I thought I'd take a small break from the all of the good fun tarring and feathering MY to put up a post. I know we talk a lot about WAR here, but sometimes, it is good to see where the Ranger players stack up against average players, rather than replacement players. So here, for your amusement, Are all the Ranger positional player sorted by Runs Against Average as calculated from Fangraph data. If you wanted to know how many wins they were worth, compared to an average player at their position, you can divide by 10, and be within spittin' distance of the right ballpark.
Just for on topic sake, as you can see, last year, MY was an above average 3B last year.
Name | Batting | Fielding | Positional | RAA |
Josh Hamilton | 55.5 | 7.9 | -4.9 | 58.5 |
Nelson Cruz | 29.3 | 9.8 | -4.8 | 34.3 |
Ian Kinsler | 11.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 15.4 |
David Murphy | 12.5 | -3.7 | -4.7 | 4.1 |
Vladimir Guerrero | 17.9 | 0.2 | -14.6 | 3.5 |
Michael Young | 5.4 | -5.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Jeff Francoeur | 1.5 | 1 | -0.6 | 1.9 |
Mitch Moreland | 4.4 | -0.6 | -3 | 0.8 |
Esteban German | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.5 | -0.3 |
Jarrod Saltalamacchia | -0.6 | 0 | 0.1 | -0.5 |
Alex Cora | -0.4 | -0.4 | 0 | -0.8 |
Max Ramirez | -0.8 | -2 | 1.5 | -1.3 |
Craig Gentry | -3.4 | 1.1 | -0.1 | -2.4 |
Julio Borbon | -13.3 | 8.9 | 1.6 | -2.8 |
Taylor Teagarden | -3.7 | -1 | 1.8 | -2.9 |
Brandon Boggs | -1.5 | -1.9 | -0.1 | -3.5 |
Jorge Cantu | -4.7 | 1.1 | -1.4 | -5 |
Joaquin Arias | -3.4 | -1.9 | -0.3 | -5.6 |
Bengie Molina | -9.3 | 0 | 3.7 | -5.6 |
Andres Blanco | -4.3 | -2.9 | 1.1 | -6.1 |
Ryan Garko | -6.4 | 0.4 | -0.8 | -6.8 |
Cristian Guzman | -5.9 | -1.6 | 0 | -7.5 |
Elvis Andrus | -14.8 | 0.1 | 6.6 | -8.1 |
Matt Treanor | -12.6 | -1 | 5.2 | -8.4 |
Justin Smoak | -6 | 2.6 | -5.1 | -8.5 |
Chris Davis | -7.5 | 1.2 | -2.6 | -8.9 |
Now you can go back to your village, get your torches, and burn the Young monster, or go back to your regularly scheduled Young nut-kicking, whichever you prefer