MLB Expansion: Who would you protect? Part I
by xhliang on Nov 22, 2010 6:45 PM EST
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PrintLet's just say the MLB decides to expand in 2011, and the rules for the first round of the expansion draft are as follows.
- Each team must make available at least five players who appeared in at least 130 at bats or pitched 50.0 innings at the Major League level in 2010.
- Of those five players, at least two must be pitchers (that meet the requirement of 50.0 innings pitched at the Major League level), and at least two must be position players (that meet the requirement of 130 at bats at the Major League level).
Keep in mind that veterans at the end of their careers such as Tim Wakefield, Jamie Moyer, and Chipper Jones are likely to retire instead of playing for an expansion team, so it would possibly be wise to leave them unprotected. Stars who are also signed to overpaid, long-term contracts such as Vernon Wells may also be left unprotected by a team in real life as they are unlikely to be selected by a cash-strapped expansion team.
Knowing this, which five (or more) players would you make available to a pair of MLB expansion teams for the 2011 season?
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Here are the Orioles that meet the criteria
Non FA batters with at least 130 at bats in 2010:
Pos Age G PA AB H 2B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
RF Nick Markakis* 26 160 709 629 187 45 12 73 93 .297 .370 .436 .805 119
CF Adam Jones 24 149 621 581 165 25 19 23 119 .284 .325 .442 .767 107
DH Luke Scott* 32 131 517 447 127 29 27 59 98 .284 .368 .535 .902 142
C Matt Wieters# 24 130 502 446 111 22 11 47 94 .249 .319 .377 .695 89
LF Felix Pie* 25 82 308 288 79 15 5 13 52 .274 .305 .413 .718 93
2B Brian Roberts# 32 59 261 230 64 14 4 26 40 .278 .354 .391 .745 103
3B Josh Bell# 23 53 161 159 34 5 3 2 53 .214 .224 .302 .525 42
Pos Age G PA AB H 2B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
Pitchers who pitched at least 50 innings for the Orioles in 2010 and who are not FA this offseason:
Age ERA G GS IP ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Jeremy Guthrie 31 3.83 32 32 209.1 111 1.161 8.3 1.1 2.1 5.1 2.38
Brian Matusz* 23 4.30 32 32 175.2 98 1.343 8.9 1.0 3.2 7.3 2.27
Brad Bergesen 24 4.98 30 28 170.0 85 1.435 10.2 1.4 2.7 4.3 1.59
Jake Arrieta 24 4.66 18 18 100.1 91 1.535 9.5 0.8 4.3 4.7 1.08
David Hernandez 25 4.31 41 8 79.1 98 1.437 8.2 1.0 4.8 8.2 1.71
Matt Albers 27 4.52 62 0 75.2 94 1.480 9.3 0.7 4.0 5.8 1.44
Jason Berken 26 3.03 41 0 62.1 140 1.332 9.2 0.7 2.7 6.5 2.37
Chris Tillman 22 5.87 11 11 53.2 72 1.528 8.6 1.5 5.2 5.2 1.00
Age ERA G GS IP ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
I think with those, you gotta go with Berken, Hernandez, Albers, Pie, and Roberts.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
The orioles would kinda get screwed if this happened this offseason because we have so many contracts coming off the books
This would be a terrible year to finally get rid of a lot of bad contracts since it would mean as a a result have to expose more players we’d probably rather keep.
yeah, the only debate is Roberts or Bell
Not a lot of wiggle room there.
I could dream it forever and still not do it, but when the time comes for it to be done, God, I want to be ready for it.
That's the only one I thought twice on
And Brian seems unlikely to be taken anyway, since he was hurt most of last year with the kind of injury that sticks around and he makes $10M a year.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
It's from Baseball-Reference
They have an SB Nation format option for all of their share tables. I just copied what they provided and pasted it in here.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
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