset; width: 26pt;" width="34"></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" id="yui-dt0-th-OPS" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt; width: 93pt;" width="124"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Player<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">G</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">W</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">L</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">SV</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">HLD</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">IP</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">H</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">ER</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">HR</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">BB</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">K</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 29pt;" width="39"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">ERA</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 31pt;" width="41"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">WHIP</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #17375d; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Calibri;">BAA</span></strong></div></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/purceda01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">David Purcey</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.00</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.00</span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.143</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/janssca01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Casey Janssen</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.00</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.29</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.333</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doteloc01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Octavio Dotel</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.00</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.00</span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.143</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/villaca01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Carlos Villanueva</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.00</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.53</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.000</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/richmsc01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Scott Richmond</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.00</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.00</span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.000</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/campsh01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Shawn Camp</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.00</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.88</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.235</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rzepcma01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Marc Rzepczynski</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.2</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.00</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.35</span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.063</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romerri01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Ricky Romero</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13.2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">12</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.32</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.95</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.216</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/drabeky01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Kyle Drabek</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">12</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.38</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.08</span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.163</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frasoja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jason Frasor</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.15</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.92</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.222</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rauchjo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jon Rauch</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.15</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.38</span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.294</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/litscje01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jesse Litsch</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.26</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.26</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.250</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reyesjo03.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jo-Jo Reyes</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.1</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.23</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.65</span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.326</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cecilbr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brett Cecil</a></strong></span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">16</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.20</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.90</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.400</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td class="xl73" height="20" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt; width: 93pt;" width="124"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Totals</span></strong></td><td class="xl74" id="yui_3_3_0_2_1302572597831138" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" width="34"><div style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">42</span></strong></div></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" title="5 Wins" width="34"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" title="4 Losses" width="34"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" title="2 Saves" width="34"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" title="2 Holds" width="34"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" title="85.2 Innings Pitched" width="34"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">85.2</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" title="74 Hits" width="34"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">74</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" title="25 Earned Runs" width="34"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" title="4 Home Runs" width="34"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" title="26 All Walks" width="34"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" title="78 Strikeouts" width="34"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">78</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 29pt;" title="2.63 Earned Run Average" width="39"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.63</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 31pt;" title="1.17 Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched" width="41"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.17</span></strong></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 26pt;" title=".239 Batting Average Against" width="34"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.239</span></strong></td></tr>
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1. The bullpen - And I was worried when Francisco went on the DL. It's a shame that <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/janssca01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Casey Janssen</a></strong> had to be sent to the minors solely because he had options remaining, however, that's the kind of problem I don't mind this team having. So now the question is, who's out when Francisco returns?<br />
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2. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/drabeky01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Kyle Drabek</a></strong> - Roy who? <br />
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3. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/litscje01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jesse Litsch</a></strong> - I really hope this guy continues to make me look stupid for suggesting he was a waste of a roster spot. He really impressed me in his first start this season.<br />
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4. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romerri01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Ricky Romero</a></strong> - It really appears that he's developing into a true team ace. Well done!<br />
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5. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reyesjo03.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jo-Jo Reyes</a></strong> - I don't care what kind of <a href="http://taoofstieb.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-afternoon-of-jo-jo-and-other.html">man crush</a> the Tao of Stieb has on this guy, I'm not buying it. <br />
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6. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cecilbr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brett Cecil</a></strong> - Again, please be patient, Cecil will turn it around. Unfortunately for him, it may happen in Las Vegas in order for the Jays to make room for <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morrobr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brandon Morrow</a></strong>. The correct move would be to wave bye-bye to Jo-Jo.Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-8693038814009470502011-03-26T15:21:00.003-04:002011-03-26T19:52:05.882-04:00Francisco, Dotel and Morrow on the DL Oh My<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c8f_N7zOyYk/TY41Lou9jmI/AAAAAAAAAFo/uIKDda0MSrQ/s1600/Morrow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c8f_N7zOyYk/TY41Lou9jmI/AAAAAAAAAFo/uIKDda0MSrQ/s400/Morrow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
According to the <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/francisco-dotel-likely-to-join-morrow-on-dl-for-blue-jays/article1957289/">Globe and Mail</a>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morrobr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brandon Morrow</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doteloc01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Octavio Dotel</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/francfr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Frank Francisco</a></strong> will start the season on the DL.<br />
