Miguel Cabrera 64.7(Philly)
Chase Utley 62.3(Cinny),
Mark Teixeira 52.4(Milwaukee)
Cliff Lee 43.3(Miami)
Jose Reyes 36.8(St. Louis).
Of course we won't know exactly who will go where, but based of the WAR numbers that is where it falls out. Someone could take a pitcher higher, or maybe Corey wants a 1B before a 2B. Who knows. Anyway here are the teams with their 19 keepers (except for Miami with only 16?). Who has the best chance of competing in 03?
If your not sure what WAR represents it's a statistic in baseball to try and help compare players. This WAR number includes both offense and defense higher number the better. Baseball Reference breaks the numbers this way: +8 is MVP type player, 5-7.9 is a All-Star player, 2-4.9 is a starter type player, 0-1.9 is a sub or bench player, anything below a 0 is a replacement player. To give you some more idea of what this number represents Barry Bonds was the WAR leader in 2003 with a WAR of 9.2 and Albert Pujols at 8.6.
| Philadelphia | |
| C Pena Det | 1.3 |
| E Young SF | -0.3 |
| I-Rod Florida | 4.4 |
| C Stynes Color | 2.3 |
| J Rivera NY AL | 0.8 |
| D Sadler Texas | -0.1 |
| R Clayton Mil | -1.3 |
| B Larkin Cin | 0.9 |
| B Fordyce Bal | -0.2 |
| D Cruz Balt | 1.1 |
| R Gonzalez Met | 0.3 |
| E Perez StL | 0.4 |
| T Wigg Mets | -0.1 |
| J Affeldt KC | 3.2 |
| G Carrera Sea | -0.6 |
| J Lima KC | 1.2 |
| T Ohka Mon | 2.6 |
| G Rusch Mil | -1.2 |
| S Sullivan White Sox | 0.7 |
| 15.4 |
Daryl and the Firebirds have the 2nd lowest WAR of the group, so there is some rebuilding to do. He does have Ivan Rodriguez on his roster which helps. His players with negative WAR numbers add up to -3.8 WAR, assuming that Daryl takes Miggy that is not going to really help in 03. Miggy only has a 0.6 WAR for 2003. This is not saying that Daryl should not take Miggy, but the numbers just don't help him for the 2003 season.
| Cincinnati Red Stockings | |
| 3B Sean Burroughs SD | 2 |
| 1B Tony Clark NYM | -0.8 |
| 1B Andres Galarraga SF | 1 |
| IF/OF Jolbert Cabrera LAD | 0.3 |
| IF/OF Denny Hocking MIN | 0.6 |
| OF Eric Byrnes OAK | 2.2 |
| OF Endy Chavez MON | -0.3 |
| OF Brady Clark MIL | 0.4 |
| OF Ricky Ledee PHI | 0.3 |
| OF Shane Spencer TEX | 0.6 |
| SP Kris Benson PIT | -0.1 |
| SP Kaz Ishii LAD | 0.7 |
| SP Jason Jennings COL | 0.1 |
| SP Darrell May KC | 5.9 |
| RP Ricky Stone HOU | 0.6 |
| RP Tanyon Sturtze TOR | -0.4 |
| RP TJ Tucker MON | -0.2 |
| RP Rocky Biddle MON | -0.3 |
| RP Kyle Farnsworth CHC | 1.3 |
| 13.9 |
Way back in 2000 Corey came in 3rd in his division but had a winning record. Players on the roster included Frank Thomas, Steve Finely, Nomar Garciaparra, Curt Schilling, Woody Williams, and Matt Mantei. If those players were still on his team he would have a much more solid base to what to work with. Instead he has 2 1st round picks, a 3rd and 4 4th round picks to work some magic. His negative players add up to a 2.1 WAR, so not as bad as Daryl above. However, Corey seems to lack that everyday All Star player on his squad. Best player on his squad right now is Darrell May with a 5.9 WAR for 2003. Unfortunately for Corey May falls back to earth in 2004.
| Milwaukee | |
| Victor Martinez - CLE | 0.4 |
| Carlos Delgado - TOR | 5.9 |
| Ben Broussard - CLE | 0.8 |
| Derek Jeter - NYY | 3.5 |
| Bill Hall - MIL | -0.5 |
| Dmitri Young - DET | 3.4 |
| Rob Mackowiak - PIT | 0.5 |
| Carlos Lee - CHW | 3.2 |
| Craig Biggio - HOU | 2.5 |
| Michael Tucker - KCR | -0.5 |
| Kevin Mench - TEX | 0.3 |
| Matt Lawton - CLE | 1.2 |
| Ted Lilly - OAK | 2.3 |
| Paul Wilson - CIN | -0.1 |
| Kyle Lohse - MIN | 2.3 |
| Ryan Dempster - CIN | -1.7 |
| BJ Ryan - BAL | 1.6 |
| Juan Cruz - CHC | -0.7 |
| Kent Mercker - ATL | 1.5 |
| 25.9 |
Welcome to Milwaukee! After several ownership changes to the smallest market in baseball the Phantoms might have found the stability they so desperately need. Out of the 5 teams in this article John has the upper hand in his keepers. Coming in with a 25.9 WAR he leads the bottom dwellers. Surprisingly, the Phantoms were surprisingly quiet before the trade deadline. John still has his 1st 4 round picks in this upcoming draft the only one missing is his 5th round pick that he traded to Philadelphia. Other than that he has all his picks. Milwaukee's negative WAR number is 3.5, however one player (Ryan Dempster) take up 1.7 of that number. Currently Mark Teixeira is projected to be picked at the 3rd pick, however John currently has Carlos Delgado at first. Does he take the first pitcher(Cliff Lee) at number three?
