Posnanski's Top 100 Baseball Players

Joe takes on the daunting task of naming and ranking the top 100 baseball players, right now, in MLB. I'm sure some of you will disagree vehemently with some of his choices.

4 months ago philofthenorth 11 comments 0 recs |

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I don't get it, quite

does he mean going forward? right now?

To the surprsie of no one, I think having Torriii Hunter in the top 33 or whatever is ludicrous, considering until this year DDJ had outplayed him pretty much every season since DDJ was a full-timer…. and if you think that’s bad, consider this: Hunter is ranked ahead of Curtis Granderson, who is clearlly way, way better than Hunter.

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by devil_fingers on Jul 22, 2009 7:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But

I think having Torriii Hunter in the top 33 or whatever is ludicrous, considering until this year DDJ had outplayed him pretty much every season since DDJ was a full-timer…. and if you think that’s bad, consider this: Hunter is ranked ahead of Curtis Granderson, who is clearlly way, way better than Hunter.

You have to WATCH Torii everyday and then you KNOW how good he really is.

Fuck This Team. Period.

The General Theory of Royaltivity

by kabrink on Jul 22, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So, the Royals got two players listed.

One throws every 5th day and the other pitches in blowouts.

He can get 4, NOT 5.

by Warden11 on Jul 22, 2009 9:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Joakim Soria isn't one of the best 3-4 players on his own team

Almost not closer is

so how is he one of the top 100 players in the league?

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by devil_fingers on Jul 23, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you saying that if you had to pick a 25 man roster,

you’d skip him?

I think it’d be idiotic to skip him.

He can get 4, NOT 5.

by Warden11 on Jul 23, 2009 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well, then he just has to make the top 25, right?

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by devil_fingers on Jul 23, 2009 1:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, he intro'd the column saying he was building a team that has to win this year.

He can get 4, NOT 5.

by Warden11 on Jul 23, 2009 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

so he'd take flluke-season, injured Torriii Hunter?

I’d love to see Dayton’s list

wait, we already have it on the Royals website

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by devil_fingers on Jul 23, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you can be one of the best players and still not be one of the most valuable....

in my mind at least

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 23, 2009 1:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can see that distinction

it depends on what you’re going for

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by devil_fingers on Jul 23, 2009 1:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

my favorite....

55. Javier Vazquez, SP, Braves
The magic of Atlanta. Vazquez actually has a .500 record this year, but has a 2.86 ERA, 141 strikeouts, only 24 walks and has been about as unhittable as anyone.

56. Jon Lester, SP, Red Sox
Only guy whose record (8-7) doesn’t impress much, but that’s the problem of looking at wins and losses. He’s striking out about 10 per nine innings and has been dominant lately (5-2, 1.75 ERA last nine starts).

Does SI not have editors?

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jul 23, 2009 1:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs