New ESPN Player Rating - Rios 43rd

Post #1 » by **OldNo7** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:50 pm

Glossary of the rating: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2897967

Essentially the guy came up with a formula to try and rate every player in the league equally, with batters, starters and relievers all having the same opportunity to have the maximum rating of 100. Its dependent on how that player rates among league leaders in certain categories, difficulty of their defensive position, their team success.
Players dont qualify if they arent among league leaders in any categories, and if they miss half of their team's games.

Top 100: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playerrating

Notables:
1. Magglio Ordonez
2. Alex Rodriguez
3. Vladimir Guerrero
36. Justin Morneau
43. Alex Rios
46. Albert Pujols
49. Barry Bonds
50. David Wright
51. Chad Gaudin
58. Jason Bay
60. Russell Martin
72. Ken Griffey, Jr.
84. Ryan Howard
87. Gil Meche
96. Orlando Hudson

Discuss.

mr.garbage · Post #2 » by **mr.garbage** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:32 pm

Howard is kinda having an off year. After the all star break...Howard started to become the center of attention. Guess the Home Run derby motivated him a little bit.

Griff83 · Post #3 » by **Griff83** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:47 pm

mr.garbage wrote:Howard is kinda having an off year. After the all star break...Howard started to become the center of attention. Guess the Home Run derby motivated him a little bit.

Watch out, hes catching fire.

Post #4 » by **OldNo7** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:02 am

Yeah Howard was injured at the start of the year and even visited the DL. He has been on since he has been back.