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I don't know how you feel about the Toronto Blue Jays 2011 team going into opening day next week, but my feelings for this team have been going back and forth from one extreme to another all spring. You ask me one day 'how will the Toronto Blue Jays do in 2011', and I might tell you that they will really surprise a lot of people this year. That they have a young, athletic and very talented club that may even make the playoffs. Then you ask that same question the next day and I'll tell you that I will be shocked if this team doesn't finish in last place.<br />
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However, now with Dotel, Francisco and Morrow starting the season on the DL, the wind has really been taken out of my Blue Jays hopes sails. On those days where my hopes were high, I'd probably tell you that Francisco will be an elite closer this year, that his numbers have been repressed from pitching in an offensive friendly ballpark in Texas, that the Blue Jays have great bullpen depth that will hold most leads into the 9th inning. Now the Jays start the season with <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rauchjo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jon Rauch</a></strong> as their closer and will most likely backed up by <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frasoja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jason Frasor</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/villaca01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Carlos Villanueva</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/purceda01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">David Purcey</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/janssca01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Casey Janssen</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/campsh01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Shawn Camp</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rzepcma01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Marc Rzepczynski</a></strong>. It's not a terrible group, at least I hope not, is it?<br />
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Again on the days where I have visions of 2011 Blue Jays glory, I would tell you that this is the year <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morrobr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brandon Morrow</a></strong> becomes an ace. I'd reference all time great K to inning ratio's, a second half turnaround and a pedigree on par with <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/linceti01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Tim Lincecum</a></strong>. He still may only miss one start and go on to prove me right, however it's never a good sign when a pitcher has forearm inflammation. I really hope this is nothing to worry about, but I'm scared like hell.<br />
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It also doesn't help increase my confidence in this team when <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/litscje01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jesse Litsch</a></strong> earns a spot the rotation. I know he had seasons just as good as Shawn Marcum blah, blah, blah. I know the numbers, however nothing has lessened this strong feeling I have that he will be a complete disaster this year. Sorry Mike Wilner, I know you think he can be one of the best pitchers in the league, well I don't.<br />
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For the Blue Jays to be competitive in 2011 they need just about everything to go right for them, so far it sure hasn't started out that way for them.Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-52429563382047324462011-03-15T21:51:00.000-04:002011-03-15T21:51:57.073-04:00Spring Training Statistics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7_wlQ-5kMug/TYAI_xr-TRI/AAAAAAAAAFg/luBjCDMEHW4/s1600/Stats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7_wlQ-5kMug/TYAI_xr-TRI/AAAAAAAAAFg/luBjCDMEHW4/s400/Stats.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
The big question is do Spring training statistics actually mean anything?<br />
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As players like <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker&id=lawrie001bre" target="_blank">Brett Lawrie</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker&id=thames001eri" target="_blank">Eric Thames</a></strong> are making cases for their inclusion on the 25 man opening day Blue Jays roster, many people like myself caution against reading too much into spring training stats. As a supporting argument there are often quick references to former Jays who had big springs and never translated their success into the major leagues, guys like <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pondsi01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Simon Pond</a></strong> who hit .343 one spring or <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coatsbu01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Buck Coats</a></strong> who hit .409 and actually made the team. <br />
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However does this mean we should dismiss all spring training successes or failures? What about <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Jose+Bautista&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a></strong> last spring who put up an .895 SLG in the spring and then went on to surprise everyone in baseball by hitting 54 home runs? At what point should we start paying attention to spring training statistics or when do they actually mean anything?<br />
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I don't really have the answers to these questions, but for fun I thought I would look at the total Blue Jays spring training statistics since 2002 for players with more than 20 AB's and see if there is anything that jumps out for spring training numbers.<br />
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<strong>Here are the Top 10 Blue Jays with the most Spring Training At Bats:</strong><br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 492px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 950; mso-width-source: userset; width: 20pt;" width="26"><col style="mso-width-alt: 2962; mso-width-source: userset; width: 61pt;" width="81"><col style="mso-width-alt: 1280; mso-width-source: userset; width: 26pt;" width="35"><col span="10" style="mso-width-alt: 1280; mso-width-source: userset; width: 26pt;" width="35"></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl64" colspan="2" height="20" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; height: 15pt; width: 81pt;" width="107"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Player</span></strong></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Avg</span></strong></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">G</span></strong></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AB</span></strong></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">R</span></strong></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">H</span></strong></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TB</span></strong></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2B</span></strong></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3B</span></strong></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">HR</span></strong></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">RBI</span></strong></td><td class="xl64" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SLG</span></strong></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">V</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wells</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.290</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">146</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">445</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">66</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">129</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">203</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">76</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.456</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">E</span></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hinske</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.255</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">106</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">298</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">76</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">147</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">53</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.493</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">A</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rios</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.275</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">93</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">258</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">43</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">71</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">123</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">36</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.477</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">A</span></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hill</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.344</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">103</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">253</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">46</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">87</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">144</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">41</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.569</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">R</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Johnson</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.295</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">90</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">244</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">27</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">72</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">96</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.393</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">L</span></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Overbay</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.242</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">80</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">219</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">53</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">78</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.356</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">R</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Adams</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.271</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">95</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">210</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">