Angels WAR ranking by position

[stevestevens]

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/team_compare.cgi 

SP: 19

RP: 11

1B: 28

2B: 9

SS: 2

3B: 28

LF: 8

CF: 1

RF: 25

C 21

DH: 2

 

 

The difference from 21 to 1 at the catcher position is 2.6 WAR. The difference from 28 to 1 at the 1B position is 6.2, the difference at 3B from 28 to 1 is 8.9 (have a year Matt Chapman). The difference from 19 to 1 in SP is 12.9.  We actually have better SP than Texas, Oakland, and Seattle but even though we are ranked 11th in RP, we have the worst bullpen in the AL West which puts are overall pitching behind both Oakland and Seattle. RF is a 9.2 WAR difference but a June through September year from Calhoun would put us in the top 5 or 6 on the season and would most likely have us at the second or third best OF in the league.  

Nothing too revealing in these stats that we do not know about.  Splits this year has Pujols with a .790 OPS at DH and a .640 OPS at 1B.  Even though he is better at DH it is nothing close to Ohtani's .957 OPS. 

If Ohtani can DH full time next year, the team has decisions.

Can you rely on the current group of fragile arms to piece together another season?

Are you going to pay Pujols to be one of the worst 1B in the league or are you going to try to upgrade?

Cozart should be back and healthy.  Did Fletcher do enough to earn a starting job at 2B and keep Cozart at 3B? A year of Cozart at 3B would have put us much higher in the yearly rankings.  Valbueana had the most PA at 3B this year.

[Broad Street]

Man I know they're going to run Pujols out there like they did this year and it's going to be terrible. Ohtani will miss games because of it. 

 

I'd like to see Cozart at 3rd and Fletcher at 2nd. I'd like Wil Myers at 1st with Ohtani DH, but as long as Pujols is here, they're going to trot him out there. At this point I think I'd rather have Thaiss than Pujols, or JMF even with his lack of power.

[Barrett]

Shocking 1st base is a giant dumpster fire. All this team needs to do to be competitive next year is Fix SP, 1st, 3rd, and who the heck knows with Calhoun in right. Oh and get a closer.

[GrittyVeterans]

Basically confirms what We all know. 1B is the easiest spot to upgrade

[mulwin444]

4 minutes ago, Kody Mac said:

Man I know they're going to run Pujols out there like they did this year and it's going to be terrible. Ohtani will miss games because of it. 

 

I'd like to see Cozart at 3rd and Fletcher at 2nd. I'd like Wil Myers at 1st with Ohtani DH, but as long as Pujols is here, they're going to trot him out there. At this point I think I'd rather have Thaiss than Pujols, or JMF even with his lack of power.

If Donaldson is healthy, I'd check out to see what years and money it would cost to bring him in.  Having someone like Donaldson at 3B means Cozart moves to 2B and Fletcher can plug in where needed...that's a lot of productive depth and Ward can continue to work on his game in AAA.

[Troll Daddy]

23 minutes ago, mulwin444 said:

If Donaldson is healthy, I'd check out to see what years and money it would cost to bring him in.  Having someone like Donaldson at 3B means Cozart moves to 2B and Fletcher can plug in where needed...that's a lot of productive depth and Ward can continue to work on his game in AAA.

[hangin n wangin]

I'm all on board for Donaldson if he signs a one year deal just to prove his worth again. Low risk and he could beast again.

[hangin n wangin]

This first base thing is also sickening and pathetic. 

Thanks for everything Pujols.

 

 

 

 

Dumb shit.

[Troll Daddy]

9 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

This first base thing is also sickening and pathetic. 

Thanks for everything Pujols.

 

 

 

 

Dumb shit.

You can’t put it all on Pujols ... he was actually the bright spot at 1B which is sad. 

[hangin n wangin]

41 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

You can’t put it all on Pujols ... he was actually the bright spot at 1B which is sad. 

It's not all on him...I don't blame it all on him. It's the damn organization. Just incompetence all around in my opinion the past few years.

But I'm not going to sugar coat it. I do not like Albert Pujols as a player on my favorite baseball team. He doesn't deserve to play and he's eating a huge chunk of our payroll. I cannot stand watching the dude and cannot wait till he is gone.

[WeatherWonk]

11th out of 30 isnt too bad for the bullpen. And I felt like we were stronger in the second half. And we had no consistent closer.

This "bullpen game" idea could work if we just get a legit closer. Work the 10 day DL thing, like so many clubs are.

