S1 Best Players

Jack Torrance - Contributing Reporter

S1 Top Players

Since we often reference a player's fantasy points on the blog, let's take a quick second to explain them. It's simple really, 1 point for every base, run batted in, run, walk, and each stolen base. A player gets minus 1 point for every strike out and minus a half point for each caught stealing. On the pitching side, we use a point for every inning pitched, plus 2 points for every strike out, plus 3 points for a win, and plus 4.5 for every save. The goal was to put points into things that are more controllable to the pitcher - how long they last in a game and how many strike outs they achieve but still wanted to award the W/L/SV categories as well. The pitchers have a lot more chances to lose points, but again tried to keep them based on things that are more directly tied to the pitcher's control, minus 0.4 for each walk or earned run, minus 0.75 for each home run given up and every walk. They also get minus 2 for every Loss and blown save. This system was tweaked from Yahoo's Fantasy Baseball settings. 

We'll group players by position with their Fantasy Points, perhaps one year we'll add back in the stats like extra base hits (xBH), Weighted Runs Above Average (wRAA), weighted On-Base Average (wOBA), weighted runs created plus (wRC+), weighted stolen bases (wSB). For pitchers we could do Adjusted ERA (100 is league average), etc. But for now it's just the Fantasy Points. Bold names indicate Silver Slugger. Underlined names indicate Gold Glove Winners.  

Top 20 Position Players

  1. 1B Liam Steinbach (Fresno) - 689
  2. 2B Vin Nunez (Syracuse) - 681
  3. LF Rubi Veras (Syracuse) - 680
  4. 1B Len Priest (St Louis) - 658
  5. DH Benito Gonzales (Montgomery) - 637
  6. 1B Dustan Nevin (Durham) - 628
  7. 1B Matt Roberts (Baltimore) - 627
  8. LF Mickey Villegas (Los Angeles) - 620
  9. 3B Jim Smith (Boston) - 612
  10. 1B Jason Bako (Trenton) - 609
  11. 1B Rajai Johnstone (Scottsdale) - 601
  12. CF Juan Mota (Tacoma) - 588
  13. LF Edgar Nunez (Tacoma) - 581
  14. 1B Wayne Pennginton (New Orleans) - 568
  15. 3B Joe Winston(Baltimore) - 562
  16. LF Anthony Luke (Arizona) - 545
  17. CF Harry Ugueto (Durham) - 544
  18. RF Deven Bickerton (Tacoma) - 544
  19. SS Arquimedes Villanueva (Chicago) - 528
  20. LF Walt Swindell (Cleveland) - 527

Bottom 10 Position Payers

Requires a minimum of 300 At-Bats; this is generally full of Shortstops. 
  1. SS Terry Baxter (Fresno) - 31
  2. SS Ross Holt (Cincinnati) - 64
  3. SS Bosco Frazier (Fresno) - 86
  4. C Alan Damon (Los Angeles) - 113
  5. CF Marshall Gilkey (New York) - 118
  6. 2B Larry Keyes (Nashville) - 118
  7. 3B Lyle Grove (Tacoma) - 127
  8. LF Tony DeRosa (Colorado Springs) - 133
  9. SS Bruce LaPorta (Philadelphia) - 135
  10. LF JA Grieve (Colorado Springs) - 137

Top 10 Catchers

  1. Shin-Soo Ishii (Texas) - 527
  2. Tyler Stull (Scottsdale) - 496
  3. Julio Rodriguez (Indianapolis) - 450
  4. Sammy Kelly (Trenton) - 438
  5. Dan Key (New Orleans) - 432
  6. Ellis Curtis (Colorado Springs) - 399
  7. Benny Lee (Tucson) - 397
  8. Darryl Sadler (Helena) - 382
  9. Will James (Tacoma) - 381
    1. Sadler was a Rule 5 pick from Tacoma)
  10. Jose Silverio (Boston) - 358

Top 10 First Basemen

  1. Liam Steinbach (Fresno) - 689
  2. Len Priest (St Louis) - 658
  3. Dustan Nevin (Durham) - 628
  4. Matt Roberts (Baltimore) - 627
  5. Jason Bako (Trenton) - 609
  6. Rajai Johnstone (Scottsdale) - 601
  7. Wayne Pennington (New Orleans) - 568
  8. Dixon Perez (Arizona) - 483
  9. Curt Dunn (Cleveland) - 452
  10. John Lansing (Chicago) - 441

Top 10 Second Basemen

  1. Vin Nunez (Syracuse) - 681
  2. Christy Winston (Fresno) - 481
  3. Mark Harper (Scottsdale) - 460
  4. Pascual Pescado (Boston) - 454
  5. Santiago Tapies (Cleveland) - 447
  6. Tim Olsen (Fargo) - 441
  7. Beau McDade (Texas) - 439
    1. That's one of the most Texas sounding names I've heard
  8. Davey Dawkins (Charlotte) - 420
  9. Glenn Green (St Louis) - 400
  10. Skip Cooper (Mexico City) - 379