57</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">81</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">21</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.386</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">J</span></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">McDonald</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.249</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">92</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">209</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">20</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">52</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">64</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">16</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.306</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">A</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lind</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.265</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">70</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">181</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">80</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">16</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22</span></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.442</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl69" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">O</span></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hudson</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.274</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">63</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">175</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">31</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">76</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17</span></td><td align="right" class="xl71" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.434</span></td></tr>
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<strong>Here are the Top 10 Blue Jays with the highest Spring Training SLG:</strong><br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 492px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 950; mso-width-source: userset; width: 20pt;" width="26"><col style="mso-width-alt: 2962; mso-width-source: userset; width: 61pt;" width="81"><col style="mso-width-alt: 1280; mso-width-source: userset; width: 26pt;" width="35"><col span="10" style="mso-width-alt: 1280; mso-width-source: userset; width: 26pt;" width="35"></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" colspan="2" height="20" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; height: 15pt; width: 81pt;" width="107"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Player</span></strong></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Avg</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">G</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AB</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">R</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">H</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TB</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2B</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3B</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">HR</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">RBI</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SLG</span></strong></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">C</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Koskie</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.292</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.792</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">S</span></td><td class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rolen</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.387</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">62</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.774</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">J</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lane</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.364</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">55</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">20</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">40</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.727</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">J</span></td><td class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bautista</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.402</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">42</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">112</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">23</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">45</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">76</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.679</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">J</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sequea</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.429</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">21</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.667</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">F</span></td><td class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Menechino</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.421</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">38</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">16</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.658</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">J</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Smith</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.324</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">34</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.647</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">G</span></td><td class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gross</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.297</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">55</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">101</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">23</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">63</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.624</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">S</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stewart</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.388</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">46</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">134</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">52</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">81</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.604</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">B</span></td><td class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Emaus</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.348</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">41</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">89</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">31</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">53</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.596</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<br />
Well if that isn't the who's who of the all time great Blue Jays, I'm not sure what is.<br />
<br />
<strong>Here are the Top 10 Blue Jays with the lowest Spring Training SLG:</strong><br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 492px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 950; mso-width-source: userset; width: 20pt;" width="26"><col style="mso-width-alt: 2962; mso-width-source: userset; width: 61pt;" width="81"><col style="mso-width-alt: 1280; mso-width-source: userset; width: 26pt;" width="35"><col span="10" style="mso-width-alt: 1280; mso-width-source: userset; width: 26pt;" width="35"></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" colspan="2" height="20" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; height: 15pt; width: 81pt;" width="107"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Player</span></strong></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Avg</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">G</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AB</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">R</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">H</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TB</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2B</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3B</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">HR</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">RBI</span></strong></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #95b3d7; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 26pt;" width="35"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SLG</span></strong></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">R</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Olmedo</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.000</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">21</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.000</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">R</span></td><td class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Diaz</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.125</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">16</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.125</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">A</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Loewen</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.136</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.136</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">S</span></td><td class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fasano</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.100</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">21</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.167</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">R</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Clayton</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.154</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">39</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.179</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">M</span></td><td class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Vento</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.143</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">21</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.190</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">J</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Matos</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.200</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.200</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">B</span></td><td class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jeroloman</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.176</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">27</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">34</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.206</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">M</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bordick</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.184</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">38</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1</span></td><td align="right" class="xl70" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.237</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl71" height="20" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: x-small;">R</span></td><td class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ryan</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.178</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">45</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td><td align="right" class="xl72" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td align="right" class="xl73" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.244</span></td></tr>
