Chad ochoseis

Fafif wrote: The Mets� four returning starters have rarely given us seven full innings; last year none of them averaged six innings per start. Not even Johan averaged six innings per start last year? Wow. The pre-pinched nerve version of Maine always struck me as durable, too. In any event, as Grimm notes, durability isn't a quality you see much from anyone's pitching staff anymore. Back to predictions - more than most years, this is one that could wind up anywhere on the map. Pelfrey, Perez, and Maine have all shown at times that they have the potential to be quality pitchers. If all three of them pitch well and Wright reverts to something close to form and Reyes' hamstring stays untweaked and Francoeur takes the occasional pitch and Beltran comes back at 100% and Murphy can hit somewhere above the Mientkiewicz line, the Mets can win 95 games. That's a lot of ands. I'm not betting on all that happening, as much as I'd like to see it. 79-83 and 4th place is my guess.

Native Americans of northeastern Ohio. June 15-17.

For those of us who are too lazy to look up such things, how does bringing Tejada up to the bigs for a month (or possibly longer) affect his future options?

I'm a sucker for Peter Gabriel song parodies.

I had an overactive thyroid last summer, even without HGH. It's no fun at all - I was sleepy most of the day, the amount of weight I could lift in the gym dropped in half, and I went from being able to run four miles at a comfortable 9-10 minute pace to not being able to run a quarter mile without my heart feeling like Keith Moon's ghost had snuck in there with his drum set. Even at rest, my pulse rate was 100. And I dropped 22 pounds in six weeks. Basically, it weakens your muscles and speeds up your metabolism. It took me about three months to get back to 100%. But I'd had symptoms for a few weeks before I checked into it. Mine took care of itself before my doctor got around to figuring out what to prescribe beyond something to slow down my heart rate. That doesn't usually happen, but if it doesn't resolve itself, it's treatable with meds.

Looks like Frank Thomas, Hobie Landrith, and Joe Ginsberg have been in the top 20 every day since the beginning of Metdom. Ginsberg isn't on the UMDB list for 4/11/62 and 4/12/62 although he's an original Met. Is the rule that a player isn't considered a Met in the UMDB until he's actually gotten into a game? Great feature.

You know, I thought this was going to be a difficult kwiz. Jim Gentile, one of Adam LaRoche's top ten comps, managed the most single-season home runs among retired players with fewer than 200 career HRs. 46 in something like 1963. I'm stuck here at the office and probably shouldn't be looking it up again if I want to get home tonight. And, yup, just as I posted this, Fafif comes up with #4, Al Rosen, who also hit 40+ home runs once in his short career. Thank you, Fafif, for playing (And, yeah, #6, too. But nobody can stop the Fafif juggernaut).

Ex-Met manager Davey Johnson. 43 home runs in 1973, 93 home runs otherwise.

And one of New York's best bloggers is on the scoreboard. 44 home runs for the Astros in 2000. 21 for the Mets in 2004, of which I remember exactly none. 171 on his career.

Four players have hit 40 home runs in a single season and ended their careers with 200 or fewer home runs in total. Name them. Operative word is "ended"...not counting active players on their way to 200. Hint - I came up with this kwiz while I was looking at Adam LaRoche's stats and wondering how the Mets managed to let him get away for the cost of a utility player. One of the four is among A LaR's top ten comps on BBref.

Just for grins, I put together a table showing the scores that we've given so far, along with average and standard deviation. Schaefer is excluded from the averaging stats. After compiling this table, I've gained a new respect for people who spell our right fielder's name correctly. I get huge spaces anytime I attempt to submit a table. Any of you guys who know something about tables have any hints? (on edit - thx, Grimm) [table:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Met[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Grimm[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Ochoseis[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Seawolf[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Schaefer[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Irish[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]FK[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Nymr[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]marathon[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]VicSage[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]86Dreamer[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]TransMonk[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]LWFS[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]average[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]St.Dev.[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]high[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]low[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Wright[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29.64[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0.50[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Santana[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29.36[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0.50[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]30[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]29[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Castillo[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27.09[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1.04[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Beltran[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]24[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26.18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1.99[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Murphy[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23.91[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3.65[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Feliciano[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]24[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]24[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]24[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23.55[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2.88[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Pagan[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]24[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]24[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23.18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2.86[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Rodriguez[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21.73[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5.41[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]28[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Francoeur[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]24[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]24[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]24[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20.91[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4.13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Pelfrey[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]24[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]26[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20.00[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5.16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Sheffield[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19.00[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4.67[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Tatis[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]24[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]24[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18.91[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5.66[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]25[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Santos[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17.00[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3.63[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Stokes[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14.18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6.91[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Maine[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13.64[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3.11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Figueroa[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13.09[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4.78[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]LHernandez[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]20[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12.36[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7.03[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]22[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Delgado[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11.64[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7.19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Reyes[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11.55[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5.39[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Cora[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9.55[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6.64[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]21[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Parnell[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9.27[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6.51[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Church[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8.55[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4.99[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Misch[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8.36[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5.50[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Nieve[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8.36[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6.56[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Green[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]12[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]13[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8.09[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5.99[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Redding[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]17[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7.82[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5.71[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]16[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Takahashi[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]11[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5.09[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5.03[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Dessens[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4.09[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5.19[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Sullivan[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3.64[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3.56[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Thole[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]9[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3.45[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3.56[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Niese[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3.18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5.02[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]15[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Schneider[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2.55[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3.59[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Castro[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1.55[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]4.23[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]14[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Martinez[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1.18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2.64[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]7[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Perez[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0.91[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]3.02[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]10[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Reed[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0.91[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2.39[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]8[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]AHernandez[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0.82[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1.54[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]5[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]S.Green[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0.55[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]1.81[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]6[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][tr:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]Valdez[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0.18[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0.60[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]2[/td:2dfn1x8g][td:2dfn1x8g]0[/td:2dfn1x8g][/tr:2dfn1x8g][/table:2dfn1x8g]

