Saturday, February 28, 2009

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue IX

Welcome to our 26th edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. In case you missed it, here are the previous issues: Volume I, Issue I (September 4, 2008), Volume I, Issue II (September 13, 2008), Volume I, Issue III (September 19, 2008), Volume I, Issue IV (September 27, 2008), Volume I, Issue V (October 4, 2008), Volume I, Issue VI (October 11, 2008), Volume I, Issue VII (October 18, 2008), Volume I, Issue VIII (October 25, 2008), Volume I, Issue IX (November 1, 2008), Volume I, Issue X (November 8, 2008), Volume I, Issue XI (November 15, 2008), Volume I, Issue XII (November 21, 2008), Volume 1, Issue XIII (November 30, 2008), Volume 1, Issue XIV (December 7, 2008), Volume I, Issue XV (December 14, 2008), Volume I, Issue XVI (December 20, 2008), Volume I, Issue XVII (December 28, 2008), Volume II, Issue I (January 3, 2009), Volume II, Issue II (January 11, 2009), Volume II, Issue III (January 20, 2009), Volume II, Issue IV (January 24, 2009), Volume II, Issue V (January 29, 2009), Volume II, Issue VI (February 8, 2009), Volume II, Issue VII (February 17, 2009), Volume II, Issue VIII (February 23, 2009)

This week's issue previews our forthcoming FANTASY BASEBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2009 (released this Thursday March 5), a joint venture with our good pals at Sportsology. We will serialize the following segments in this issue:

^ Suggested League Guidelines
^ 2009 Fantasy Overview
^ Key Fantasy Position Battles for 2009
^ Offseason Movement Winners
^ Offseason Movement Losers
^ Don't Be That Guy!


Suggested League Guidelines

Unless you are a first-time participant, you have either played rotisserie baseball (a game in which players accrue points based on their performance in different categories) or fantasy baseball (a game in which different achievements earn various amounts of points). Here are our recommended formats for each (keeping in mind that for each format, if you have less than 10 owners, you should utilize a single-league format — and regardless of anything else, use a $100 Free Agent Acquisition Budget, or FAAB, to allow for distribution of players):

^ Rotisserie baseball: We urge you to use the standard 5X5 setup, in which BA, HR, SB, Runs and RBI are used for hitters and Wins, Saves, WHIP, ERA and Ks are used for pitchers (4X4 leagues drop Runs and Ks). For example, if you are in a 12-team league, the team scoring highest in each category earns 12 points, on down to the lowest team earning 1 point. Rotisserie baseball is traditionally associated more with the auction format, which works well here. Each player is given $260 of figurative money to purchase 23 players (2C, 1 1B, 1 2B, 1 SS, 1 3B, 5 OF, 1 CI, 1 MI, 1 Utility, 7 SP, 2 RP), with a 5-round standard serpentine draft afterwards to fill out a taxi squad.

^ Rotisserie/fantasy hybrid: This is probably our favorite form of competition, because it combines the traditional roto style with head-to-head play. Each week, you play against an opponent, competing in roto categories, with the winner of the most categories taking the victory (a tiebreaking category is established as a backup). Either an auction or the standard serpentine draft format works here.

^ Fantasy baseball: These categories should be used, with the number of points awarded for each in parentheses: Single (1), Double (2), Triple (3), HR (4), Hitter K (-1), Run (1), RBI (1), SB (1), Win (10), Save (5), IP– ER (1), K (1). For this format, a standard serpentine draft is preferred.