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This may suggest that if you have a terrible spring a major league career may not be your thing.<br />
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Without doing any in-depth analysis, mostly due to a lack of time, this exercise really hasn't changed my mind about the meaning of spring training statistics. However if someone would like to look a little further into it, send me an email and I'll pass along my spread sheet of spring training stats for your enjoyment.Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-63664871458878933902011-02-28T20:38:00.000-05:002011-02-28T20:38:21.332-05:00Random Thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g_sUTMru79E/TWxAvhXt5II/AAAAAAAAAFU/KOV0jHOzWsQ/s1600/random.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g_sUTMru79E/TWxAvhXt5II/AAAAAAAAAFU/KOV0jHOzWsQ/s400/random.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br />
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It's not that I've had nothing to say in a while, unfortunately when you have two children under 3 years old, real work that gets in the way, get a really bad cold and be the best man in a wedding that gets moved up to this weekend, you tend to ignore blog writting. <br />
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So today will be nothing differen't as I just put to paper some random thoughts about the Blue Jays and Baseball:<br />
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1. Do you ever get the feeling that Rogers willingness to spend money on the Blue Jays is completely related to fans coming back? For instance on the surface when I read Paul Beeston quotes such as "We raise our revenues, we raise our expenses at the same time and our salaries. ... We should be a city that can have $140 million, $150 million in the way of salaries. We could support that, and that's the direction that we're headed." at first I think 'Wooohooo, the Jays are going to increase their payroll to $150 million!' Then I start reading between the lines and believe what he is really suggesting is that that because Boston is a similar market size to Toronto, if not a smaller market, the Jays should get similar fan support and when that happens they will spend accordingly with Boston? What if it doesn't happen???<br />
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2. After the initial three Blue Jays spring training games it's obvious that they will have the worst offense in baseball! Wait a minute, I forgot for a second that spring training results mean nothing, in fact they may mean less than nothing. Anyone else remember thinking future hitting superstars from spring trainings past like <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccoymi01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Mike McCoy</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/laneja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jason Lane</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coatsbu01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Buck Coats</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker&id=negron001mig" target="_blank">Miguel Negron</a></strong>, etc.? In reality what we should really hope for in Spring Training is a healthy team.<br />
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3. So the fourth and fifth spot in the Blue Jays rotation is <a href="http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/mlb/bluejays/article/945730--griffin-competition-heating-up-between-young-jays">apparently</a> down to Jessie Litsch, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rzepcma01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Marc Rzepczynski</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/drabeky01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Kyle Drabek</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reyesjo03.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jo-Jo Reyes</a></strong>. Maybe it would be best to start the season with Litsch and Rzepczyinski in the rotation and delay Drabek's arbitration years? Nah, I want to see Drabek now!<br />
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4. In spite of the fact that the million trade deadline hockey shows are a complete joke, I wish they had something like this in Canada for the baseball trade deadline.Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-37973551339328653202011-02-19T12:14:00.002-05:002011-02-19T15:50:42.437-05:00The Toronto Blue Jays Outfield<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bjXpYNKZeCY/TV_6T9_MSPI/AAAAAAAAAFM/wrkBW3WFSUk/s1600/podsednik.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="225" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bjXpYNKZeCY/TV_6T9_MSPI/AAAAAAAAAFM/wrkBW3WFSUk/s400/podsednik.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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The <a href="http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110216&content_id=16654224&vkey=pr_tor&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor">other signing</a> the Blue Jays made this week was a minor league deal for outfielder <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/podsesc01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Scott Podsednik</a></strong>. Although this is a minor league deal I suspect that there is a wink wink nudge nudge assurance from Alex Anthopoulos that Podsednik will make the team and the only reason he was signed to a minor league deal was so that the Jays didn't have to remove someone from their 40 man roster prior to spring training. Towards the end of spring training it's a lot easier to release players like <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/richmsc01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Scott Richmond</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reyesjo03.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jo-Jo Reyes</a></strong> to make room for Podsednik, but why do it now if you don't have to. Once Podsednik is added to the 40 man roster he will make $1 million for this season.<br />
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Now, in addition to Podsednik the main outfield competition to make the 2011 Blue Jays opening day roster includes <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/snidetr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Travis Snider</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisra01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Rajai Davis</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Juan+Rivera&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Juan Rivera</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/patteco01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Corey Patterson</a></strong> (see Table 1). Sorry <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker&id=mastro001dar" target="_blank">Darin Mastroianni</a></strong>, it looks like you will have to wait a little longer.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">Table 1</span></strong><br />
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<tr onmouseout="" onmouseover=""><th align="left" class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="1" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2"></th><th align="center" class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" jquery1298129926099="119" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="2" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="Player’s age at midnight of June 30th of that year">Age</th><th align="center" class="tooltip" jquery1298129926099="120" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="4" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="Games Played or Pitched">G</th><th align="center" class="tooltip sorttable_sorted sort_col" jquery1298129926099="122" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="6" style="background-color: #ffffaa; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="At Bats">AB <span style="font-family: webdings;">6</span></th><th align="center" class="tooltip" jquery1298129926099="123" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="7" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="Runs Scored/Allowed">R</th><th align="center" class="tooltip" jquery1298129926099="124" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="8" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="Hits/Hits Allowed">H</th><th align="center" class="tooltip" jquery1298129926099="125" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="9" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="Doubles Hit/Allowed">2B</th><th align="center" class="tooltip" jquery1298129926099="126" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="10" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="Triples Hit/Allowed">3B</th><th align="center" class="tooltip" jquery1298129926099="127" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="11" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="Home Runs Hit/Allowed">HR</th><th align="center" class="tooltip" jquery1298129926099="128" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="12" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="Runs Batted In">RBI</th><th align="center" class="tooltip" jquery1298129926099="129" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="13" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="Stolen Bases">SB</th><th align="center" class="tooltip" jquery1298129926099="130" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="14" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="Caught Stealing">CS</th><th align="center" class="tooltip" jquery1298129926099="131" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="15" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="Bases on Balls/Walks">BB</th><th align="center" class="tooltip" jquery1298129926099="132" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="16" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="Strikeouts">SO</th><th align="center" class="tooltip hide_non_quals" jquery1298129926099="133" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="17" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="<strong>Hits/At Bats</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played">BA</th><th align="center" class="tooltip hide_non_quals" jquery1298129926099="134" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="18" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="<strong>(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF)</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played">OBP</th><th align="center" class="tooltip hide_non_quals" jquery1298129926099="135" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="19" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="<strong>Total Bases/At Bats or <br>(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played">SLG</th><th align="center" class="tooltip hide_non_quals" jquery1298129926099="136" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" sorttable_columnindex="20" style="background-color: #dddddd; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid; border-left: #aaa 1px solid; border-right: #aaa 1px solid; border-top: #aaa 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" table_number="2" tip="<strong>On-Base + Slugging Percentages </strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played">OPS</th></tr>
