S3 Best Players

 Jack Torrance - Contributing Reporter

S3 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 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 Matthew Corey (Tucson) - 756
  2. 1B Andy Barker (Syracuse) - 737
  3. 1B Randy Uribe (Fargo) - 650
  4. RF Koji Katou (St Louis) - 636
  5. 1B Rajai Johnstone (Buffalo) - 631
  6. DH Benito Gonzales (Montgomery) - 626
  7. RF Deven Bickerton (Tacoma) - 625
  8. 1B Liam Steinbach (Fresno) - 623
  9. DH Rubi Veras (Syracuse) - 614
  10. LF Harry Feliz (San Antonio) - 600
  11. 2B Jeff Gray (Indianapolis) - 581
  12. RF Ubaldo Johnson (Fresno) - 576
  13. 2B Adrian Sexson (Fargo) - 573
  14. SS Arquimedes Villanueva (Chicago) - 562
  15. CF Billy Ray Sowders (Trenton) - 560
  16. 1B Len Priest (St Louis) - 553
  17. RF Timothy Adams (Texas) - 553
  18. CF Juan Mota (Tacoma) - 544
  19. 1B Jason Bako (Trenton) - 536
  20. 3B Bill Gonzales (New Orleans) - 529

Bottom 10 Position Payers

Requires a minimum of 300 At-Bats; this is generally full of Shortstops. 
  1. CF Ed Ward (Helena) - 83
  2. 3B Lyle Grove (Rochester) - 105
  3. SS Jeff Webber (Los Angeles) - 108
  4. SS Wilfredo Polanco (Montgomery) - 115
  5. C Aaron Cepicky (Vancouver) - 174
  6. SS Dennis Nomo (San Antonio) - 176
  7. 1B Guy Syndergaard (Tacoma) - 181
    1. Also the only guy with a negative fielding WAR on the list. 
  8. C Matty Lopez (Montgomery) - 189
  9. 3B Greg Lavarnway (Helena) - 198
  10. 2B Brendan Brooks (Arizona) - 205

Top 10 Catchers

  1. Ellis Curtis (Colorado Springs) - 524
  2. Shin-Soo Ishii (Texas) - 509
  3. Benny Lee (Tucson) - 450
  4. Tyler Stull (San Antonio) - 443
  5. Dan Key (New Orleans) - 419
  6. Brad Randolph (Baltimore) - 398
  7. Lyle Lush (Los Angeles) - 389
  8. Sammy Kelly (Trenton) - 374
  9. Julio Rodriguez (Indianapolis) - 364
  10. Shooter Brewer (New York) - 352

Top 10 First Basemen

  1. Matthew Corey (Tucson) - 756
  2. Andy Barker (Syracuse) - 737
  3. Randy Uribe (Fargo) - 650
  4. Rajai Johnstone (San Antonio) - 631
  5. Liam Steinbach (Fresno) - 623
  6. Len Priest (St Louis) - 553
  7. Jason Bako (Trenton) - 536
  8. Cedrick Harper (Boston) - 486
  9. Matt Roberts (Baltimore) - 483
  10. Dustan Nevin (Durham) - 481

Top 10 Second Basemen

  1. Jeff Gray (Indianapolis) - 581
  2. Adrian Sexson (Fargo) - 573
  3. Jarrod Baldoquin (Tacoma) - 456
  4. Chadd Burgess (New Orleans) - 432
  5. Mark Harper (Tucson) - 427
  6. DT Franco (San Antonio) - 425
  7. Harry Ugueto (Durham) - 403
  8. Deven Sanchez (Mexico City) - 390
  9. Pascual Pescado (Boston) - 381
  10. Glenn Green (St Louis) - 374

Top 10 Shortstop

  1. Arquimedes Villanueva (Chicago) - 562
  2. Joe Winston (Baltimore) - 507
  3. David Horton (Tacoma) - 422
  4. Steve Ricarrdi (Mexico City) - 368
  5. Sticky Cole (Indianapolis) - 360
  6. Keith Sowders (Fargo) - 350
  7. Adrian Ross (Buffalo) - 348
  8. Ron House (St Louis) - 328
  9. Allie McBride (Durham) - 315
  10. RJ Santiago (Helena) - 276

