First Pitch - September 26, 2007 - 2007 FPI All Stars and Anti-All Stars
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Stars
Good
morning everybody. With the MLB season
drawing to a close, today we will take a look at our own versions of All Star
teams. As our measure we will use our
proprietary indicator, FPI (
href="http://www.fantistics.com/baseball00/M-FPI.htm">click here for a
reference article on FPI).
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â Basically, these are the guys that have had
the best fantasy seasons in 2007 (according to FPI).
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â If you have enough of these guys on your
team, hopefully you were in contention this year.
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â If not, take note of the names here for your
drafts next year, especially if there are some you might not have expected.
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The method here
is simple. I established minimums for
at-bats (400) for batters, innings pitched (150) for starting pitchers, and
innings pitched (50) for relievers. An
asterisk (*) indicates that the player was also a member of our Mid-Season FPI
All Star teams (back in July). The All
Stars are the qualifying players with the best FPI at their positions.
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â The Anti-All Stars are the qualifying players
with the worst FPI at their positions.Â
Honorable Mention status means that they had an FPI of 0.75 or greater
for batters, FPI of 1.80 or greater for starters, and FPI of 2.50 or greater
for relievers.
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Russell Martin
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0.75*
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Jason Kendall
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0.38
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Base:
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Albert Pujols
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0.81
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Nomar Garciaparra
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0.52
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Base:
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Chase Utley
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0.84*
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Craig Biggio
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0.42
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Base:
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David Wright
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0.91
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Pedro Feliz
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0.48
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Hanley Ramirez
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0.92
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Omar Vizquel
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0.42
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Matt Holliday
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0.88
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Andruw Jones
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0.50
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Carlos Beltran
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0.76
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Jacques Jones
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0.53
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A.Dunn/H. Pence*/C. Hart*
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0.76*
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Bill Hall
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0.53
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Jake Peavy
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2.48*
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David Wells
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0.75
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Chris Young
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2.36*
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Adam Eaton
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0.76
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Brandon Webb
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2.07
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Dontrelle Willis
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0.79
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Tim Hudson
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1.92
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Livan Hernandez
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0.83
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John Smoltz
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1.89
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Kip Wells
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0.88
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Russ Springer
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2.83
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Aaron Sele
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0.40
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Takashi Saito
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2.78
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Jason Simontacchi
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0.52
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NL Honorable
Mention:
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â 1B Prince Fielder (0.79), 1B Mark Teixeira
(0.77), 1B Todd Helton (0.77), 1B Derek Lee (0.75), 1B Ryan Howard (0.75), 3B
Chipper Jones (0.90), 3B Ryan Braun (0.85), 3B Miguel Cabrera (0.82), 3B Aramis
Ramirez (0.76), OF Alfonso Soriano (0.75), OF Eric Byrnes (0.75), SP Brad Penny
(1.88), SP Ted Lilly (1.87), SP Aaron Harang (1.85), SP Cole Hamels (1.85), RP
Carlos Marmol (2.65), RP Heath Bell (2.61), RP Jason Isringhausen (2.51).
Would
anyone have thought that a shortstop would have the highest FPI of any
offensive player in the NL this season? Nobody,
that's who. Dontrelle Willis making the
Anti-All Star team in the NL is one of the bigger surprises of the year (note:
it does not surprise me AT ALL to see Adam Eaton on that same list).
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â Perennial All Star Andruw Jones also makes
this stinkers list, and in a contract year no less.
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â Wasn't Bill Hall being bandied about as an
MVP candidate when the season started?Â
Now on to
the American League...
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Jorge Posada
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0.82*
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Gerald Laird
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0.39
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Base:
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Carlos Pena
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0.80
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Richie Sexson
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0.43
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Base:
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B.J. Upton
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0.79*
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Josh Barfield
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0.40
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Base:
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Alex Rodriguez
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0.93
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Nick Punto
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0.38
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C. Guillen* / D. Jeter
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0.69*
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Tony Pena
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0.37
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Magglio Ordonez
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0.89*
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Jay Payton
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0.42
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Ichiro Suzuki
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0.80*
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0.50
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Curtis Granderson
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0.80
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David Dejesus
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0.53
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David Ortiz
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0.87*
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Jason Kubel
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0.60
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Eric Bedard
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2.15
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Boof Bonser
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0.91
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Josh Beckett
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2.07*
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Kevin Millwood
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0.92
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A.J. Burnett
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2.01
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Jose Contreras
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0.93
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Dustin McGowan
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1.98
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Paul Byrd
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1.10
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Fausto Carmona
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1.96
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Nate Robertson
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1.11
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J.J. Putz
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2.96*
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Brian Stokes
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0.06
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Rafael Betancourt
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2.82
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0.62
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AL Honorable
Mention:
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â 2B Brian Roberts (0.76), 3B Chone Figgins
(0.86), OF Carl Crawford (0.79), OF Vladimir Guerrero (0.78), DH Jim Thome
(0.76), SP Johan Santana (1.93), SP Kelvim Escobar (1.92), SP Justin Verlander
(1.89), Chien-Ming Wang (1.88), SP C.C. Sabathia (1.88), SP Brian Bannister
(1.87), RP Bobby Jenks (2.63), RP Pat Neshek (2.55).
The ageless
Jorge Posada produced in a big way this year, probably outproducing what 99.9%
of his owners thought they'd get from him at this stage of his career.
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â Arod led the pack by a wide margin,
obviously. Josh Barfield went from up-and-coming
rookie stud in the making to total dud in one year.
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>Â Vernon Wells was the Andruw Jones of the
w:st="on">AL this year (and both
on my team, wouldn't ya know). Brian
Stokes' FPI is NOT a misprint. Take it
in. Note some of the new names of
starters in the AL
(like Bedard, Burnett, Mcgowan, Carmona) that edged out some serious veteran
studs (like Santana and Sabathia).
