1. Joey Votto- Votto is trying to become the greatest baseball player from Canada. Averaged WAR: 2.9. .338/.468/.532/.431.
2. Gaby Sanchez- He has an awesome moustache, it's up there with Carl Pavano's. Averaged WAR: 2.25. .316/.394/.510/.394.
3. Prince Fielder- Not to bash the Ryan Howard extension, well maybe. But Prince Fielder, Adrian Gonzalez, Albert Pujols, and Ryan Howard were all going to hit the free agent market at the same time. There really wasn't that many big markets for them to choose from basically you had the Cubs, Orioles (maybe), Phillies, Red Sox, and maybe the Cardinals. The Cubs probably would have (and possibly will) gone after Pujols hard because they would like to stick it to their rivals and the Cardinals would have (and will) offered the world to keep Pujols. The Red Sox would have gotten Gonzalez (maybe Pujols instead but this is my hypothetical). I don't know how serious the offers would have been from the Orioles. But basically the Phillies had to choose between Fielder and Howard and they decided that Howard was their best choice instead of waiting for the market to decide. I think Fielder is better but that's just me (well me and every relevant stat besides RBI's). Averaged WAR: 1.8. .291/.390/.534/.395.
4. Todd Helton- who is going to be the first Rockie Hall of Famer? Larry Walker deserves it but if he doesn't get in, I don't think Helton does either. This leads me to believe it will be Tulo if he keeps it up. Averaged WAR: 1.4. .306/.371/.510/.381.
5. Ike Davis- Coming out of college, I actually liked Brett Wallace (his teammate) more than Davis. So far, Davis is winning. Averaged WAR: 1.3. .302/.383/.543/.395.
Third Base:
1. Ryan Roberts- I didn't know who he was before this season. Averaged WAR: 1.85. .271/.377/.471/.378.
2. Pablo Sandoval- He kind of dissappeared last year, having a much better season this year. Averaged WAR: 1.65. .313/.374/.530/.390.
3. Placido Polanco- I'm running out of comments for players. Averaged WAR: 1.55. .319/.367/.403/.345.
4. David Freese- traded for Jim Edmonds, doesn't it seem like players who are traded in the smaller deals seem to be better then those involved in blockbuster trades? I have no idea if that's true, it might be selection bias. Averaged WAR: 0.9. .356/.394/.471/.382.
5. Chase Headley- went to the University of Tennessee, was supposed to be the first position star player that the Padres produced. Averaged WAR: 0.85. .275/.380/.374/.342.
I have no logical reason for choosing Headley over Greg Dobbs, I just like the fact that Headley is walking more than him. This spot might change next week.
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