Catcher:
1. Buster Posey- he's out for the year with an injury. Brian Sabean called the play by Marlins player Scott Cousins "malicious", I don't think it was malicious. I don't think it was a particularly clean play but it's interesting that there was a collision the other day and nobody claimed it was malicious or anything, just described as part of the game. It's just interesting. Averaged WAR: 1.55. .284/.368/.389/.341.
2. Chris Ianetta- I don't think WAR quantifies catcher defense well. Do I have any idea how important that defense is to the rest of the team? No. I don't think anyone does really. So given that, I have to look at who is better offensively. I think wOBA sums up the offensive side nicely so that's where they get the nod when it is tied. Averaged WAR: 1.5. .235/.379/.456/.371.
3. Brian McCann- I think he is one of the best catchers in the Majors and is turning into a likely Hall of Fame candidate. Averaged WAR: 1.5. .309/.374/.473/.364.
4. Miguel Montero- the Arizona Diamondbacks are surprising a lot of people, part of the reason for this is that their players are not superstars but they're not bad either. Averaged WAR: 1.5. .276/.360/.454/.357.
5. Ramon Hernandez- crazy, he ranks just above Yadier Molina. He's not a superstar but a good player, nonetheless. Averaged WAR: 1.3. .308/.357/.538/.381.
Second Base:
1. Rickie Weeks- normally this spot would be reserved for Chase Utley, but Weeks has had a marvelous season thus far and deserves the starting spot. Averaged WAR: 2.2. .291/.365/.502/.379.
2. Danny Espinosa- rWAR and fWAR disagrees a lot on terms of the value of second basemen, it is more noticable here then really any other position. Averaged WAR: 1.5. .219/.317/.455/.341.
3. Brandon Phillips- he is hurt the most by the disparity between the two (well technically Kelly Johnson is, but my hyperbolic example was working well) , it seems that fangraphs has his defense being better then BaseballReference does. That's why I'm trying to average the two so the disparity isn't as great. Averaged WAR: 1.3. .290/.353/.410/.342.
4. Neil Walker- BaseballReference likes Walker more than Fangraphs. Walker is solid, I guess, he's a good regular probably not going to be an all-star really but a good regular. Averaged WAR: 1.25. .273/.336/.431/.339.
5. Freddy Sanchez- remember when Sanchez won a batting title and there was all these stories about him and where he came from? Baseball America talked about him being the 30th ranked prospect in the Red Sox system only because they were looking for somebody at his position. Averaged WAR: 1. .296/.338/.418/.328.
Shortstop:
1. Jose Reyes- by far the best shortstop playing right now in New York. Derek Jeter, not as good. Reyes was told by his owner, sounds like Forty Million Dollar Slaves, that he is not worth the money he is likely trying to get this off-season. Averaged WAR: 2.3.
2. Troy Tulowitzki- Tulowitzki is always fun to wach and got a lot of attention as a possible MVP candidate last year. Averaged WAR: 2.05.
3. Stephen Drew- When the San Diego Padres had the number one overall pick, Baseball America did a feature article on how they came about to drafting Matt Bush. They ultimately decided that Stephen Drew and Jered Weaver were not going to be worth the money that they were going to get paid to to be the number one overall pick. The Padres decided it would be a better investment of ~3 Million Dollars and the rest of the money spent on a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic. Doesn't seem like a good investment as of yet. Averaged WAR: 1.5.
4. Alex Gonzalez- Alex Gonzalez and Yunel Escobar were traded for each other, both rank as a top 5 shortstop in their leagues this year, except Gonzalez is much older. Averaged WAR: 1.35.
5. Clint Barmes- Is there another player on this list that is less exciting than Barmes? I remember when he was the leading candidate for the NL Rookie of the Year a few years ago and he injured himself. There was a controversy because it was found out that he injured himself carrying deer meat from Todd Helton, I believe. Averaged WAR: 0.95.
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