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Post by mpep on Mar 21, 2007 15:24:56 GMT -5
I know ripping SI's talent/value evaluation skill is like like swimming in the kiddie pool, but here goes:
1. Pujols. A lot of people's choice because his hitting is about as good as it gets. I won't argue though I won't agree.
2. Alfonso Soriano. What idiot really believes he's even in the top ten? An absurd choice.
3. Arod-I think he should be number one. If he still played SS, it wouldn't even be a debate.
4. Jose Reyes. Let's see: his OPS so far are 768, 644 (both in half seasons), 686, and 841. That last number was 61st among qualifying MLB hitters. Tejada was 16 places higher in an off year. *Joe Mauer was 95 points higher and he's a catcher. *Carlos Guillen was 74 points higher and he's a SS playing in a pitcher's park. *Derek Jeter had the 30th highest OPS (900) and won a gold glove at SS. He's young and may become a great player, maybe even worthy of the top 10, but not yet.
5. Carl Crawford. This choice can't be serious, can it? He's 67th in OPS and he's a freakin' corner OF fer chrissakes. A truly retarded selection. If you want speedy lead-off hitters, why not Grady Sizemore-at least he plays CF and ha decent OPS (907) last year. (Sizemore was #22 on their list.)
*Mauer was 57th (well behind Morneau), Guillen was 35th, Jeter was 23rd.
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Post by philinla on Mar 21, 2007 17:47:49 GMT -5
What about Cano?
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Post by mpep on Mar 21, 2007 17:52:33 GMT -5
Cano was 43.
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Post by philinla on Mar 21, 2007 18:16:30 GMT -5
Pretty good. Still only 24...
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chaka
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Post by chaka on Mar 22, 2007 8:51:19 GMT -5
aren't those rankings based on fantasy scoring?
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Post by mpep on Mar 22, 2007 9:26:51 GMT -5
Chaka-were they? I didn't see that, but I didn't look at anything but the list. I heard M&MD talking about it (I put them on when I'm fixing lunch). If it was fantasy stuff, they should have ID'd it as such with big letters at the top of the article.
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Post by chaka on Mar 22, 2007 10:46:52 GMT -5
Chaka-were they? I didn't see that, but I didn't look at anything but the list. I heard M&MD talking about it (I put them on when I'm fixing lunch). If it was fantasy stuff, they should have ID'd it as such with big letters at the top of the article. i haven't flipped thru SI yet but every year and every sport they rank the players and give something called a PVR (player value rating). It's more for the fantasy crowd |
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Post by vdesai on Mar 22, 2007 12:52:20 GMT -5
Certainly looks like Fantasy baseball to me. That's the way the top 4 would go in most drafts. Fantasy baseball overemphasizes steals so Sori and Reyes are champs.
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