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Friday, February 09, 2007 |
Top 40 Angels, 2007 Edition
Last year before the season I drew up a list of the top 40 Angels as ranked by career win shares in an Angel uniform, based on the Lahman numbers. I thought it would be useful to revisit that in light of last year's accomplishments:
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A few comments:
- New this year: Vlad Guerrero, at #24, and Chone Figgins, appearing at #36. Vlad had a 25 win share season last year, and assuming he does that again, he will land exactly between Troy Glaus and Troy Percival. Figgins had a 17 win share season last year, but he's dropping from his low-20's numbers of 2003-2005; assuming he repeats (hardly a given considering the fog surrounding his playing time), that would put him just under Albie Pearson, where Vlad is now.
- Moving off the list: Dave Chalk, formerly #39 with 58.6 win shares, and Mickey Rivers, formerly the 40th man with 57.4 win shares. You must now be at least 60.3 win shares tall to be a top 40 Angel.
- Moving up for the last time (barring a major methodological change in win share calculation): Adam Kennedy, who places just ahead of Dick Schofield. Also moving up as predicted is Garret Anderson, who will probably finish his career where he is now, fourth all-time in win shares, as it's unlikely he's going to add enough to that total to push him past Jim Fregosi.
- Waiting in the wings: John Lackey (58.9 win shares, #41), Scot Shields (51.8 win shares, #49), and Francisco Rodriguez (50.5 win shares, #52), lapping Dave Chalk, Bob Lee, and Devon White respectively. Assuming they have the same kind of season in 2007 they had in 2006, this means they will finish with 75, 63, and 65 win shares respectively, with Lackey and K-Rod joining the ranks of the top 40, while Shields would have to wait for a 2008 season, if he decided to stay with the Halos, as he would be just nosed out by Fred Lynn.
Labels: angels, top 40 angels
Comments:
I love how DiSarcina has 1 more win share than Fred Lynn while playing 1,000+ games as a Halo while Fred played just under 500 games in Anaheim...
# posted by 
: 2/09/2007 12:09:00 PM
: 2/09/2007 12:09:00 PM
Yeah, it's not a particularly great way of telling who's the best players, but it works as a rough guide.
What is with the comment about if Shields wants to play for the Angels in 2008? He is not eligible for FA until after 2008, if the Angels offer him arbitration after this year he doesn't have much choice in the matter.
# posted by : 2/11/2007 08:10:00 AM
: 2/11/2007 08:10:00 AMNewer› ‹Older
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