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Ranking the Diamondbacks for the 2011 Season

Found November 07, 2011 on D'Backs Venom: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Justin Upton,  Armando Galarraga
TEAMS: Arizona Diamondbacks

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51 players played for the Diamondbacks in 2011 - here are my rankings for all 51, from Justin Upton at #1 down to Armando Galarraga at #51. In the table, bWAR is the Wins Above Replacement from Baseball-Reference.com, fWAR is Wins Above Replacement from Fangraphs.com, and ASB is where I had ranked the players at the All Star Break. Rank ASB Player bWAR fWAR Comment 1 1 Justin Upton, RF 4.1 6.4 Led team in AVG, OBP, SLG, HR, R, and RBI 2 4 Ian Kennedy, SP 5.5 5.3 Led staff in ERA, K, W, IP (tie); 12-1, 2.11 ERA in 2H 3 5 Miguel Montero, C 4.5 4.3 Led all Catchers with 86 RBI; 40% CS rate 4 2 Chris Young, CF 4.8 4.6 Led NL in UZR; .314/.432/.629 in High Leverage ABs 5 3 Daniel Hudson, SP 3.3 6.0 222 IP tied Kennedy, and 3.28 FIP only .06 behind; had 14 RBI 6 7 J.J. Putz, RP 2.2 1.7 Converted 45 of 49 Save Chances; 2.17 ERA 7 10 Ryan Roberts, 3B/LF 3.4 3.6 2nd on team with 66 BB; 3rd in...
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