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<tr data-row="123" onmouseout="" onmouseover=""><td align="left" csk="Davis,Rajai0.01" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisra01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool">Rajai Davis</a></td><td align="right" csk="29Davis,Rajai0.01" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">29</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">143</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">525</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">66</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">149</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">28</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">3</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">5</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">52</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">50</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">11</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">26</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">78</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.284</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.320</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.377</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.697</td></tr>
<tr data-row="420" onmouseout="" onmouseover=""><td align="left" csk="Rivera,Juan0.01" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverju01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool">Juan Rivera</a></td><td align="right" csk="31Rivera,Juan0.01" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">31</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">124</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">416</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">53</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">105</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">20</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">15</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">52</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">33</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">58</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.252</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.312</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.409</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.721</td></tr>
<tr data-row="391" onmouseout="" onmouseover=""><td align="left" csk="Podsednik,Scott0.01" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/podsesc01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool">Scott Podsednik</a>*</td><td align="right" csk="34Podsednik,Scott0.01" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">34</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">95</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">390</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">46</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">121</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">8</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">6</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">5</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">44</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">30</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">12</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">29</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">57</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.310</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.353</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.400</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.753</td></tr>
<tr data-row="365" onmouseout="" onmouseover=""><td align="left" csk="Patterson,Corey0.01" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/patteco01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool">Corey Patterson</a>*</td><td align="right" csk="30Patterson,Corey0.01" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">30</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">90</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">308</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">43</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">83</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">16</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">8</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">32</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">21</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">4</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">20</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">75</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.269</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.315</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.406</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.721</td></tr>
<tr data-row="469" onmouseout="" onmouseover=""><td align="left" csk="Snider,Travis0.01" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/snidetr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool">Travis Snider</a>*</td><td align="right" csk="22Snider,Travis0.01" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">22</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">82</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">298</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">36</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">76</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">20</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">0</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">14</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">32</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">6</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">3</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">21</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">79</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.255</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.304</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.463</td><td align="right" onclick="" onmouseout="" onmouseover="" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">.767</td></tr>
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Generated 2/19/2011.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/patteco01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Corey Patterson</a></strong> is coming off somewhat of a Renaissance season as he had a combined .552 OPS over the course of 2008 and 2009. However his 2010 success is a bit of a mirage as his BABIP was .332, an unsustainable average. Therefore, Patterson is most likely the odd man out leaving Davis, Rivera, Snider and Podsednik as the most likely outfielders to open the season on the major league roster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Who among these four will be the back up? Or is there a natural platoon among these players? Well to start, let's hope that <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/snidetr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Travis Snider</a></strong> is pencilled in every day in the line-up and look at the remaining three players. Podsednik and Davis are very similar type players with speed, little power, an OBP that is dependent on a high average, and one is right handed and the other is left handed. A natural platoon right? I don't think so, since Podsednik's days of playing CF are pretty much over, the Jays aren't paying Davis $3 million a year for potentially 3 seasons to start 1/3 of the games, and Podsednik's .723 OPS against right handed starters last season isn't much different than <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisra01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Rajai Davis</a></strong>' .720 OPS against right handed starting pitchers over the last two seasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This leaves <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Juan+Rivera&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Juan Rivera</a></strong> and <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/podsesc01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker">Scott Podsednik</a></strong> fighting for the last outfield spot. My preference would be to see <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Juan+Rivera&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Juan Rivera</a></strong> get the majority of playing time and hope he can rebound from a down season and put up similar production to his 2009 season, then bring back a coveted draft pick when he leaves as a free agent at the end of the year. Unfortunately I think the most likely scenario will result in Podsednik starting against all right handed pitching, and Rivera starting against left handed pitching, virtually killing the value of both players. With Rivera being a career 70 OPS points better against left handed starting pitching, I think this type of strategy makes a lot of sense if your a team competing for a division title. However since I think that it is highly unlikely the Blue Jays are in this category, the better strategy is to develop your young players and/or build the value of your potentially tradeable assets, unfortunately neither of which will happen in left field for the 2011 Toronto Blue Jays.</span></div></div>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-63944979789962199582011-02-15T21:53:00.006-05:002011-02-15T22:02:13.679-05:00The Risk of Signing Jose Bautista Now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZiSrnp5qO9Q/TVsq24n9kMI/AAAAAAAAAFE/2cGqvrsd7Oo/s1600/Bautista.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZiSrnp5qO9Q/TVsq24n9kMI/AAAAAAAAAFE/2cGqvrsd7Oo/s400/Bautista.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
