Comments on: What is Chone Figgins Worth at 2B?

By: Mays

Mays — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:57:07 +0000

@Molson: Ian Stewart may be a .238 hitter in MLB, but he’s also a .293 career hitter in the minors. I think .257 is a reasonable middle ground. (Of course, I don’t make the projections…)

Brandon Phillips is a career .265 hitter (2700 MLB AB). He did a little worse in 2008 (.261) and a little better in 2009 (.276). CHONE is a little more optimistic (.272), and CAIRO is a little pessimistic (.260).

No matter how you look at him, he seems like a reliable ~.270 hitter.

By: Molson

Molson — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:53:41 +0000

No arguments about 3B being shallow in the NL as well.

My comment was mainly about AL only vs. mixed league.

That said, I think I’d rather have some of the bottom-barrel guys in the NL than the AL. Which at least I don’t have to worry about this year, as I’ve got Reynolds as a keeper on my NL-only team.

Mays – the projections on Stewart seem awfully bullish on his BA. I don’t see how you have a career .238 hitter projected to hit .257. Conversely, Phillips’s .267 average seems a little low.

By: Mays

Mays — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:13:55 +0000

@Chris: Regarding Stewart, the projections put him as the #2 NL 2B! He could easily be in that middle class of Aramis/Chipper-level thirdbasemen this year.

I think the NL at least looks deeper at 3B because there are more multi-position guys that qualify there in the NL. The AL basically has Youkilis (1B), Teahen (OF), and Peralta (SS). In the NL its Reynolds (1B), Sandoval (1B), Stewart (2B), DeRosa (OF), Prado (2B, 1B), Cantu (1B), Headley (OF), etc.

I can’t tell if it is actually deeper or not, but there are factors that can give you that impression.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:57:53 +0000

True, it sure does fall off after those. But what do you have after the top 6 NL-3B?

Wright, Pablo, Zimm, Reynolds, Aramis, Chipper…

Then what?

Stewart? Headley? Blake?

I completely agree that Lopez would fit in nicely as a top 6-7 3B in an AL-only league but I don’t agree that the AL is the weaker of the two leagues at 3B this year… It’s a rather shallow year all around.

Jmo.

By: Molson

Molson — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:53:37 +0000

But once you’re past those 6, in a 12 team league what’s left? Beltre? Encarnacion? Gordon? I like Lopez as a 3B before those guys.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:08:22 +0000

I’m assuming you’re calling the AL the junior circuit?

I would argue A-Rod, Longoria, Youk, Figgy, Beckham and Young stack up pretty darn well against the NL hot corners…

A-Rod > Wright
Longoria > Sandoval
Youk > Reynolds

….

Just my thoughts..

By: Molson

Molson — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:43:56 +0000

In AL only leagues, this would also be interesting if Lopez qualifies at 3rd. 3rd base seems really shallow in the junior circuit this year.