Found October 23, 2009 on
Batter's Box:
PLAYERS:
Hanley Ramirez,
Troy Tulowitzki,
Jason Bartlett,
Derek Jeter,
Juan Uribe,
Asdrubal Cabrera,
Miguel Tejada,
Maicer Izturis,
Marco Scutaro,
Erick Aybar,
Paul Janish,
Brendan Ryan,
Adam Everett,
Cesar Izturis,
Elvis Andrus,
Rafael Furcal,
Jhonny Peralta,
Robert Andino,
Ryan Theriot,
Nick Punto,
Stephen Drew,
Alexei Ramirez,
Jimmy Rollins
TEAMS: Miami Marlins, Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies
TEAMS: Miami Marlins, Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies
Short is a big issue for 2010. Scutaro cannot be counted on we'd haveto assume (the Jays would do full medicals to know a lot better than usI hope) so what do they do?
A strong #1 or #2 shortstop is needed. With this staff it has to be aleague average or better defensive one too (ala Scutaro & McDonald)but ideally also an offensive force (as good or better than Scutaro in2009).Checking Fangraphs I found there were 6 SS's in the majors with 300+PA and an 800+ OPS. Hanley Ramirez, Troy Tulowitzki, Jason Bartlett, Derek Jeter, Juan Uribe and Yunel Escobar. Another 5 were in the 750-799 range - Asdrubal Cabrera, Miguel Tejada, Maicer Izturis, Marco Scutaro, and Erick Aybar. For guys with 300+ innings in the field we had 3 with a UZR/150 over 10 - Paul Janish, Jack Wilson, and Brendan Ryan. 4 more were over 8 - Adam Everett, Cesar Izturis, Alex Gonzalez, and Elvis Andrus. 7 more over 5 - Rafael Furcal, Jhonny Peralta, Erick Aybar, J....
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