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Tufte-Silver Rays Chart

Sometime ago, Nate Silver did a series of Tufte-inspired articles with graphical representation of a team's 40 man roster. Unfortunately, Silver was too busy with some election this past November to do the 2008 version. Instead of living on a prayer, I've decided to apply his style to our 40 man situation. The graphs are pretty simply, but here's a key:

Green = Good. The darker the green, the better the player.
Red = Bad. The darker the red, the worst the player.
Blue = Average or unknown.
A = Arbitration eligible.

Think of it as the salary chart I stopped updating, only in visual form.

As always, a lot of this is subjective and I didn't attempt to project prospects, so you won't see a red brick in Brignac's 2009 cell, then light green in 2010, ect. This chart serves two purposes: A) giving an idea of who's here and for how long, and B) giving an idea of how much (or little) talent we have at each position.

 

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Needs moar young OF.

Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.

by P Brady on Nov 30, 2008 11:52 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whoa?

How did Gomes find himself with mildest of green instead of the rougest of red?

by KvilleRays on Nov 30, 2008 12:33 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice chart RJ

What do you think are the chances that CC will be looking at an extension mid-season next year? Or Balfour.

And, the chances that Wheeler will be traded. I’d think that having one of the highest paid members of the team just a light green would mean ideal trade bait, amirite?

Even though the market for selling relievers right now sucks.

I know that's a pisser, baby.

by Blicks on Nov 30, 2008 1:43 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wish we could've gotten Ceda for Wheeler :<

I know the Rockies liked Wheeler in 2007, I wonder if they’d want a Street replacement.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 30, 2008 1:56 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If they can actually trade Street, that is.

There’s a massive glut of “closer/set-up man” types on the FA market.

It might be awful difficult to trade Street.

I know that's a pisser, baby.

by Blicks on Nov 30, 2008 3:56 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He should be a lot cheaper salary-wise than similarly-talented FA options.

That’s one thing going for him. But generally a good point.

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Nov 30, 2008 8:03 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If the Mets sign Raul Ibanez and his lawn darts

there will be no space for him. Their OF will be a logjam of sorts.

I know that's a pisser, baby.

by Blicks on Nov 30, 2008 4:22 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Although unlikely, I could see Omar pulling off such a move.

Too bad Wheels isn’t Latino.

I know that's a pisser, baby.

by Blicks on Nov 30, 2008 4:23 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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