FINAL Season Ranks vs 2010 MDP

[rookies and cream]

1st - Money league with friends. Had 4 of the hitters listed at various point (Cargo, Hamilton, and Votto mostly, which explains why I finished first in all offensive cats). Surprisingly had none of pitchers listed.
1st - Blog Wars with some high profile blog writers. Had 4 of hitters listed (Hamilton, Pagan, Hart, and Stubbs) as well as Wainwright and Price (albeit only about 1/4 of season) on pitching side.
1st - Experts Challenge League (cafe league). Had 4 of hitters at various points (most notably Hart, C.B. Young, and Swisher) as well as Oswalt on the pitching side
2nd - Live Free or Dynasty (cafe league - Congrats Cougs!). Had absolutely nobody from the list, although Davis was in my farm system. Only used him for about 3 games during the season.
2nd - Second year $$ keeper league. Only 2 on the hitting side (Pagan and Stubbs) but 3 of the pitchers listed (Dan Hudson, Kuo, and Clippard).

Seems like I got many of the hitters right, and won all leagues in which I had 4 of them.

Great job at compiling this list Marley. Very helpful and informative.

[Verminator]

Interesting... in a 12 team 5x5, I would expect to have 4 players on the list of most profitable. Instead, I had 6 of these players and won the league. A lot of the other teams in the Top 5 had many of the remaining players on the list.

Players I had:
A Pagan
A Beltre
J Votto
A Rios
C Lewis
A Wainwright

[mrmarley]

Thanks for the feedback. Playing around with the numbers a little more...looking at some of the worst values now by '10 MDP minus Final 2010 Rank.

Bats: Must be in the top 120 hitters drafted and 350+ AB's (trying to gauge the values based more on performance than injuries)
SP: Must be in the top 72 drafted starters and logged 92+ IP
RP: Must be in the top 48 drafted relievers and logged 45+ IP

Example: Grienke was the 4th pitcher (SP or RP) taken and ended up ranked 129th among SP/RP's. Ouch.

I think Josh Beckett's implosion is almost the worst, and while he does top this "worst-of" list going from #17 pitcher in the preseason to a #586 final ranking, AJ Burnett gave you 182 IP of almost equal crap while Beckett only hurt you for 128 IP. Then again, Beckett was picked as a early #2 SP for a lot of teams while Burnett was a late #3...maybe they can be co-LVP's:

STARTING PITCHERS:

'10MDP	EndRk	+/-Val. Player		Drafted IP	W	SV	SO	ERA	WHIP
17	586	(569)	Josh Beckett	SP14	128	6	0	116	5.78	1.54
44	598	(554)	A.J. Burnett	SP32	182	9	0	140	5.40	1.52
64	605	(541)	Scott Kazmir	SP43	150	9	0	93	5.94	1.58
57	578	(521)	Rich Harden	SP39	92	5	0	75	5.58	1.66
19	521	(502)	Javier Vazquez	SP16	157	10	0	121	5.32	1.40
40	541	(501)	James Shields	SP30	203	13	0	187	5.18	1.46
91	575	(484)	Aaron Harang	SP64	112	6	0	82	5.32	1.59
71	526	(455)	Rick Porcello	SP49	163	10	0	84	4.92	1.39
75	452	(377)	Ben Sheets	SP52	119	4	0	84	4.53	1.39
88	443	(355)	Mark Buehrle	SP61	210	13	0	99	4.28	1.40
43	356	(313)	Jair Jurrjens	SP31	116	7	0	86	4.64	1.39
31	324	(293)	John Lackey	SP25	215	14	0	156	4.40	1.42
61	330	(269)	Edwin Jackson	SP41	209	10	0	181	4.47	1.39
78	295	(217)	D. Matsuzaka	SP54	154	9	0	133	4.69	1.37
84	260	(176)	Randy Wolf	SP58	216	13	0	142	4.17	1.39
47	207	(160)	Scott Baker	SP34	165	12	0	146	4.63	1.36
25	179	(154)	Jake Peavy	SP22	107	7	0	93	4.63	1.23
65	192	(127)	Gavin Floyd	SP44	187	10	0	151	4.08	1.37
4	129	(125)	Zack Greinke	SP4	220	10	0	181	4.17	1.25
67	170	(103)	J. de la Rosa	SP46	122	8	0	113	4.22	1.32
28	126	(98)	Ricky Nolasco	SP23	158	14	0	147	4.51	1.28
98	195	(97)	Brian Matusz	SP70	176	10	0	143	4.30	1.34
92	174	(82)	Wade Davis	SP65	168	12	0	113	4.07	1.35
18	98	(80)	Yovani Gallardo	SP15	185	14	0	200	3.84	1.37
56	135	(79)	Carlos Zambrano	SP38	130	11	0	117	3.33	1.45
6	85	(79)	Dan Haren	SP6	235	12	0	216	3.91	1.27

RELIEF PITCHERS

'10MDP	EndRk	+/-Val. Player		Drafted IP	W	SV	SO	ERA	WHIP
60	572	(512)	Chad Qualls	RP20	59.0	3	12	49	7.32	1.80
52	388	(336)	Trevor Hoffman	RP16	47.3	2	10	30	5.89	1.44
13	130	(117)	J. Broxton	RP1	62.3	5	22	73	4.04	1.48
101	217	(116)	Matt Lindstrom	RP29	53.3	2	23	43	4.39	1.65
155	268	(113)	Kevin Jepsen	RP45	59.0	2	0	61	3.97	1.41
112	210	(98)	Fernando Rodney	RP35	68.0	4	14	53	4.10	1.53
97	185	(88)	Jason Frasor	RP28	63.7	3	4	65	3.68	1.38
59	139	(80)	Bobby Jenks	RP19	52.7	1	27	61	4.44	1.37
63	143	(80)	Frank Francisco	RP21	52.7	6	2	60	3.76	1.27
82	160	(78)	Kerry Wood	RP25	46.0	3	8	47	3.13	1.39
41	96	(55)	Huston Street	RP11	47.3	4	20	45	3.61	1.06
156	211	(55)	Brad Ziegler	RP46	60.7	3	0	41	3.26	1.35
53	100	(47)	David Aardsma	RP17	49.7	0	31	49	3.44	1.17
32	78	(46)	F. Cordero	RP7	72.7	6	40	59	3.84	1.43
16	57	(41)	J. Papelbon	RP3	67.0	5	37	76	3.90	1.27
38	73	(35)	Jose Valverde	RP10	63.0	2	26	63	3.00	1.16
86	119	(33)	Octavio Dotel	RP27	64.0	3	22	75	4.08	1.31

HITTERS:

'10MDP	EndRk	+/-Val. Player		POS	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
107	304	(197)	Bengie Molina	C	377	27	5	36	0	.249
21	195	(174)	Jimmy Rollins	SS	350	48	8	41	17	.243
65	225	(160)	Matt Wieters	C	446	37	11	55	0	.249
91	241	(150)	Asd. Cabrera	SS	381	39	3	29	6	.276
80	221	(141)	Jose Lopez	2B	593	49	10	58	3	.239
57	187	(130)	Lance Berkman	1B	404	48	14	58	3	.248
87	215	(128)	Yunel Escobar	SS	497	60	4	35	6	.256
63	190	(127)	Gordon Beckham	3B	444	58	9	49	4	.252
42	155	(113)	Aaron Hill	2B	528	70	26	68	2	.205
117	229	(112)	Alcides Escobar	SS	506	57	4	41	10	.235
39	149	(110)	Adam Lind	OF	569	57	23	72	0	.237
31	139	(108)	Pablo Sandoval	3B	563	61	13	63	3	.268
16	111	(95)	Ian Kinsler	2B	391	73	9	45	15	.286
102	196	(94)	Jorge Cantu	1B	468	50	11	55	0	.259
71	163	(92)	Jason Bartlett	SS	468	71	4	47	11	.254
93	183	(90)	Nyjer Morgan	OF	509	60	0	24	34	.253
53	135	(82)	Chone Figgins	3B	602	62	1	35	42	.259
120	200	(80)	Chris Coghlan	OF	354	59	5	28	10	.266
4	83	(79)	Chase Utley	2B	425	75	16	65	13	.275
90	166	(76)	Jorge Posada	C	383	49	18	57	3	.248
20	95	(75)	Mark Reynolds	3B	499	79	32	85	7	.198
64	137	(73)	Carlos Pena	1B	484	64	28	84	5	.196
45	115	(70)	Aramis Ramirez	3B	465	61	25	83	0	.241
98	167	(69)	Kurt Suzuki	C	495	55	13	71	3	.242
99	159	(60)	Julio Borbon	OF	438	60	3	42	15	.276
84	140	(56)	Ian Stewart	3B	385	54	18	61	5	.257
18	74	(56)	Justin Upton	OF	495	73	17	69	18	.273
44	99	(55)	Ben Zobrist	2B	541	77	10	75	24	.238
38	90	(52)	Brian McCann	C	479	63	21	77	5	.269
25	71	(46)	Victor Martinez	C	493	64	20	79	1	.302
51	96	(45)	Carlos Lee	OF	605	67	24	89	3	.246
41	85	(44)	C. Granderson	OF	466	76	24	67	12	.247
6	48	(42)	Matt Kemp	OF	602	82	28	89	19	.249
29	70	(41)	Kevin Youkilis	1B	362	77	19	62	4	.307
100	141	(41)	Ryan Ludwick	OF	490	63	17	69	0	.251

[mweir145]

Greinke ruined me this year. I thought he was ready to take the next step to being a consistently elite pitcher...now I don't know what to think for next year.