[Angelsjunky]

There are 433 qualified batting seasons in the majors over the last three years. Of those 433 seasons, Albert has the 2nd and 23rd worst seasons by fWAR (2017 and 2018); he is the only player to have two seasons in the top 23; the next player to have two seasons is Chris Davis (1st and 30th).

Albert's 2016 is 60th of 433, so also very bad. 

Albert's fWAR rank by year:

2018: #134 of 143

2017: #144 of 144

2016: #131 of 146

 

Most of us realize just how bad Albert has been the last few years, but that makes it crystal clear that he should not be playing baseball, or at least starting, on a team that is at all serious in reaching the postseason. He is a bad player - one of the worst in baseball. 

#benchpujols

[hangin n wangin]

14 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

There are 433 qualified batting seasons in the majors over the last three years. Of those 433 seasons, Albert has the 2nd and 23rd worst seasons by fWAR (2017 and 2018); he is the only player to have two seasons in the top 23; the next player to have two seasons is Chris Davis (1st and 30th).

Albert's 2016 is 60th of 433, so also very bad. 

Albert's fWAR rank by year:

2018: #134 of 143

2017: #144 of 144

2016: #131 of 146

 

Most of us realize just how bad Albert has been the last few years, but that makes it crystal clear that he should not be playing baseball, or at least starting, on a team that is at all serious in reaching the postseason. He is a bad player - one of the worst in baseball. 

#benchpujols

Reminds me of little league where the coach has to play the sucky fat kid for sportsmanship reasons.

[Adam]

15 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

There are 433 qualified batting seasons in the majors over the last three years. Of those 433 seasons, Albert has the 2nd and 23rd worst seasons by fWAR (2017 and 2018); he is the only player to have two seasons in the top 23; the next player to have two seasons is Chris Davis (1st and 30th).

Albert's 2016 is 60th of 433, so also very bad. 

Albert's fWAR rank by year:

2018: #134 of 143

2017: #144 of 144

2016: #131 of 146

 

Most of us realize just how bad Albert has been the last few years, but that makes it crystal clear that he should not be playing baseball, or at least starting, on a team that is at all serious in reaching the postseason. He is a bad player - one of the worst in baseball. 

#benchpujols

1982 RBIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Deek]

Who the crap has a higher WAR than Simba at SS...?!?!?!

[Deek]

I know it's Simba + scrubs vs. Lindor + nothing.... but still... seriously...

[mulwin444]

1 minute ago, Deek said:

Who the crap has a higher WAR than Simba at SS...?!?!?!

vs

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, Troll Daddy said:

You can’t put it all on Pujols ... he was actually the bright spot at 1B which is sad. 

You do realize that his 1B OPS was .640 in 2018?

[m0nkey]

I love watching Matt Chapman play. Surprised he’s done this well with the bat but he’s easily the best defensive third basemen in baseball. 

[GrittyVeterans]

4 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

I love watching Matt Chapman play. Surprised he’s done this well with the bat but he’s easily the best defensive third basemen in baseball. 

I've got Oakland A's fan friends that have been telling me he reminds them of Josh Donaldson when he first came up...

[hangin n wangin]

27 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

You do realize that his 1B OPS was .640 in 2018?

There's one number Troll Daddy has tunnel vision on..

That number is 64.

Ribbies mang.

[Angelsjunky]

Pujols still playing and trying to reach 2000 RBI is like when you prematurely ejaculate and then limply continue in a desperate attempt to please your woman before full “deflation” occurs.

Right, @tdawg87?

[Barrett]

1 hour ago, Angelsjunky said:

There are 433 qualified batting seasons in the majors over the last three years. Of those 433 seasons, Albert has the 2nd and 23rd worst seasons by fWAR (2017 and 2018); he is the only player to have two seasons in the top 23; the next player to have two seasons is Chris Davis (1st and 30th).

Albert's 2016 is 60th of 433, so also very bad. 

Albert's fWAR rank by year:

2018: #134 of 143

2017: #144 of 144

2016: #131 of 146

 

Most of us realize just how bad Albert has been the last few years, but that makes it crystal clear that he should not be playing baseball, or at least starting, on a team that is at all serious in reaching the postseason. He is a bad player - one of the worst in baseball. 

#benchpujols

I don't understand how the rest of the organization doesn't see this.  This can't be a in game revenue thing either, no fan is going to games to watch that waste of space.

[Barrett]

37 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

You do realize that his 1B OPS was .640 in 2018?

Remember who you are responding to.

[mtangelsfan]

5 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Pujols still playing and trying to reach 2000 RBI is like when you prematurely ejaculate and then limply continue in a desperate attempt to please your woman before full “deflation” occurs.

Right, @tdawg87?

This sounds awfully personal.