Top 10 Shortstop

  1. SS Arquimedes Villanueva (Chicago) - 528
  2. Vern Ashley (Arizona) - 473
  3. Chris Gutierrez (Durham) - 458
  4. David Horton (Tacoma) - 403
  5. Oswaldo Candelaria (Scranton) - 372
  6. Felipe Tabata (Cleveland) - 361
  7. David Feldman (Scottsdale) - 340
  8. Tony Slowey (Fargo) - 338
  9. Douglas Altherr (Vancouver) - 328
  10. Omar Rodriguez (Texas) - 304

Top 10 Third Basemen

  1. Jim Smith (Boston) - 612
  2. Joe Winston(Baltimore) - 562
  3. Alex Martin (Trenton) - 473
  4. Tyreace Moore (Syracuse) - 464
  5. Taijuan Fick (Scottsdale) - 446
  6. JP Cabellero (Fargo) - 436
  7. Lewis Glanville (Montgomery) - 430
  8. Alex Gonzales (Charlotte) - 421
  9. Alex Ortiz (New York) - 414
  10. Dingo Roberts (Indianapolis) - 394

Top 10 Left Fielders

  1. Rubi Veras (Syracuse) - 680
  2. Mickey Villegas (Los Angeles) - 620
  3. Edgar Nunez (Tacoma) - 581
  4. Anthony Luke (Arizona) - 545
  5. Walt Swindell (Cleveland) - 527
  6. Edgmer Pena (New Orleans) - 515
  7. RA Trahan (Trenton) - 514
  8. Harry Feliz (San Antonio) - 491
  9. Vincete DeSoto (Charlotte) - 471
  10. Nap McAnaney (Durham) - 471

Top 10 Center Fielders

  1. Juan Mota (Tacoma) - 588
  2. Harry Ugueto (Durham) - 544
  3. Wilfredo Melendez (Texas) - 477
  4. Eugene Dirks (Chicago) - 445
  5. Adrian Sexson (Charlotte) - 433
  6. Zephyr Daly (Scranton) - 414
  7. Bill Gonzales (New Orleans) - 408
  8. Midre Baez (Fresno) - 397
  9. Allie Walls (Mexico City) - 396
  10. Norberto Reynoso (Scottsdale) - 386

Top 10 Right Fielders

  1. Deven Bickerton (Tacoma) - 544
  2. Luis Padilla (Boston) - 505
  3. Timothy Adams (Texas) - 495
  4. Bono Betancourt (Arizona) - 474
  5. Benji Richardson (Charlotte) - 464
  6. Koji Katou (St Louis) - 449
  7. Radley Frazier (San Antonio) - 437
  8. Timothy Larkin (Tucson) - 420
  9. Rey Cookson (Colorado Springs) - 417
  10. Phil Wallace (Scottsdale) - 394


Top 15 Starting Pitchers

  1. Harry DaSilva (Buffalo) - 801
  2. Franchy Rolison (Trenton) - 762
  3. Glenallen Cepicky (Boston) - 752
  4. Derrek Cone (St Louis) - 755
  5. Magglio Mieses (Trenton) - 744
  6. Donte Person (Carlotte) - 695
  7. Ned Gaillard (Syracuse) - 694
  8. Marcus Carpenter (Buffalo) - 693
  9. Hideki Lim (Tacoma) - 690
  10. Cristobal Rojas (Buffalo) - 688
  11. Kiki Rodriguez (Mexico City) - 657
  12. Polin Aceves (Trenton) - 653
  13. Alen Baldwin (St Louis) - 652
  14. Dillon Rupp (Scottsdale) - 648
  15. Rando Rincon (Salt Lake City) - 631

Top 10 Relief Pitchers
Requires less than 5 starts

  1. Laynce Johnson (Boston) - 637.3
  2. Bono Grant (Chicago) - 550
  3. Lyle Merrick (Indianapolis) - 481
  4. Raimel Rodriguez (Fresno) - 475
  5. Braulio Sanchez (Trenton) - 461
  6. Josias Tatis (Helena) - 447
  7. Ryan McPherson (Indianapolis) - 445
  8. JJ Palmer (Syracuse) - 434
  9. Willie Blanco (Scottsdale) - 416
  10. David Gonzales (Salt Lake City) - 382

Bottom 10 Pitchers

Requires a minimum of 50 IP
  1. Keenyn Murray (Scranton) - 26
  2. Charlie Foster (Los Angeles) - 69
  3. Robinzon Profar (Scranon) - 70
  4. Sherry Pribanic (Vancouver) - 91
  5. Mac Griffin (Boston) - 91
  6. Michael Lawrence (Los Angeles) - 113
  7. Heinie Grissom (Arizona) - 114
  8. Melvin Ricarrdi (Arizona) - 116
  9. Welington Segui (Nashville) - 119
  10. Rube Robertson (Nashville) - 120
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