The Majors Adam Waltersdorf will break down and attempt to rank all of baseball’s best at each and every position. The Outfield rankings will be out at noon on Tuesday and Pitchers rankings coming out in two parts on Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, every MLB team will be ranked in order.

Some considerations are:

This formula rewards career performance over young players just making a splash. Since the track record is smaller, it is harder to gauge if they have the staying power of the stars ahead of them on the list. For example, Derek Jeter isn’t one of the best five shortstops in the game anymore, but is still ranked higher because the formula rewards career performance over current.

All the players that are currently on the disabled or suspended are included in the list. When they are healthy or return from suspension, they will return to hold down their spots.

Players below the 20th ranking are often platoon players or young rookies that don’t have a big enough stat line to make an adequate assessment. Players below the 20th ranking are considered to be easily replaceable parts who will likely be pushed out of a job before the end of the 2013 season.

Catchers:

joe mauer

Formula: 40% offense, 60% defense

Average WAR is calculated by dividing the career WAR and dividing it by number of seasons completed.

Rank

Player

Team

AVG oWAR

AVG dWAR

Positional Weighted WAR

1

Joe Mauer

Minnesota Twins

4.42

0.31

1.96

2

Matt Weiters

Baltimore Orioles

2.35

1.58

1.89

3

Russell Martin

Pittsburgh Pirates

2.41

1.23

1.70

4

Yadier Molina

St. Louis Cardinals

1.33

1.67

1.53

5

Carlos Santana

Cleveland Indians

3.43

0.13

1.45

6

Brian McCann

Atlanta Braves

2.78

0.56

1.45

7

Buster Posey

San Francisco Giants

2.85

0.48

1.43

8

Carlos Ruiz

Philadelphia Phillies

1.84

1.01

1.35

9

Kurt Suzuki

Washington Nationals

1.58

1.08

1.28

10

Salvador Perez

Kansas City Chiefs

1.70

0.90

1.22

11

Alex Avila

Detroit Tigers

2.25

0.43

1.16

12

Johnathan Lucroy

Milwaukee Brewers

1.53

0.73

1.05

13

A.J. Pierzynski

Texas Rangers

1.62

0.51

0.95

14

Miguel Montero

Arizona Diamondbacks

1.71

0.40

0.93

15

Chris Iannetta

Los Angeles Angels

1.30

0.50

0.82

16

John Jaso

Oakland Athletics

1.85

0.03

0.76

17

J.P. Arencibia

Toronto Blue Jays

1.03

0.40

0.65

18

Nick Hundley

San Diego Padres

0.70

0.52

0.59

19

Willin Rosario

Colorado Rockies

1.00

0.30

0.58

20

Jason Castro

Houston Astros

0.55

0.55

0.55

1st Base:

albert pujols

Formula: 75% offense, 25% defense

Average WAR is calculated by dividing the career WAR and dividing it by number of seasons completed.

Rank

Player

Team

AVG oWAR

AVG dWAR

Positional Weighted WAR

1

Albert Pujols

Los Angeles Angels

6.51

0.22

4.94

2

Joey Votto

Cincinnati Reds

4.23

-0.42

3.07

3

Mark Texiera

New York Yankees

3.86

0.05

2.91

4

Prince Fielder

Detroit Tigers

3.73

-1.90

2.32

5

Mike Napoli

Boston Red Sox

2.93

-0.03

2.19

6

Adrian Gonzalez

Los Angeles Dodgers

2.96

-0.44

2.11

7

Nick Swisher

Cleveland Indians

2.48

-0.80

1.66

8

Ryan Howard

Philadelphia Phillies

2.49

-1.23

1.56

9

Justin Morneau

Minnesota Twins

2.01

-0.54

1.37

10

Paul Konerko

Chicago White Sox

2.18

-1.08

1.36

11

Paul Goldschmidt

Arizona Diamondbacks

1.85

-0.65

1.23

12

Allen Craig

St. Louis Cardinals

1.67

-0.53

1.12

13

Brandon Belt

San Francisco Giants

1.40

-0.15

1.01

14

Ike Davis

New York Mets

1.37

-0.30

0.95

15

Adam LaRoche

Washington Nationals

1.38

-0.83

0.83

16

Eric Hosmer

Kansas City Chiefs

1.50

-1.65

0.71

17

Freddie Freeman

Atlanta Braves

1.13

-0.60

0.70

18

Garrett Jones

Pittsburgh Pirates

1.22

-1.00

0.67

19

James Loney

Tampa Bay Rays

0.69

-0.26

0.45

20

Anthony Rizzo

Chicago Cubs

0.60

-0.05

0.44

 

2nd Base:

chase utley

Formula: 60% offense, 40% defense

Average WAR is calculated by dividing the career WAR and dividing it by number of seasons completed.

Rank

Player

Team

AVG oWAR

AVG dWAR

Positional Weighted WAR

1

Chase Utley

Philadelphia Phillies

3.95

1.73

3.06

2

Robinson Cano

New York Yankees

4.46

0.64

2.93

3

Dustin Pedroia

Boston Red Sox

3.63

1.23

2.67

4

Dan Uggla

Atlanta Braves

4.10

-0.33

2.33

5

Dustin Ackley

Seattle Mariners

2.20

1.30

1.84

6

Aaron Hill

Arizona Diamondbacks

2.34

0.94

1.78

7

Mark Ellis

Los Angeles Dodgers

1.83

1.53

1.71

8

Ian Kinsler

Texas Rangers

2.24

0.89

1.70

9

Jason Kipnis

Cleveland Indians

2.55

0.25

1.63

10

Howie Kendrick

Los Angeles Angels

2.31

0.54

1.61

11

Marco Scutaro

San Francisco Giants

1.85

0.42

1.28

12

Brandon Phillips

Cincinnati Reds

1.55

0.70

1.21

13

Danny Espinosa

Washington Nationals

1.33

0.97

1.19

14

Darwin Barney

Chicago Cubs

0.90

1.60

1.18

15

Richie Weeks

Milwaukee Brewers

2.40

-0.72

1.15

16

Neil Walker

Pittsburgh Pirates

1.98

-0.18

1.12

17

Gordan Beckham

Chicago White Sox

1.50

0.05

0.92

18

Daniel Murphy

New York Mets

1.45

0.10

0.91

19

Jose Altuve

Houston Astros

1.80

-0.50

0.88

20

Omar Infante

Detroit Tigers

1.10

0.48

0.85

 

3rd Base:

New York Yankees v Tampa Bay Rays

Formula: 70% offense, 30% defense

Average WAR is calculated by dividing the career WAR and dividing it by number of seasons completed.

Rank

Player

Team

AVG oWAR

AVG dWAR

Positional Weighted WAR

1

Evan Longoria

Tampa Bay Rays

4.50

1.68

3.65

2

Miguel Cabrera

Detroit Tigers

5.34

-1.07

3.42

3

David Wright

New York Mets

4.69

0.02

3.29

4

Adrian Beltre

Texas Rangers

3.08

1.47

2.60

5

Ryan Zimmerman

Washington Nationals

3.06

0.85

2.40

6

Kevin Youkilis

New York Yankees

3.17

0.20

2.28

7

Brett Lawrie

Toronto Blue Jays

2.20

1.95

2.13

8

Pablo Sandoval

San Francisco Giants

2.86

0.16

2.05

9

Michael Young

Philadelphia Phillies

2.93

-0.67

1.85

10

Chase Headley

San Diego Padres

2.37

-0.08

1.63

11

Placido Polanco

Miami Marlins

1.81

1.18

1.62

12

Kyle Seager

Seattle Mariners

2.15

0.00

1.51

13

Martin Prado

Arizona Diamondbacks

1.67

0.54

1.33

14

Mike Moustakas

Kansas City Royals

1.40

1.10

1.31

15

Alberto Callaspo

Los Angeles Angels

1.59

0.16

1.16

16

David Freese

St. Louis Cardinals

1.65

0.00

1.16

17

Will Middlebrooks

Boston Red Sox

1.60

-0.20

1.06

18

Todd Frazier

Cincinnati Reds

1.35

0.05

0.96

19

Manny Machado

Baltimore Orioles

0.90

0.80

0.87

20

Pedro Alvarez

Pittsburgh Pirates

1.23

-0.77

0.63

 

Shortstop:

troy-tulowitzki

Formula: 45% offense, 55% defense

Average WAR is calculated by dividing the career WAR and dividing it by number of seasons completed.

Rank

Player

Team

AVG oWAR

AVG dWAR

Positional Weighted WAR

1

Troy Tulowitzki

Colorado Rockies

2.80

1.53

2.10

2

Derek Jeter

New York Yankees

5.24

-0.48

2.09

3

Elvis Andrus

Texas Rangers

2.65

1.38

1.95

4

Yunel Escobar

Tampa Bay Rays

2.58

1.37

1.91

5

Alexi Ramirez

Chicago White Sox

2.42

1.48

1.90

6

Jimmy Rollins

Philadelphia Phillies

2.79

1.05

1.84

7

Hanley Ramirez

Los Angeles Dodgers

4.45

-0.51

1.72

8

Asdrubal Cabrera

Cleveland Indians

2.87

0.75

1.70

9

Andrelton Simmons

Atlanta Braves

0.80

2.40

1.68

10

Jose Reyes

Toronto Blue Jays

3.21

0.39

1.66

11

Brendan Ryan

Seattle Mariners

0.90

2.17

1.60

12

Starlin Castro

Chicago Cubs

2.97

0.40

1.56

13

J.J. Hardy

Baltimore Orioles

1.70

1.34

1.50

14

Erick Aybar

Los Angeles Angels

1.99

0.81

1.34

15

Jhonny Peralta

Detroit Tigers

2.33

0.39

1.26

16

Stephen Drew

Boston Red Sox

1.80

0.60

1.14

17

Zack Cozart

Cincinnati Reds

0.65

1.25

0.98

18

Alcides Escobar

Kansas City Royals

1.22

0.76

0.97

19

Brandon Crawford

San Francisco Giants

0.55

1.30

0.96

20

Ian Desmond

Washington Nationals

2.03

0.00

0.91

 

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