2009 Fantasy Overview

^ Two trends that we’ve been monitoring over recent seasons continued to materialize in 2008. The first is the narrowing ratio between home runs and stolen bases. Taters will always be more plentiful than steals, but the gap between the two is narrowing, meaning that power is SLIGHTLY more valuable relative to speed compared to the height of the steroid era. Speed still has value, elite speed much more value, but it’s harder to make tradeoffs than it used to be, especially for players at traditional power positions like Chone Figgins and Ichiro. The second trend that continues is the rising number of strikeouts per game almost each season recently. We predicted starting back in 2006 that with MLB’s implementation of amphetamine testing that elite heat would take on more value because players no longer able to “bean up” to play would not be catching up to it, especially in the dog days of summer. Strikeout numbers are more important than ever for big-time pitchers and your team needs to reflect this trend. Pitchers who are largely dependent on the defense behind them are losing a lot of value in this climate.

^ The middle infield and catcher positions tend to be lumped together in terms of relative scarcity from year to year, but of course no two seasons are completely alike and the availability of desirable starters at each position will vary from year to year. In 2009, the pool of starting-caliber shortstops is as deep as any of these positions have seen in recent memory. On the FDH draft board, we have eleven players listed as desirable starters (including a player who should be dual-eligible in all leagues this year in Alexei Ramirez – and admittedly, he makes a better second baseman for your team because of the smaller pool of top-level talent there). All things being equal, it should be much easier to wait and pick up a good talent at shortstop relative to catcher and second base this year.

^ Balance continues to be a key watchword for fantasy success in 2009, especially in roto-based leagues. With few obvious exceptions such as the speed-challenged Albert Pujols, hitters who deliver no value in any of the standard fantasy categories should take a back seat to other, more well-rounded contributors. If it becomes necessary to “sell out” to pick up a player in the middle-to-later rounds with good value but who is lacking in a few categories, try to find pick up their “offset twin” – a player with mirror-image strengths and weaknesses. A few possibilities would include Adam Dunn/Ichiro and James Loney/Mark Reynolds (an actual combination of players owned for $1 apiece in a 20-team, long-term keeper league by FDH Managing Partner Rick Morris).

^ The pool of available ace starting pitchers is within the range it’s been over the past few years (eight-deep on the FDH board), but the group of potential #2 starting pitchers is quite strong (14-deep on the FDH board). Plenty of upside can be found rather cheap at this level, with such potential Cy Young award winners as John Lackey, Chad Billingsley, Chris Young and Felix Hernandez being available in the upper-middle rounds in many leagues.


Key Fantasy Position Battles for 2009

^ Even if Julio Lugo starts the year as the starter at shortstop in Boston, Jed Lowrie will take the job from him by mid-summer.

^ Because Melky Cabrera has superior pop to Brett Gardner, he’ll have the upper hand on him in center field for the Yankees – and his ability to cover ground better than Nick Swisher means that most of Swish’s at-bats will have to come elsewhere.

^ At least at the outset, Delmon Young is going to get the short end of the stick in terms of corner outfield at-bats with Denard Span and Michael Cuddyer currently ahead of him.

^ Gary Matthews will struggle to get enough at-bats in the crowded Angel outfield/DH picture.

^ Jarrod Saltalamacchia has an early lead at the Ranger catcher spot over fellow highly-touted youngster Taylor Teagarden.

^ Mike Gonzalez is showing signs of being able to hold off Rafael Soriano for the Atlanta closer’s job.

^ Because there is never any upside for Florida in going with a veteran with a lower ceiling, Wes Helms will not be able to hold back uber-prospect Gaby Sanchez at first base.

^ David Murphy is being given every chance to take the Mets’ left field job from Fernando Tatis, and he will probably succeed.

^ Adam Dunn won’t get enough at-bats in the outfield to keep Nick Johnson from being marginalized at first base for D.C.

^ Chris Duncan will get at-bats at first base and outfield for St. Louis, but is realistically settling into a super-utility role.

^ Aaron Miles should be in a lead role at second base for the Cubs over Mike Fontenot.

^ Clint Barmes is the strong favorite at second base for Colorado over Ian Stewart and Jeff Baker. Meanwhile, Stewart and Carlos Gonzalez trail Seth Smith for the left field job.