| Miami | |
| Mike Lieberthal PHI | 2.8 |
| Rich Aurila SF | 0.7 |
| Mark Grudzielanek CUBS | 2.3 |
| Travis Lee TB | 3.5 |
| Terrence Long OAK | 0 |
| Edgar Martinez SEA | 3.3 |
| Orlando Palmiero STL | -0.5 |
| BJ Surhoff BAL | 0.7 |
| John Flaherty NYY | 0.6 |
| Brian Anderson KC | 1.6 |
| Joe Beimel PITT | 0.1 |
| Mike Maroth DET | 0.2 |
| Jason Marquis ATL | -0.2 |
| Todd VanPoppel TX | -0.4 |
| Jaime Walker DET | 0.9 |
| Julian Tavarez PITT | 1.2 |
| ????? | |
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| ????? | |
| 16.8 |
Moving on to south beach with Mike and the Miami Panthers. Mike has 2 players in the 2's and 2 players in the 3's in WAR for 2003. He only has a total of 1.1 WAR of negative players. While Miami's total WAR number is 16.8 it could be a little higher if he had the full list of 19 keepers. Miami has all their draft picks from 1 to 10. Also, Mike has a extra 3 and 2 extra 4th round picks in the mix.
| StL Sliders | |
| Paul Konerko CHW | -0.6 |
| Johnny Damon BOS | 3.4 |
| Gary Matthews Jr SD | 1.5 |
| Scott Hatteberg OAK | 1.4 |
| Livan Hernandez MON | 6.3 |
| Brian Schneider MON | 0.4 |
| Steve Trachsel NYM | 4.4 |
| Jeremy Burnitz LAD | 1.1 |
| Felipe Lopez CIN | -0.5 |
| Morgan Ensberg HOU | 4.8 |
| Todd Jones BOS | -1.3 |
| Wilson Alvarez LAD | 2.4 |
| Alex Sanchez DET | -0.1 |
| Doug Mirabelli BOS | 0.4 |
| Jamey Carroll MON | 0.2 |
| Aaron Fultz TEX | -0.2 |
| Adam Eaton SD | 1.2 |
| Kerry Robinson StL | -0.9 |
| Rob Bell TB | 0.1 |
| 24 |
I had to ask myself, have the Sliders ever been good? You can go back to the 2000 season where the Sliders had a winning season of 89-74. Since then it's been a rough road. There have been numerous ownership changes that have really handicapped the Sliders. Now under another new owner, Lance, things might be turning around. With a total team WAR of 24 things are looking better than they have for years. A player over six, two players over four, and a solid player in the three's Lance has a solid base to build from in 2003. The Sliders would even look better if their negative WAR number wasn't 3.6. Lance, has 2 first round picks to play with. He will pick fifth, and he also owns Arizona's first round pick.
***WHOOPS!!!!***
I didn't see the Cleveland Rock and Rollers. They should have been included in the top 5 and Miami should not be in the list.
***WHOOPS!!!!***
I didn't see the Cleveland Rock and Rollers. They should have been included in the top 5 and Miami should not be in the list.
| Cleveland | |
| Orlando Hudson TOR | 3.2 |
| Juan Uribe COL | 1.2 |
| Aramis Ramirez CHC | 1.9 |
| Frank Cattalanto TOR | 2.1 |
| Carl Crawford TPA | 2.3 |
| Vernon Wells TOR | 4.5 |
| Sean Casey CIN | 1.6 |
| Matt Mantei ARI | 2.1 |
| Ray Durham SFG | 3.2 |
| Roger Clemens HOU | 4.1 |
| Jake Westbrook CLE | 1 |
| Toby Hall TPA | 1.6 |
| Carl Pavano FLA | 2.3 |
| Mike Redman FLA | -0.4 |
| Mike Hampton ATL | 1.9 |
| Travis Hafner CLE | 0.5 |
| Yorvit Torrebla SDP | 0.6 |
| Shigetoshi Hasawawa | 3.2 |
| Adam Everett | 2.3 |
| 39.2 |
Whoa! Look out Rust Belt Division here come the Rollers. While having a bad year in 2002, they stocked up on players if 2003. The last owner Brian left the team in shambles. Now Eric has come in and rebuilt a very solid team. Oh by the way Cleveland owns four first round picks, 4! Detroit has had it easy these past two year, but he might want to buckle up.
Who will rise in 2003 from the bottom? Baring in trades and from what each team has in draft picks. My opinion is that the Milwaukee Phantoms will be the most improved out of the 5 with the Sliders making good strides. Cincinnati, and Philadelphia have a long way to go, however if their owners make the right moves they can really look forward to 2004. Miami seems to be on the right track as well. Of course a lot can happen between now and the start of the 2003 season.
**With the inclusion of Cleveland it looks like Cleveland is going to be the break out team. I am kinda glad that I didn't include Cleveland at first as the other 5 teams were closer together and made for a more interesting look.
**With the inclusion of Cleveland it looks like Cleveland is going to be the break out team. I am kinda glad that I didn't include Cleveland at first as the other 5 teams were closer together and made for a more interesting look.
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