2017 Offseason Ramblings

[Fishercat]

I'll see if I can do more tommorow, although it will be late tommorow (well, really today)

[Molina00]

Very satisfied with Lane Carter's position.
I honestly did not expect him to do this good with no prior MLB experience.

[Saber]

Actually, you didn't forget Gracey. He played first base and got crippled this year.

[Fishercat]

Well, I'm too lazy to switch him back, so he's a catcher now

OK, fixed again

[General]

Yeah, John Mund sucks.

[Fishercat]

I still have to do NL Central and West for 1B, then a new set of 1B rankings should be up

[Fishercat]

The 1B List

-Many, many VERY close rankings (based on stats (2016 and career), ratings, speed, and fielding, although those last two don't apply much at 1B). So really, many of these guys could move up or down significantly based on opinion

-You know the drill, the Top 30 (one per team, defintiely not the Top 30 overall 1B)

1. Milo Kotter (MIN)
2. Miguel Cardillo (COL)
3. James Loney (BAL)
4. Robert Riley (LAD)
5. James Mann (CHW)
6. Rick Porter (TBD)
7. Joey Votto (STL)
8. Michael Gracey (ANA)
9. Andre Willard (OAK)
10. Ramon Valdovinos (HOU)
11. Brett Bonvechio (SEA)
12. Michael Bartel (ARI)
13. Marcelo Valderrama (ATL)
14. Jason Stokes (SFG)
15. Brad Nelson (TOR)
16. Todd Bearden (PIT)
17. Thomas Muffins (MIL)
18. Ronald Cannon (KCR)
19. Tagg Bozied (NYY)
20. Kenneth Dickey (NYM)
21. Larry Broadway (PHI)
22. Tony Rodriguez (DET)
23. Ronald Kleckner (FLA)
24. Clemente Garcia (WAS)
25. Will Smith (CHC)
26. Adam Laroche (BOS)
27. John Santor (CLE)
28. Ryan Howard (TEX)
29. Scott Holmstrom (CIN)
30. Wilfredo Padilla (SDP)

[Kingdom]

Go Will Smith

[Porter]

If only Bartel could hit Lefties regularly

Edit- I dont see why hes not 10th at all hes got a higher OPS and OBP then both of the 2 ahead of him for that spot. He has a batting title to his name as well. So he doesnt hit 15-20 HRs. Hes a shoe in for .330-.400-.420 in the 2 hole.

[Fishercat]

It wasn't based all on stats. If it were, he would have been higher. But I like a 7-7-7-9 or 7-9-6-5 over a 9-6-3-7, although not by much. As I said, it's close and many of these could be argued to be higher or lower

[Fishercat]

BTW, in the case of a player who is a DH, I'm assuming we won't do a Top DH list, so the BAP is the player of position. Like Rickie Weeks over Lubin on MIN

[Hammer]

no love at all for tagg bozied, who i could make a case for having equal the year #9 andre willard did. i suppose his ratings arent wonderful... but hes still mashing at 37, gave me 30 homers and 115 rbis last year.

[Fishercat]

Yeah, Tagg got robbed a bit. He should probably be moved up several spots.

[Fishercat]

The 2B list, same rules/ideas as before, a little more focus on speed an defense. I'm taking a rest now

1. Mickey Ouimet (TOR)
2. Ollie Sanchez (ARI)
3. Gregory Hannum (DET)
4. Paul Galeana (PHI)
5. Mario Stanberry (CHC)
6. Augustine Farnsworth (COL)
7. John Sanor (BOS)
8. Rickie Weeks (MIN)
9. Donald Karl (PIT)
10. Eli Banuelos (OAK)
11. Jayson Nix (BAL)
12. Erasmo Joines (MIL)
13. Robert Felts (NYY)
14. Kirk Held (TBD)
15. Tyree Burns (SFG)
16. Hank Blalock (FLA)
17. Sean Rodriguez (CHW)
18. James Stambaugh (ANA)
19. Richard Leitner (WAS)
20. James Amundson (LAD)
21. Gil Cendejas (SDP)
22. Luis Planas (ATL)
23. Asdrubal Alvarez (SEA)
24. George Kleist (TEX)
25. Peter Stonard (KCR)
26. Khalil Greene (STL)
27. Kevin Pedersen (CLE)
28. Adrian Marceau (CIN)
29. Jose Barrenechea (NYM)
30. Romeo Wilson (HOU)

[Fishercat]

I moved him (Bozied) up a few slots, in spite of having a similar year and ratings (IMO worse, but it's really close) to a guy a few slots below (Broadway)