[Nerfherders]

My first 5 hitting picks are a who's who of failure:

Howard
Sizemore
Figgins
Chipper
McLouth

Sizemore and McLouth were so bad they didnt even make the above list, probably because they are off the Baseball Monster list entirely.

I still managed to finish 7/16 mostly because of this:

Verlander
Jimenez
K-Rod
Dotel
J Sanchez
Lowe
Gregerson, Romo
Kuroda (FA pickup)

[mrmarley]

My first 5 hitting picks are a who's who of failure:

Howard
Sizemore
Figgins
Chipper
McLouth

Sizemore and McLouth were so bad they didnt even make the above list, probably because they are off the Baseball Monster list entirely.

Howard wasn't as bad as some 1st and 2nd rounders, but he certainly didn't produce like you wanted this year. The rest of those guys were indeed bad/injured or both. The reason they weren't on the above list is because it's filtered to exclude anyone with less than 350 AB's. If you take that filter off, you get a lot more guys that were ranked low because they were injured. I filtered it to try and take out some of the injuries because you would have rather have someone like Youk that at least gave you good production out of his 362 AB's and that you could pick up a replacement level guy (or maybe you got lucky with a guy like Chris Johnson) than having to stick with a 3B like Kung Fu Panda and his pitiful line of 61 /13 / 63 / 3 / .268 through 562 AB's all season.

Here's the "worst-of" list without a filter for AB''s. Your last 4 guys were indeed some of the the worst out of the "top" quarter I had a similar problem this year in my only roto league, except it was pitching and not hitting that got me (Haren, Nolasco, Harden & Slowey were my first 4 SP's taken....so pretty much my entire starting staff was as bad as I could have had...4 of 27 SP's from the "worst-of" list)

'10MDP	EndRk	+/-Val. Player		POS	R	HR	RBI	SB	 AVG 	AB	
104	543	(439)	Chris Davis	1B	7	1	4	3	.192	120
19	434	(415)	Jacoby Ellsbury	OF	10	0	5	7	.192	78
22	401	(379)	Grady Sizemore	OF	15	0	13	4	.211	128
113	436	(323)	Nolan Reimold	OF	9	3	14	0	.207	116
75	333	(258)	Nate McLouth	OF	30	6	24	7	.190	242
40	263	(223)	Brian Roberts	2B	28	4	15	12	.278	230
79	294	(215)	Carlos Beltran	OF	21	7	27	3	.255	220
107	304	(197)	Bengie Molina	C	27	5	36	0	.249	377
43	223	(180)	Kendry Morales	1B	29	11	39	0	.290	193
21	195	(174)	Jimmy Rollins	SS	48	8	41	17	.243	350
37	197	(160)	Jason Bay	OF	48	6	47	10	.259	348
65	225	(160)	Matt Wieters	C	37	11	55	0	.249	446
94	253	(159)	Brad Hawpe	OF	31	9	44	2	.245	298
97	256	(159)	Russell Martin	C	45	5	26	6	.248	331
49	202	(153)	Manny Ramirez	OF	38	9	42	1	.298	265
91	241	(150)	Asd. Cabrera	SS	39	3	29	6	.276	381
80	221	(141)	Jose Lopez	2B	49	10	58	3	.239	593
95	227	(132)	Miguel Montero	C	36	9	43	0	.266	297
57	187	(130)	Lance Berkman	1B	48	14	58	3	.248	404
87	215	(128)	Yunel Escobar	SS	60	4	35	6	.256	497
63	190	(127)	Gordon Beckham	3B	58	9	49	4	.252	444
28	147	(119)	Dustin Pedroia	2B	53	12	41	9	.288	302
42	155	(113)	Aaron Hill	2B	70	26	68	2	.205	528
117	229	(112)	Alcides Escobar	SS	57	4	41	10	.235	506
39	149	(110)	Adam Lind	OF	57	23	72	0	.237	569
31	139	(108)	Pablo Sandoval	3B	61	13	63	3	.268	563
86	191	(105)	Chipper Jones	3B	47	10	46	5	.265	317
16	111	(95)	Ian Kinsler	2B	73	9	45	15	.286	391
102	196	(94)	Jorge Cantu	1B	50	11	55	0	.259	468
71	163	(92)	Jason Bartlett	SS	71	4	47	11	.254	468
93	183	(90)	Nyjer Morgan	OF	60	0	24	34	.253	509
53	135	(82)	Chone Figgins	3B	62	1	35	42	.259	602

[AquaMan2342]

A player who was hurt for almost the entire season should not be looked upon as a failure. Injuries can happen to any player on any day.

[kab21]

Greinke ruined me this year. I thought he was ready to take the next step to being a consistently elite pitcher...now I don't know what to think for next year.

BUY, BUY, BUY

[DaSh 1s]

Nelson Cruz

BUY, BUY, BUY