Top 10 Third Basemen

  1. Bill Gonzales (New Orleans) - 529
  2. Jim Smith (Boston) - 502
  3. Tyreace Moore (Syracuse) - 487
  4. Vladimir Daniels (Tucson) - 482
  5. Taijuan Fick (Chicago) - 469
  6. Vern Ashley (Arizona) - 424
  7. Alex Ortiz (New York) - 423
  8. Jesus Alvarez (Los Angeles) - 421
  9. JP Cabellero (Fargo) - 391
  10. Alex Gonzales (Charlotte) - 390

Top 10 Left Fielders

  1. Harry Feliz (San Antonio) - 600
  2. Edgmer Pena (New Orleans) - 524
  3. Mickey Villegas (Los Angeles) - 520
  4. Nate Hackman (Syracuse) - 518
  5. RA Trahan (Trenton) - 505
  6. Bump Newsome (Nashville) - 483
  7. Brian Field (Indianapolis) - 478
  8. Anthony Luke (Arizona) - 427
  9. Tim Olsen (Fargo) - 417
  10. Chance Bierbrodt (Montgomery) - 416

Top 10 Center Fielders

  1. Billy Ray Sowders (Trenton) - 560
  2. Juan Mota (Tacoma) - 544
  3. Henderson May (Los Angeles) - 487
  4. Mateo Lopez (Philadelphia) - 424
  5. Wilfredo Melendez (Texas) - 405
  6. Jumbo Nakano (Rochester) - 385
  7. Arodys Esposito (Buffalo) - 354
  8. Wayne Wolf (Syracuse) - 337
  9. Sammy Little (Baltimore) - 332
  10. Steve Holt (Salt Lake City) - 332

Top 10 Right Fielders

  1. Koji Katou (St Louis) - 636
  2. Deven Bickerton (Tacoma) - 625
  3. Ubaldo Johnson (Fresno) - 576
  4. Timothy Adams (Texas) - 553
  5. Chris Gutierrez (Durham) - 445
  6. JJ Marshall (New Orleans) - 443
  7. Radley Frazier (San Antonio) - 441
  8. Terry Cloud (Cincinnati) - 419
  9. Horace Krizan (Fargo) - 418
  10. Timothy Larkin (Tucson) - 416


Top 15 Starting Pitchers

  1. Vladimir Ordonez (Baltimore) - 829
  2. Harry DaSilva (Buffalo) - 823
  3. Rolando Candelaria (San Antonio) - 794
  4. Ned Gaillard (Syracuse) - 745
  5. Donte Person (Carlotte) - 740
  6. Allen Maysonet (Tucson) - 738
  7. Derrek Cone (St Louis) - 734
  8. Alex Price (Arizona) - 676
  9. Louie Vizquel (Salt Lake City) - 668
  10. Tony Sheehan (Trenton) - 664
  11. Rando Rincon (Salt Lake City) - 655
  12. Adam Loup (Chicago) - 647
  13. Bernard Moran (Chicago) - 643
  14. Magglio Mieses (Trenton) - 640
  15. Jonathon Houston (Fresno) - 638

Top 10 Relief Pitchers
Requires less than 5 starts

  1. Laynce Johnson (Boston) - 681
  2. Lyle Merrick (Indianapolis) - 650
  3. Vic Mesa (Tucson) - 588
  4. Kurt Spivey (Boston) - 585
  5. Bono Grant (Chicago) - 520
  6. Simon Sherman (Indianapolis) - 500
  7. Jacob Sipp (Indianapolis) - 465
  8. Cy Ingram (Indianapolis) - 464
  9. David Gonzales (St Louis) - 454
  10. Bingo Pryce (Boston) - 453

Bottom 10 Pitchers

Requires a minimum of 50 IP
  1. Ernest Gaston (Arizona) - 66
  2. Jonathan Bay (Charlotte) - 103
  3. James Cormier (Syracuse) - 104
  4. Ray McPherson (Indianapolis) - 109
  5. Ryota Yamada (Texas) - 110
  6. Kike Marquez (Tucson) - 112
  7. Marvin Craddock (Louisville) - 114
  8. Junior Belliard (Philadelphia) - 114
  9. Arnold Kelly (Texas) - 115
  10. Douglas Taylor (Tucson) - 118
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