It appears that the Blue Jays have <a href="http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/mlb/bluejays/article/938812--jays-bautista-may-be-on-verge-of-long-term-deal">postponed</a> the date for <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Jose+Bautista&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a></strong>'s arbitration hearing in hopes that they can agree to terms on a long-term contract. Signing <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Jose+Bautista&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a></strong> now could reduce the annual amount of money the Blue Jays would have to pay him as opposed to waiting until he becomes a free agent after this season, however it also brings a great amount of risk in that you are signing him long-term based on one seasons results. The alternative is to wait and see how he does this season and then try to re-sign him if he has another productive year. The risk with this option is that as a free agent every other team in baseball would also have an equal chance at signing him, which can often lead to one team overpaying for his services as was the case with <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/werthja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jayson Werth</a></strong> this off-season. <br />
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Considering the two options it seems more realistic that if the Blue Jays really do want to keep Bautista around, they should probably sign him now. So what about this risk that comes with signing a player long term after one season of 50 home runs? Well, I'm not sure if you noticed but hitting 50 or more home runs in a single season is actually quite rare and only 25 other players in the history of the game have ever done it. <br />
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So let's take a look at those other 25 other players, see what age they first hit 50 home runs and how they performed the following seasons:<br />
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 471px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 3949; mso-width-source: userset; width: 81pt;" width="108"><col style="mso-width-alt: 3766; mso-width-source: userset; width: 77pt;" width="103"><col style="mso-width-alt: 1901; mso-width-source: userset; width: 39pt;" width="52"><col span="4" style="mso-width-alt: 1901; mso-width-source: userset; width: 39pt;" width="52"></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt; width: 81pt;" width="108"></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 77pt;" width="103"></td><td class="xl71" colspan="5" style="background-color: #bfbfbf; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 195pt;" width="260"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Following Seasons</span></strong></td></tr>
<tr height="36" style="height: 27pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td class="xl64" height="36" style="background-color: #215867; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 27pt;"><strong><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri;">Player</span></strong></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #215867; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 77pt;" width="103"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Age they first hit 50 or more HR's</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #215867; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 39pt;" width="52"><strong><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Year 1</span></strong></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #215867; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 39pt;" width="52"><strong><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Year 2</span></strong></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #215867; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 39pt;" width="52"><strong><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Year 3</span></strong></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #215867; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 39pt;" width="52"><strong><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Year 4</span></strong></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #215867; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 39pt;" width="52"><strong><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Year 5</span></strong></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bondsba01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Barry Bonds</a></strong>*</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">36</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">46</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">45</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">45</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgwima01.shtml">Mark McGwire</a></strong>*</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">32</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">58</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">70</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">65</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">32</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sosasa01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Sammy Sosa</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">63</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">50</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">64</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">49</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">40</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marisro01.shtml">Roger Maris</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">33</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">23</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruthba01.shtml">Babe Ruth</a></strong>*</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">59</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">35</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">41</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">46</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foxxji01.shtml">Jimmie Foxx</a></strong>*</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">44</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">36</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">41</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">36</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greenha01.shtml">Hank Greenberg</a></strong>*</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">27</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">33</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">41</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">44</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Ryan+Howard&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Ryan Howard</a></strong>*</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">47</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">45</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">31</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Luis+Gonzalez&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Luis Gonzalez</a></strong>*</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">33</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodrial01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Alex Rodriguez</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">57</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">47</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">36</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">35</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/griffke02.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Ken Griffey</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">27</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">56</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">40</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoha01.shtml">Hack Wilson</a></strong>*</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">23</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kinerra01.shtml">Ralph Kiner</a></strong>*</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">40</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">54</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">47</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">42</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">37</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mantlmi01.shtml">Mickey Mantle</a></strong>*</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">34</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">42</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">31</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">40</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">54</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/ortizda01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">David Ortiz</a></strong>*</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">35</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">23</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">32</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fostege01.shtml">George Foster</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">40</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mayswi01.shtml">Willie Mays</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">36</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">35</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">34</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomeji01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jim Thome</a></strong>*</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">31</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">47</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">42</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">42</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">35</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fieldce01.shtml">Cecil Fielder</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">44</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">35</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">31</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesan01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Andruw Jones</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">41</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mizejo01.shtml">Johnny Mize</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">34</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">40</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/anderbr01.shtml">Brady Anderson</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">32</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/belleal01.shtml">Albert Belle</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">31</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">49</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">37</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">23</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fieldpr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Prince Fielder</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">23</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">34</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">46</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">32</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vaughgr01.shtml">Greg Vaughn</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">32</span></div></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">45</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Jose+Bautista&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a></strong></span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29</span></div></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: #c5be97; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></td></tr>
