All Time (2002 and later) WAR Rays Team

by FreeZorilla on Sep 19, 2009 8:00 AM EDT

Fangraphs calculates WAR going back to 2002. I thought it worth a look to see how the all-time Rays WAR team would look.

The criteria:

-We are isolating individual seasons

-Players are only eligible for their primary position for that season

-Pitchers and relievers can only be credited for their best season as a Ray

-2009 obviously does not have final #'s. It will be fun to watch Bartlett pull ahead/fall behind Lugo.

On to the roster:

Pos	Yr	Player	WAR
1B	2007	Carlos Pena	6.2
2B	2009	Ben Zobrist	7.3
SS	2009	Jason Bartlett	4.7
	2005	Julio Lugo	4.7
3B	2009	Evan Longoria	6.5
RF	2003	Aubrey Huff	3.9
CF	2008	BJ Upton	4.9
LF	2009	Carl Crawford	4.9
C	2008	Dioner Navarro	2.7
DH	2005	Jonny Gomes	2.5

SP	2007	Scott Kazmir	5.2
SP	2007	James Shields	4.4
SP	2008	Andy Sonnanstine	3.6
SP	2009	Jeff Niemann	3.1
SP	2009	Matt Garza	3
RP	2008	Grant Balfour	2.2
RP	2008	J.P. Howell	1.5
RP	2004	Tever Miller	1
RP	2004	Travis Harper	0.9
RP	2006	Tyler Walker	0.8
RP	2004	Jesus Colome	0.7
RP	2006	Shawn Camp	0.6
	2006	Danys Baez	0.6
	2006	Ruddy Lugo	0.6

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Interesting that not one BP arm of '09 is found. That clearly is a big concern

by sternfan1 on Sep 19, 2009 8:28 AM EDT reply actions

2009 Balfour and Howell would both make this team

But of course they couldn’t make it twice.

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by Tommy Rancel on Sep 19, 2009 8:32 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

on mobile so i cant check fg

But i think jp09 would qualify, but jp08 was better after the late summer slide

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by FreeZorilla on Sep 19, 2009 8:33 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Danys Baez should be 2005 (I think) he was dealt before 2006.

by R.J. Anderson on Sep 19, 2009 10:15 AM EDT reply actions

2004 actually

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by FreeZorilla on Sep 19, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

0r 2005

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by FreeZorilla on Sep 19, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Hot Damn, that 7.3 WAR for Zobrist is hot.

Any idea what sort of trend we should expect from him going forward? Obviously this is probably not his true value, how do you determine what his real value is?

by behn on Sep 19, 2009 11:19 AM EDT reply actions

The lack of response has mainly to do with no on having a bloody idea.

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by Sandy Kazmir on Sep 19, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions

rec'd

by LKMoreland on Sep 21, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions

Zobrist is #1 by a large margin

Wow. I thought Pena’s 2007 WAR would be a little higher, given the enormous offensive season he had, but I suppose his defensive rankings didn’t jump off the page.

It’s interesting that, despite the overall disappointing season 2009 has been, the Rays’ two best WAR seasons ever came this year.

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by killa3312 on Sep 19, 2009 12:16 PM EDT reply actions