Offseason Movement Winners
^ Milton Bradley
^ A.J. Burnett
^ Pat Burrell
^ Brian Fuentes
^ Brandon Lyon
^ C.C. Sabathia
^ Mark Teixeira

Offseason Movement Losers
^ Edwin Jackson
^ J.J. Putz
^ John Smoltz
^ Huston Street
^ Javier Vazquez


Don’t Be That Guy

^ Don’t Be That Guy who forgets that power is the true separator at catcher, not batting average. That Guy is going to overbid for Joe Mauer like he does every year.

^ Don’t Be That Guy who overvalues unlikely 2008 success stories like Ryan Dempster. It’s a new year – pay for what you think you’re going to get this year.

^ Don’t Be That Guy who sleeps on (or holds unhealthy grudges against) last year’s falloffs. Players like Francisco Liriano are set to rebound from injuries, while youngsters like Hunter Pence struggled at times to live up to the high expectations. Bargain shopping in the middle and late rounds can bring you a championship.

^ Don’t Be That Guy who enters the draft or auction with ironclad gimmicks. Rotisserie category “punting”! Only $1 apiece for all pitchers on the roster! All younger or all “proven” talent! The fact is that inflexible doctrines lead to failure, while nimble, think-on-your-feet reactive ability brings great success. Choose the latter approach and thank us when you’re hoisting your trophy at the end of the year.

^ Don’t Be That Guy who doesn’t fully understand the nuances of your league’s scoring system. Be fully prepared!

Monday, February 23, 2009

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue VIII

Welcome to our 25th edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. In case you missed it, here are the previous issues: Volume I, Issue I (September 4, 2008), Volume I, Issue II (September 13, 2008), Volume I, Issue III (September 19, 2008), Volume I, Issue IV (September 27, 2008), Volume I, Issue V (October 4, 2008), Volume I, Issue VI (October 11, 2008), Volume I, Issue VII (October 18, 2008), Volume I, Issue VIII (October 25, 2008), Volume I, Issue IX (November 1, 2008), Volume I, Issue X (November 8, 2008), Volume I, Issue XI (November 15, 2008), Volume I, Issue XII (November 21, 2008), Volume 1, Issue XIII (November 30, 2008), Volume 1, Issue XIV (December 7, 2008), Volume I, Issue XV (December 14, 2008), Volume I, Issue XVI (December 20, 2008), Volume I, Issue XVII (December 28, 2008), Volume II, Issue I (January 3, 2009), Volume II, Issue II (January 11, 2009), Volume II, Issue III (January 20, 2009), Volume II, Issue IV (January 24, 2009), Volume II, Issue V (January 29, 2009), Volume II, Issue VI (February 8, 2009), Volume II, Issue VII (February 17, 2009)

This week's issue previews our forthcoming FANTASY BASEBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2009, a joint venture with our good pals at Sportsology. We will serialize the following segments in this issue:

^ 2009 Overvalued Players
^ 2009 Undervalued Players
^ 2009 Players with a Wide Range of Opinion
^ 2009 AL & NL Scarcity
^ 2008 Legitimate Breakthroughs/Reemergence Cases
^ 2009 Sleepers

2009 Overvalued Players
C: Joe Mauer
1B: Conor Jackson, James Loney
2B: none
SS: Derek Jeter, Michael Young
3B: Troy Glaus, Carlos Guillen, Mark Reynolds,
OF: Pat Burrell, Jacoby Ellsbury, Ichiro, Conor Jackson, Randy Winn
DH: none
SP: A.J. Burnett, Ryan Dempster, Brandon Morrow, Ben Sheets, James Shields
RP: Heath Bell, Francisco Cordero, Bobby Jenks, Brian Wilson

2009 Undervalued Players
C: John Baker, Mike Napoli, Matt Wieters
1B: none
2B: Aaron Hill
SS: Mike Aviles, Clint Barmes, Khalil Greene, Alexei Ramirez
3B: none
OF: Carl Crawford, Vernon Wells, Jayson Werth
DH: none
SP: Josh Beckett, Fausto Carmona, Yovani Gallardo, Matt Garza, Jeremy Guthrie, Josh Johnson, Francisco Liriano, Brett Myers, Justin Verlander, Chris Young
RP: Jonathan Broxton, Trevor Hoffman

2009 Players with a Wide Range of Opinion
[NOTE: Our Experts’ Draft Board is a compilation of other draft boards from major magazines and websites in the industry. These players had a wide disparity between their highest and lowest rankings in the survey.]
C: Jeff Clement (14, 21, 24), Jarrod Saltalamacchia (15, 22, 29), Kelly Shoppach (9, 12, 25), Taylor Teagarden (19, 22, not in the Top 30)
1B: Chris Davis (15, 17, not in the Top 30), Mike Jacobs (19, 20, 30), Adam LaRoche (18, 23, 30)
2B: Mike Aviles (14, 18, 27), Clint Barmes (19, 22, not in the Top 30), Mark Ellis (21, 29, not in the Top 30), Freddy Sanchez (17, 18, not in the Top 30), Aaron Hill (17, 19, not in the Top 30)
SS: Mike Aviles (13, 18, 23), Jason Bartlett (17, 27, 30), Asdrubal Cabrera (21, not in the Top 30, not in the Top 30), Bobby Crosby (19, 28, not in the Top 30), Cristian Guzman (12, 18, 26), Jed Lowrie (17, 17, 28)
3B: Adrian Beltre (8, 13, 20), Chone Figgins (6, 14, 19), Carlos Guillen (14, 17, 24), Mike Lowell (16, 19, 27), Melvin Mora (11, 21, 22), Ryan Zimmerman (7, 10, 20)
OF: Carl Crawford (1, 20, 25), Adam Dunn (17, 26, 38), Ichiro (5, 16, 21), Matt Kemp (8, 14, 23), Ryan Ludwick (12, 18, not in the Top 40), Nate McLouth (11, 14, 34),
Manny Ramirez (6, 6, 21), Shane Victorino (16, 28, 31)
DH: none
SP: Erik Bedard (10, 34, 37),
A.J. Burnett (14, 33, 38), John Danks (28, 29, not in the Top 50), Zack Greinke (18, 36, 39), Rich Harden (13, 28, 36), Scott Kazmir (11, 18, 32), Francisco Liriano (15, 23, 42),
Derek Lowe (24, 39, 46), Justin Verlander (25, 25, 45), Adam Wainwright (23, 26, 46), Jered Weaver (30, not in the Top 50, not in the Top 50), Chris Young (22, 24, not in the Top 50)
RP: none

2009 AL & NL Scarcity
[NOTE: The following players are starting-caliber fantasy performers worth more in single-league formats because of a relative scarcity of talent at that position.]
C: Victor Martinez, Joe Mauer, Mike Napoli
1B: Miguel Cabrera, Aubrey Huff, Justin Morneau, Mark Teixeira, Kevin Youkilis
2B: Brandon Phillips, Alexei Ramirez, Dan Uggla, Chase Utley
SS: Derek Jeter, Jhonny Peralta, Alexei Ramirez, Michael Young
3B: none (Kevin Youkilis is only worth more at 3B because he also has 1B eligibility and top-level 1B are rarer in the AL).
OF: Carlos Beltran, Milton Bradley, Ryan Braun, Eric Byrnes, Adam Dunn, Andre Ethier, Corey Hart, Brad Hawpe, Raul Ibanez, Matt Kemp, Carlos Lee, Ryan Ludwick, Nate McLouth, Hunter Pence, Manny Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano, Shane Victorino, Jayson Werth
SP: none
RP: Brad Lidge, Francisco Rodriguez

2008 Legitimate Breakthroughs/Reemergence Cases
C: Ryan Doumit, Chris Iannetta, Geovany Soto
1B: Jorge Cantu, Aubrey Huff, Joey Votto, Kevin Youkilis
2B: Dustin Pedroia, Alexei Ramirez
SS: Stephen Drew, Alexei Ramirez (not eligible at SS in 20-game leagues in ’08, but will be this year)
3B: Jorge Cantu, Aubrey Huff, Evan Longoria, Kevin Youkilis
OF: Shin-Soo Choo, Ryan Ludwick, Carlos Quentin, Jayson Werth
SP: Chad Billingsley, Matt Garza, Jon Lester, Cliff Lee, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Ervin Santana
RP: Matt Capps, Kerry Wood


2009 Sleepers
C: John Baker
1B: Billy Butler, Pablo Sandoval
2B: Mike Aviles, Howie Kendrick, Rickie Weeks
SS: Mike Aviles
3B: Alex Gordon
OF: Shin-Soo Choo, Carlos Gonzalez, Hunter Pence, Justin Upton, Chris Young, Delmon Young
DH: none
SP: Matt Cain, Fausto Carmona, Yovani Gallardo, Tommy Hanson, Philip Hughes, Josh Johnson, Ricky Nolasco, Jonathan Sanchez, Jered Weaver
RP: Grant Balfour, Jonathan Broxton, Chad Qualls

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue VII

Welcome to our 24th edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. In case you missed it, here are the previous issues: Volume I, Issue I (September 4, 2008), Volume I, Issue II (September 13, 2008), Volume I, Issue III (September 19, 2008), Volume I, Issue IV (September 27, 2008), Volume I, Issue V (October 4, 2008), Volume I, Issue VI (October 11, 2008), Volume I, Issue VII (October 18, 2008), Volume I, Issue VIII (October 25, 2008), Volume I, Issue IX (November 1, 2008), Volume I, Issue X (November 8, 2008), Volume I, Issue XI (November 15, 2008), Volume I, Issue XII (November 21, 2008), Volume 1, Issue XIII (November 30, 2008), Volume 1, Issue XIV (December 7, 2008), Volume I, Issue XV (December 14, 2008), Volume I, Issue XVI (December 20, 2008), Volume I, Issue XVII (December 28, 2008), Volume II, Issue I (January 3, 2009), Volume II, Issue II (January 11, 2009), Volume II, Issue III (January 20, 2009), Volume II, Issue IV (January 24, 2009), Volume II, Issue V (January 29, 2009), Volume II, Issue VI (February 8, 2009)

This week's issue is completely given over to an unveiling of our Top 72 Overall for Fantasy Baseball 2009. This beta version of our regardless-of-position rankings will appear in final form in our forthcoming FANTASY BASEBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2009, which will be available soon.


Top 72 Overall
1
Hanley Ramirez
2
Albert Pujols
3
Alex Rodriguez
4
David Wright
5
Matt Holliday
6
Jose Reyes
7
Josh Hamilton
8
Ryan Braun
9
Miguel Cabrera
10
Johan Santana
11
Evan Longoria
12
Tim Lincecum
13
Lance Berkman
14
Carlos Beltran
15
Grady Sizemore
16
Chase Utley
17
Ian Kinsler
18
Carlos Quentin
19
Ryan Howard
20
Manny Ramirez
21
Jake Peavy
22
Brian McCann
23
Brandon Phillips
24
Jimmy Rollins
25
Alexei Ramirez
26
Geovany Soto
27
Brandon Webb
28
Alfonso Soriano
29
Dustin Pedroia
30
Mark Teixeira
31
Kevin Youkilis
32
Cole Hamels
33
David Ortiz
34
Russell Martin
35
Victor Martinez
36
CC Sabathia
37
Justin Morneau
38
Jonathan Papelbon
39
Prince Fielder
40
Adrian Gonzalez
41
Dan Uggla
42
Aramis Ramirez
43
Josh Beckett
44
Chipper Jones
45
Aubrey Huff
46
Joe Nathan
47
Carl Crawford
48
Jhonny Peralta
49
Roy Halladay
50
Francisco Rodriguez
51
Brad Lidge
52
Mariano Rivera
53
Joakim Soria
54
Stephen Drew
55
Mark DeRosa
56
Brian Roberts
57
Ryan Doumit
58
Mike Napoli
59
Rafael Furcal
60
Carlos Lee
61
Troy Tulowitzki
62
Michael Young
63
J.J. Hardy
64
Joe Mauer
65
Vladimir Guerrero
66
Jason Bay
67
B.J. Upton
68
Curtis Granderson
69
Nick Markakis
70
Dan Haren
71
John Lackey
72
Derek Jeter