<tr height="31" style="height: 23.25pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td class="xl72" height="31" style="background-color: #a5a5a5; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 23.25pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Averages</span></strong></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: #a5a5a5; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28.3</span></strong></div></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: #a5a5a5; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">41.7</span></strong></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: #a5a5a5; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">37.1</span></strong></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: #a5a5a5; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">31.2</span></strong></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: #a5a5a5; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">27.3</span></strong></td><td class="xl73" style="background-color: #a5a5a5; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24.2</span></strong></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" colspan="2" height="20" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">* <span style="font-size: xx-small;">denotes 100 walk season</span></span></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0;"></td></tr>
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I know that this is a really small sample size, and the steroid era has probably skewed the results, however looking at the above there are a few numbers that jump off the page for me:<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>• <span style="font-size: small;">The average age (28.3) of all players who hit 50 home runs for the first time is almost bang on with <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Jose+Bautista&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a></strong>'s age of 29 last season when he hit 54 home runs.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> • <span style="font-size: small;">Only 3 of the 25 players, or 12% followed up their initial 50 home run season with less than 30 home runs</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">• <span style="font-size: small;">The average number of home runs in the season after hitting 50 home runs for the first time is 41.7</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> • <span style="font-size: small;">The average number of total home runs hit in the following five seasons is 162, or an average of 32 per season</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"> •<span style="font-size: small;"> Almost 50% of the players who hit 50 home runs for the first time, also had 100 or more walks that year, and those for that didn't most of them came very close to 100 walks in that season or had a following season of 100 or more walks</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> •<span style="font-size: small;"> Only 5 or 25% of the players followed up their success with another season of 50 or more home runs in the following year</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So what does all of this mean? Really probably not a lot, however it looks like <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Jose+Bautista&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a></strong> probably won't have another season of 50 plus home runs, but it appears likely will hit at least 30 next year and knowing that, it is probably a good idea to lock him up now at a cheaper rate. Additionally, it appears likely that an ideal long term contract would be for three years, after which Bautista's production probably won't match his salary, but if it takes a five year contract to sign him now, it's probably still worth it. Finally, the risk of Bautista falling flat on his face next year really isn't as much as most people think it is, in fact, there is probably more risk in getting value for the money if you sign him after this season.</span></span></span></span></span></span>Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221134868228038457.post-49098292191305832142011-02-13T16:42:00.009-05:002011-02-14T16:07:23.346-05:00Forecasting the Blue Jays 2011 Wins-Loss Record<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5GfJx_YLR1c/TVg_VyDZqzI/AAAAAAAAAE8/yLjKrE-kKRE/s1600/2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5GfJx_YLR1c/TVg_VyDZqzI/AAAAAAAAAE8/yLjKrE-kKRE/s400/2011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
The other day I made an on the fly prediction that the Blue Jays would have a losing record. This prediction was based on nothing more than a feeling I had given my expectations of production for the returning players and others replacing the players they lost. There was actually no statistical analysis done to support this hypothesis as it was just a judgement call on my part, mainly due to the lack of time I had to put into the predictions. Therefore, to be fair I spent some time today to forecast the actual number of Blue Jays wins for 2011 season using the Wins Above Replacement (WAR) princple.<br />
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For those that aren't familiar with WAR it is very worthwhile reading up on and the Fangraphs <a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/library/index.php/misc/war/">Library</a> is a great place to start. The short version is that WAR is the number of wins a player was/is worth over the expected value of a replacement level player, and a team full of replacement level players will win approximately 48 games.<br />
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The first step in forecasting the number of wins for the 2011 Blue Jays season using WAR is to start with what we know, which is the Blue Jays won 85 games in 2010, and the following <b>Table 1</b> identifies a breakdown of the 2010 team WAR values:<br />
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<b>Table 1</b><br />
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 320px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50pt;" width="67"></col><col style="width: 142pt;" width="189"></col><col style="width: 48pt;" width="64"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #215867; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt; width: 50pt;" width="67"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Position </span></span></b></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #215867; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); width: 142pt;" width="189"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri;">Player</span></b></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #215867; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); width: 48pt;" width="64"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri;">WAR</span></b></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">C </span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buckjo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">John Buck</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1B</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/overbly01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Lyle Overbay</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2B</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hillaa01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Aaron Hill</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3B</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/encared01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Edwin Encarnacion</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SS</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/escobyu01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Yunel Escobar</a></b>/<b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Alex+Gonzalez&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Alex Gonzalez</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">RF</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Jose+Bautista&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">CF</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wellsve01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Vernon Wells</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">LF</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/snidetr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Travis Snider</a></b>/<b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Fred+Lewis&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Fred Lewis</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DH</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lindad01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Adam Lind</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-0.3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bench</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Misc</span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Starter 1</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marcush01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Shaun Marcum</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Starter 2</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romerri01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Ricky Romero</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Starter 3</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morrobr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brandon Morrow</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.7</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Starter 4</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cecilbr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brett Cecil</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Starter 5</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rzep/Eveland/Litsch</span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Relief</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Misc</span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="36" style="height: 27pt;"><td class="xl70" height="36" style="background-color: #b6dde8; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 27pt;"></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #b6dde8; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Replacement Level Wins</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #b6dde8; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td></tr>
