Saturday, February 07, 2009

Card Ratings

Here is the distribution of the top 100* players (based on current, not future, value) according to the Lamanna Draft Guide:

Warpigs - 13 players. 3 in the top 20 (Chipper 1, Pujols 3, Harden 8)
Rhinos - 9 players. 3 in the top 20 (H.Ramirez 4, ARoid 7, Sheets 18)
Wahoos - 9 players. 2 in the top 20 (Pedroia 2, Youkilis 15)
Drillers - 8 players. 1 in the top 20 (Lincecum 13)
Sidewinders - 7 players. 1 in the top 20 (Mauer 16)
Zaps - 7 players. 1 in the top 20 (Hamilton 17)
Fungoes - 5 players. 4 in the top 20! (Napoli 6, Halladay 9, Sizemore 12, Berkman 14)
DVs - 5 players. 2 in the top 20 (Utley 5, McCann 10)
Nads - 5 players. 1 in the top 20 (J.D.Drew 11)
Killer Bees - 5 players. None in the top 20 (highest rated is Teixeira 23)
FFTs - 5 players. None in the top 20 (highest rated is Rivera 27)
SuperGoofs - 3 players. None in the top 20 (highest rated is Guthrie 40)
Inmates - 3 players. None in the top 20 (highest rated is J.Santana 45)
Tweeners - 2 players. 1 in the top 20 (Roberts 19)
Buckeyes - 2 players. None in the top 20 (highest rated is Y.Escobar 53)
Mavs - 2 players. None in the top 20 (highest rated is Hardy 64)

Among the players eligible to be drafted, there are 10 in the list of 100 and 1 in the top 20 (Duchscherer 20)

The list included only batters with 250+ at bats and pitchers with 40+ innings. And again, this was based solely on their use this year, not their future value.

* The top 100 list, for whatever reason, has one player listed twice - at 54 and again at 62 - so I went to number 101 to get the top 100 players.

1 comment:

Patrick Shannon said...

That 250 AB minimum was apparently more of a guideline than a rule. Napoli is ranked #6 but only had 227 AB last year.