Sunday, February 08, 2009

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue VI

Welcome to our 23rd edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. In case you missed it, here are the previous issues: Volume I, Issue I (September 4, 2008), Volume I, Issue II (September 13, 2008), Volume I, Issue III (September 19, 2008), Volume I, Issue IV (September 27, 2008), Volume I, Issue V (October 4, 2008), Volume I, Issue VI (October 11, 2008), Volume I, Issue VII (October 18, 2008), Volume I, Issue VIII (October 25, 2008), Volume I, Issue IX (November 1, 2008), Volume I, Issue X (November 8, 2008), Volume I, Issue XI (November 15, 2008), Volume I, Issue XII (November 21, 2008), Volume 1, Issue XIII (November 30, 2008), Volume 1, Issue XIV (December 7, 2008), Volume I, Issue XV (December 14, 2008), Volume I, Issue XVI (December 20, 2008), Volume I, Issue XVII (December 28, 2008), Volume II, Issue I (January 3, 2009), Volume II, Issue II (January 11, 2009), Volume II, Issue III (January 20, 2009), Volume II, Issue IV (January 24, 2009), Volume II, Issue V (January 29, 2009)

This week's edition is completely given over to the exclusive unveiling of our foundation statistic for fantasy baseball in 2009.

2009 Fantasy Baseball Top 100 Ultimate Quantitative Baseline (UQB) Statistic Unveiling

The core of our fantasy baseball coverage comes from our draft board -- and the core part of that device is our UQB statistic. Here's an explanation, from the FDH "We're Unique" page:

"We utilize cutting-edge statistical methods in pursuit of fantasy sports value. Specifically, we use a statistic for baseball, football, basketball, hockey, golf, drag racing and NASCAR based on the concept of standard deviation from the mean. The linked explanation of the concept in Wikipedia is a bit complicated, but we include it to show the intellectual foundation of our work. What does it mean in simpler terms? Imagine, if you will, a spectrum from left to right, with zero in the middle of the spectrum. Numbers to the left of zero are negative, while numbers to the right of zero are positive. For each commonly utilized fantasy statistical category in a given sport (i.e. home runs in baseball), we calculate this standard deviation from the mean number, and then add up the numbers from all of the categories (making necessary adjustment) to find a composite score. In so doing, we measure production on a per-at bat or per-innings pitched basis in baseball or per-game or per-race basis in the other sports and NASCAR. This statistic allows you to measure exactly how much some players help you in some categories (i.e. Adam Dunn’s home runs or Ichiro’s batting average) and exactly how much some players hurt you in some categories (i.e. Adam Dunn’s batting average or Ichiro’s home runs). While nothing that happens the previous season is a completely reliable predictor for the next season, this statistic offers the most accurate baseline possible in terms of measuring productivity."

For baseball, we measure the UQB per at-bat for hitters and per-innings pitched for pitchers -- so it's only a measure of the greatest performances from the previous season on a pro-rated basis. It is for that reason that players with small sample sizes often put up the best numbers and that is the case again this year as Ryan Shealy and Mike Napoli both posted perfect numbers of 750 on our system. So this statistic can in no way be applied literally to tell you who's going to post the best numbers in 2009 -- but you will find that it opens your eyes to realities that you would in all likelihood otherwise overlook. You will find many surprises as you scan these numbers, as we did when we were finished calculating them. For each surprise that you encounter, you will discover a deeper truth once you start scratching the surface for each player on a pro-rated basis.

For each player, you will find first the ranking that they tallied, then the player name, then the number of UQB points that they accrued, with 750 constituting a perfect score, anything above 500 considered truly elite, anything above 400 indicating fantasy all-star status and anything above 300 considered pretty good. For that reason, it's fitting that 94 of our Top 100 players scored above 300.


1T
Ryan Shealy
750
1T
Mike Napoli
750
3
Grant Balfour
719
4
Rich Harden
672
5
Manny Ramirez
605
6
Rafael Furcal
602
7
Mariano Rivera
597
8
Carlos Quentin
584
9
Carlos Lee
567
10
Cliff Lee
558
11
Albert Pujols
556
12
Dan Uggla
545
13
Brad Lidge
544
14
Ryan Ludwick
537
15
Alex Rodriguez
526
16
Daisuke Matsuzaka
521
17
Shin-Soo Choo
519
18
Justin Duchscherer
517
19
Chase Utley
506
20
Russell Branyan
500
21
Chipper Jones
492
22
Tim Lincecum
491
23
Ryan Howard
486
24
Joe Nathan
470
25
Roy Halladay
467
26
MARK DEROSA
463
27T
Francisco Rodriguez
462
27T
Hanley Ramirez
462
27T
Carlos Marmol
462
30
Brian Fuentes
449
31
Joakim Soria
440
32
Kelly Shoppach
434
33
Adam Dunn
428
34
Kevin Youkilis
424
35
CC Sabathia
420
36T
Joe Mauer
404
36T
Josh Hamilton
404
38
Marcus Thames
403
39
Brandon Webb
402
40
Johan Santana
397
41
J.D. Drew
396
42
Mike Gonzalez
392
43
Ian Kinsler
390
44
Kerry Wood
388
45T
David Wright
386
45T
Frank Francisco
386
47
Lance Berkman
381
48
Milton Bradley
380
49
Matt Holliday
378
50
Chris Iannetta
373
51
Ben Zobrist
368
52
Bartolo Colon
367
53
Cole Hamels
366
54T
Joba Chamberlain
361
54T
Jonathan Papelbon
361
56
Mike Fontenot
360
57T
Jeff Baker
358
57T
Nomar Garciaparra
358
59
Jonathan Broxton
357
60
Brandon Morrow
354
61
Edinson Volquez
351
62T
Carl Pavano
348
62T
Ryan Dempster
348
64
Aramis Ramirez
347
65
Alexei Ramirez
344
66
Ryan Doumit
342
67
Carlos Beltran
341
68
Jake Peavy
340
69T
Dan Haren
339
69T
Ervin Santana
339
71
Mark Teixeira
337
72
Jason Bay
334
73
David Ortiz
333
74
Chris Davis
325
75
Alfonso Soriano
324
76
Adam Wainwright
323
77
Jerry Hairston Jr.
322
78T
Ricky Nolasco
321
78T
Dustin Pedroia
321
80
Scott Kazmir
318
81
Melvin Mora
317
82
Jim Thome
315
83
Chris Snyder
313
84
Evan Longoria
311
85
Ben Sheets
309
86T
Jason Giambi
308
86T
Chad Billingsley
308
88
Aubrey Huff
307
89T
Anthony Reyes
305
89T
Tim Hudson
305
91T
Jose Valverde
304
91T
Derek Lowe
304
93T
Jayson Werth
301
93T
Ryan Braun
301
95
John Baker
298
96
Rick Ankiel
296
97
Magglio Ordonez
294
98
Vernon Wells
293
99
Brian McCann
292
100
Roy Oswalt
291