<tr height="36" style="height: 27pt;"><td class="xl68" height="36" style="background-color: #215867; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 27pt;"></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #215867; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri;">Total 2010 WAR Wins</span></b></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #215867; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri;">90.4</span></b></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
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So we know that according to WAR the 2010 Blue Jays should have won approximately 90 games, but in actuality they only won 85. Well since this isn't an exact science let us say for forecasting purposes that when projecting 2011 WAR values, anything above a total of 90 will result in proportionately more than 85 wins, and anything less than 90 will result in proportionately less than 85 wins.<br />
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Now when projecting the WAR values for 2011 Blue Jays I made the following assumptions:<br />
1. The regular starting line-up for the 2011 Blue Jays will be as identified in <b>Table 2</b> below<br />
2. <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/arencjp01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">J. P. Arencibia</a></b> will have a similar WAR to that of <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wietema01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Matt Wieters</a></b> rookie season (I know this isn't an exact science but when estimating rookie values your guess is as good as mine)<br />
3. For <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lindad01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Adam Lind</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hillaa01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Aaron Hill</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/escobyu01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Yunel Escobar</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisra01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Rajai Davis</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Juan+Rivera&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Juan Rivera</a></b> I am using their average WAR value over their past two major league seasons<br />
4. For <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Jose+Bautista&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a></b>, I have proportionately reduced his value from a 52 home run hitter, to that of a 40 home run hitter (my 2011 prediction).<br />
5. For <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/snidetr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Travis Snider</a></b>, I extrapolated his 2010 production value over 162 games<br />
6. For <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/encared01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Edwin Encarnacion</a></b> I have maintained his 2010 WAR value as I figured with values over the last five years of 1.7, 1.4, 1.9, 0.2, and 1.8, another season of 1.8 probably wouldn't be that far off.<br />
7. The Blue Jays bench, <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romerri01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Ricky Romero</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cecilbr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brett Cecil</a></b> and the 5th starter spot would also maintain their WAR values<br />
8. <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/drabeky01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Kyle Drabek</a></b>'s WAR projection is based on the averages of <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cecilbr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brett Cecil</a></b>'s season last year (2.5) and Ricky Romero's rookie year (2.8)<br />
9. <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morrobr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brandon Morrow</a></b> would have a slight increase in WAR, based purely on about 20 more innings pitched.<br />
10. The bullpens (which includes all other pitchers not included in the starting five) improvement for 2011 is based on the difference between the total value of <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/downssc01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Scott Downs</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greggke01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Kevin Gregg</a></b> leaving (2.0) and the addition of <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doteloc01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Octavio Dotel</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/francfr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Frank Francisco</a></b>, and <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rauchjo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jon Rauch</a></b> (2.2)<br />
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After plugging all of these assumptions into my spreadsheet, the resulting out comes for the WAR values of the 2011 Blue Jays are presented in the following <b>Table 2</b>:<br />
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<b>Table 2</b><br />
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 320px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50pt;" width="67"></col><col style="width: 142pt;" width="189"></col><col style="width: 48pt;" width="64"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: #215867; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt; width: 50pt;" width="67"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Position </span></span></b></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #215867; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); width: 142pt;" width="189"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri;">Player</span></b></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: #215867; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); width: 48pt;" width="64"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri;">WAR</span></b></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">C </span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/arencjp01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">J. P. Arencibia</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1B</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lindad01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Adam Lind</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2B</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hillaa01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Aaron Hill</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3B</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Jose+Bautista&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.1</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SS</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/escobyu01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Yunel Escobar</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.25</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">RF</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/snidetr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Travis Snider</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">CF</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisra01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Rajai Davis</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.25</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">LF</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?search=Juan+Rivera&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Juan Rivera</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.9</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DH</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/encared01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Edwin Encarnacion</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bench</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Misc</span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Starter 1</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romerri01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Ricky Romero</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Starter 2</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morrobr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brandon Morrow</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Starter 3</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cecilbr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brett Cecil</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.5</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Starter 4</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/drabeky01.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Kyle Drabek</a></b></span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.65</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Starter 5</span></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rzep/Litsch/Other</span></td><td align="right" class="xl65" style="background-color: white; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.6</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Relief</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Misc</span></td><td align="right" class="xl66" style="background-color: #ddd9c3; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.8</span></td></tr>
<tr height="36" style="height: 27pt;"><td class="xl70" height="36" style="background-color: #b6dde8; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 27pt;"></td><td class="xl70" style="background-color: #b6dde8; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Replacement Level Wins</span></td><td align="right" class="xl69" style="background-color: #b6dde8; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td></tr>
<tr height="36" style="height: 27pt;"><td class="xl68" height="36" style="background-color: #215867; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240); height: 27pt;"></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: #215867; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri;">Total 2011 WAR Wins</span></b></td><td align="right" class="xl68" style="background-color: #215867; border: medium none rgb(240, 240, 240);"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri;">89.05</span></b></td></tr>
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So there you have it, the 2011 Blue Jays will have a total WAR value of 89, which if you compare it against the 2010 value it represents approximately one less win. Therefore based on my assumptions:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The 2011 Blue Jays Will Win 84 Games</span></b><br />
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Of course, feel free to put in any alternate values that you chose to come up with your own predictions and feel free to identify them in the comments section below. As for my earlier prediction that the Blue Jays will have a losing record, well, eyeballing the above estimates I think the Arencibia, Romero and Escobar forecasts combined are about 4 WAR points too high, which would bring the Jays 2011 record forecast down to 80-82, which is where I was originally thinking before the statistical analysis.Peter DeMarcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025682416268680287noreply@blogger.com1