Delgado: 112 PA, 4 HR, 23 RBI, .298/.393/.521 (BA/OBP/SLG) Reyes: 166 PA, 2 HR, 15 RBI, 11 SB, .279/.355/.395 Murphy: 556 PA, 12 HR, 63 RBI, .266/.313/.427 I think Delgado easily beats Reyes. Neither of them played much, and Delgado was far better offensively when he did play, even considering the expected difference between a 1B and a middle infielder. It's a tossup between Delgado and Murphy. Murphy's OPS+ was below league average - unacceptable for a player who played LF horrendously and (from what I saw - no stats here) wasn't particularly good or bad at 1B. I ranked them closely, so Murphy's attendance skills roughly balanced out Delgado's offensive skills. I could see ranking Murphy above Delgado, but I don't see it as an obvious decision.

30 David Wright 29 Johan Santana 28 Luis Castillo 27 Carlos Beltran 26 Jeff Francoeur 25 Francisco Rodriguez 24 Pedro Feliciano 23 Angel Pagan 22 Gary Sheffield 21 Carlos Delgado 20 Daniel Murphy 19 Mike Pelfrey 18 John Maine 17 Nelson Figueroa 16 Omir Santos 15 Fernando Nieve 14 Patrick Misch 13 Jose Reyes 12 Fernando Tatis 11 Ken Takahashi 10 Jonathon Niese 9 Tim Redding 8 Brian Stokes 7 Livan Hernandez 6 Bobby Parnell 5 Alex Cora 4 Ryan Church 3 Brian Schneider 2 Sean Green 1 Elmer Dessens I copied the 2009 stats from bbref, gave every player a score from 1-100, where Wright got a 100 for being the best player this year (not for being especially good - just better than everyone else), and then made some judgmental changes. Parnell moved up for being around all year and for having been a successful reliever. Murphy moved up for showing some improvement at the end of the year. Cora moved up because he was really put into a position beyond his pay grade last season and did about as well as could be reasonably expected. Pagan, whose stats were (to me) surprisingly good in 2009, moved down for the frequent mental errors. Dessens also surprised me with his good stats. I moved him down because I don't remember him actually doing any pitching for the Mets in 2009. The scores I gave out mostly clustered around a solidly mediocre 75. Any of the players from Delgado down to Parnell could be switched, and I wouldn't give you too much of an argument.

Best W-L percentage - Glavine?

Saves: Rivera

Strikeouts: Jim Thome At-Bats: Ichiro

Thanks for posting this. I've never seen an explanation of UZR that went beyond "it's this really great statistical like metric that's better than fielding percentage." It's not bad, but... The Yahoo article wrote: Using run expectancy charts, these rates can be converted to runs. In a nutshell, that's the problem I have with most of the more advanced stats. There's usually some kind of proprietary (or not readily available) methodology underlying all the rigor. Without knowing what a run expectancy chart is - I mean, knowing how it's calculated, not just knowing that it's the "expected run value of hits in zone X" - I can't judge how relevant UZR is. The boring old school fielding and batting metrics have flaws, but they have the advantage of being completely accessible, so that you can mentally correct for the flaws however you choose. With UZR, you've just got to trust the smart guys who put together the methodology. Simply put, Dewan's company, Baseball Info Solutions, has upwards of 2,000 "scouts" who pore over video of every game played in the course of a 162-game MLB season and track each batted ball, analyzing how hard the balls are hit, how close or far they are from each fielder deemed to be responsible for making the play, and the result of what said defender does. This isn't really a statistical method at all, then - just scouting gone wild. Nice, though I've got to wonder about those 2000 "scouts," where Dewan found them, and how well they know the game. Fman99 wrote: You should wear a glove, even if she doesn't insist. Best way to keep your gear from rotting off. You can put the boy in Utah, but you can't put the Utah into the boy.

Wikipedia has a nice series of freeze-frames showing Cla Meredith's pitching motion.

6) Reese Havens, SS, Grade B-: He'll need to switch positions Is this because his defense isn't good enough for SS at the major league level, or because the Mets don't figure to have an opening at short until the 2020s?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Dropping off the ballot: Baines, Galarraga, Ventura, Burks, Karros, Appier, Hentgen, Segui, Jackson, Lankford, Reynolds, and Zeile. Baines stays on, actually (6.1% of the vote). The rest of the post, yeah, pretty much on the mark.

Boob Klapisch wrote: who other than Jose Reyes actually can take turn doubles into triples? David Wright. Carlos Beltran, if he stays healthy. Angel Pagan. Possibly FMart, if he sticks with the big club. That's more combined speed/power hitters than most teams have. Plus, their ace pitcher is a fly ball pitcher who is helped by CF's dimensions. The genius also wrote: Still, some believe Wright�s home run drought had nothing to do with Citi, since he hit only five HRs on the road last year. One talent evaluator, however, believes Citi was entirely at fault, noting Wright�s swing was so radically altered trying to reach the fences in Flushing, he developed bad habits that become permanent, home and away. So, the idea here is to bring the fences in so that Wright will swing for them even more, thus completely screwing up his hitting ability, right? Never mind that the park is going to be around far longer than the current Mets team will be.