AL-only League - Top 10 Hitters (Mon 7/28/08)
Today I’ll take a look at the Top 10 Hitters (both year-to-date and for the rest of the season) in a standard AL-only league format (i.e. - Hitting categories are HR, RBI, AVG, SB, and Runs Scored). Each player receives a Sherpa Point score ranging from 0 to 1 in each of the 5 categories; thus, the maximum possible score is 5.00.
For the counting statistics the league leader is assigned a score of 1.00; all other Hitters’ scores are calculated by taking the ratio of their score in a particular category to the league leader’s score. For example, if the league leader has 25 Home Runs, a Hitter with 15 Home Runs would receive a score of .60, a Hitter with 10 Home Runs would receive a score of .40, etc. For average-based categories (e.g.- AVG) a proxy statistic is used. Hitters’ Sherpa Points scores in each individual category are added to calculate the Total Sherpa Points.
Top 10 Hitters Year-to-Date
- Ian Kinsler - 3.82 (Remainder-of-Season forecast = 3.65 Sherpa Points, which ranks 2nd overall)
- Josh Hamilton - 3.34 (3.00, 9th)
- Alex Rodriguez - 3.19 (4.35, 1st)
- Grady Sizemore - 3.06 (3.22, 3rd)
- Jermaine Dye - 2.98 (2.95, 11th)
- Carlos Quentin - 2.90 (2.90, 12th)
- Justin Morneau - 2.80 (3.07, 6th)
- Dustin Pedroia - 2.76 (2.62, 25th)
- Kevin Youkilis - 2.70 (2.63, 24th)
- Ichiro Suzuki - 2.58 (3.08, 5th)
Top 10 Hitters for Remainder of Season
- Alex Rodriguez - 4.35 (Year-to-Date score = 3.19 Sherpa Points, which ranks 3rd)
- Ian Kinsler - 3.65 (3.82, 1st)
- Grady Sizemore - 3.22 (3.06, 4th)
- Manny Ramirez - 3.16 (2.56, 11th)
- Ichiro Suzuki - 3.08 (2.58, 10th)
- Justin Morneau - 3.07 (2.80, 7th)
- Miguel Cabrera - 3.00 (2.33, 18th)
- Magglio Ordonez - 3.00 (2.35, 17th)
- Josh Hamilton - 3.00 (3.34, 2nd)
- Carl Crawford - 2.97 (2.17, 26th)
With fantasy league trading deadlines rapidly approaching, these lists can serve as a guide to potential sell high and buy low candidates. For example, if you currently own Josh Hamilton, and the Alex Rodriguez owner in your league is willing to trade A-Rod in a one-for-one deal for Hamilton, I’d do it in a heartbeat!
The other “sell high” candidates that jump out from the lists above are Red Sox Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis. If you’re looking for a “buy low” candidate, Carl Crawford is definitely a player worth pursuing for the home stretch.
I’ll take a look at the Top 10 AL-only Pitchers in my next post.
Until then,
The Sherpa
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