The Majors Adam Waltersdorf will break down and attempt to rank all of baseball’s best at each and every position. The Infield rankings came out on Monday 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.
Left Field:
Formula: 65% offense, 35% 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 |
Ryan Braun |
Milwaukee Brewers |
5.57 |
-0.70 |
3.37 |
|
|
2 |
Bryce Harper |
Washington Nationals |
3.50 |
1.40 |
2.77 |
|
|
3 |
Josh Hamilton |
Los Angeles Angels |
4.15 |
-0.22 |
2.62 |
|
|
4 |
Yoenis Cespedes |
Oakland Athletics |
4.50 |
-1.20 |
2.51 |
|
|
5 |
Matt Holliday |
St. Louis Cardinals |
4.26 |
-0.76 |
2.50 |
|
|
6 |
Carl Crawford |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
2.72 |
0.22 |
1.84 |
|
|
7 |
Alex Gordon |
Kansas City Royals |
2.45 |
0.45 |
1.75 |
|
|
8 |
Carlos Gonzalez |
Colorado Rockies |
2.68 |
-0.12 |
1.70 |
|
|
9 |
Brett Gardner |
New York Yankees |
1.38 |
1.48 |
1.42 |
|
|
10 |
Alfonso Soriano |
Chicago Cubs |
2.41 |
-0.70 |
1.32 |
|
|
11 |
Justin Upton |
Atlanta Braves |
2.02 |
-0.23 |
1.23 |
|
|
12 |
Josh Willingham |
Minnesota Twins |
2.14 |
-0.70 |
1.15 |
|
|
13 |
Melky Cabrera |
Toronto Blue Jays |
1.80 |
-0.09 |
1.14 |
|
|
14 |
Matt Joyce |
Tampa Bay Rays |
1.64 |
-0.32 |
0.95 |
|
|
15 |
Juan Pierre |
Miami Marlins |
1.45 |
-0.20 |
0.88 |
|
|
16 |
Carlos Quentin |
San Diego Padres |
1.93 |
-1.09 |
0.87 |
|
|
17 |
David Murphy |
Texas Rangers |
1.46 |
-0.33 |
0.83 |
|
|
18 |
Michael Brantley |
Cleveland Indians |
1.30 |
-0.23 |
0.77 |
|
|
19 |
Andy Dirks |
Detroit Tigers |
1.15 |
-0.05 |
0.73 |
|
|
20 |
Nate McLouth |
Baltimore Orioles |
1.39 |
-0.74 |
0.64 |
Center Field:
Formula: 55% offense, 45% 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 |
Mike Trout |
Los Angeles Angels |
4.65 |
1.10 |
3.05 |
|
|
2 |
Austin Jackson |
Detroit Tigers |
3.60 |
2.00 |
2.88 |
|
|
3 |
Andrew McCutchen |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
5.08 |
-0.18 |
2.71 |
|
|
4 |
Curtis Granderson |
New York Yankees |
3.47 |
0.59 |
2.17 |
|
|
5 |
Denard Span |
Washington Nationals |
2.56 |
0.90 |
1.81 |
|
|
6 |
Matt Kemp |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
3.59 |
-0.73 |
1.64 |
|
|
7 |
Michael Bourn |
Cleveland Indians |
1.76 |
1.24 |
1.53 |
|
|
8 |
Jacoby Ellsbury |
Boston Red Sox |
2.30 |
0.37 |
1.43 |
|
|
9 |
Shin-Soo Choo |
Cincinnati Reds |
2.64 |
-0.29 |
1.32 |
|
|
10 |
Adam Jones |
Baltimore Orioles |
2.34 |
0.06 |
1.31 |
|
|
11 |
B.J. Upton |
Atlanta Braves |
2.61 |
-0.39 |
1.26 |
|
|
12 |
Jon Jay |
St. Louis Cardinals |
2.10 |
0.13 |
1.22 |
|
|
13 |
Coco Crisp |
Oakland Athletics |
1.78 |
0.50 |
1.21 |
|
|
14 |
Angel Pagan |
San Francisco Giants |
1.76 |
0.44 |
1.17 |
|
|
15 |
Colby Rasmus |
Toronto Blue Jays |
1.85 |
0.33 |
1.16 |
|
|
16 |
David DeJesus |
Chicago Cubs |
2.07 |
-0.12 |
1.08 |
|
|
17 |
Dexter Fowler |
Colorado Rockies |
1.98 |
-0.30 |
0.95 |
|
|
18 |
Franklin Gutierrez |
Seattle Mariners |
0.91 |
1.00 |
0.95 |
|
|
19 |
Desmond Jennings |
Tampa Bay Rays |
1.53 |
0.17 |
0.92 |
|
|
20 |
Cameron Maybin |
San Diego Padres |
1.00 |
0.58 |
0.81 |
Right Field:
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 |
Carlos Beltran |
St. Louis Cardinals |
3.85 |
0.57 |
2.87 |
|
|
2 |
Ichiro |
New York Yankees |
3.93 |
0.31 |
2.85 |
|
|
3 |
Jason Heyward |
Atlanta Braves |
3.03 |
1.23 |
2.49 |
|
|
4 |
Giancarlo Stanton |
Miami Marlins |
3.10 |
0.37 |
2.28 |
|
|
5 |
Nick Markakis |
Baltimore Orioles |
3.19 |
-0.41 |
2.11 |
|
|
6 |
Norichika Aoki |
Milwaukee Brewers |
2.80 |
0.10 |
1.99 |
|
|
7 |
Torii Hunter |
Detroit Tigers |
2.56 |
0.54 |
1.95 |
|
|
8 |
Hunter Pence |
San Francisco Giants |
2.83 |
-0.25 |
1.91 |
|
|
9 |
Shane Victorino |
Boston Red Sox |
2.17 |
0.54 |
1.68 |
|
|
10 |
Alex Rios |
Chicago White Sox |
2.01 |
0.60 |
1.59 |
|
|
11 |
Andre Either |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
2.57 |
-0.89 |
1.53 |
|
|
12 |
Ben Zobrist |
Tampa Bay Rays |
1.53 |
0.97 |
1.36 |
|
|
13 |
Jayson Werth |
Washington Nationals |
1.92 |
-0.12 |
1.31 |
|
|
14 |
Jay Bruce |
Cincinnati Reds |
1.72 |
-0.20 |
1.14 |
|
|
15 |
Drew Stubbs |
Cleveland Indians |
1.50 |
0.25 |
1.13 |
|
|
16 |
Marlon Byrd |
New York Mets |
1.42 |
0.06 |
1.01 |
|
|
17 |
Mark Trumbo |
Los Angeles Angels |
1.53 |
-0.27 |
0.99 |
|
|
18 |
Michael Cuddyer |
Colorado Rockies |
1.73 |
-1.02 |
0.91 |
|
|
19 |
Will Venable |
San Diego Padres |
1.14 |
0.20 |
0.86 |
|
|
20 |
Nelson Cruz |
Texas Rangers |
1.34 |
-0.50 |
0.79 |