Having difficulty thinking of something to write about, I decided to look to other bloggers for teams that suck for ideas. The first idea came from a Royals blog that was comparing all the starters at each position in the division.
Previous positions: Catcher
We'll go around the diamond so 1st base is next. The starters for the NL Central teams according to RotoChamp are Anthony Rizzo, Joey Votto, Corey Hart, Garrett Jones and Allen Craig. Here is how each have done over the previous 3 years.
Name
PA
HR
ISO
AVG
OBP
SLG
wOBA
wRC+
Fld
BsR
WAR
Joey Votto
1842
80
.243
.321
.434
.564
.425
167
15.4
-8.2
20.1
Corey Hart
1787
87
.235
.279
.343
.514
.369
131
-10.5
0.3
10.6
Allen Craig
857
37
.215
.300
.348
.515
.370
135
-3.2
-0.7
5.6
Garrett Jones
1647
64
.197
.254
.313
.452
.331
108
-15.2
-8.2
3.2
Anthony Rizzo
521
16
.157
.245
.324
.402
.320
99
7.6
-4.4
1.4
No surprise that Votto is the best. I was a little surprised to see that Hart had more home runs in fewer plat...
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