Free Agent Friday: First Base 2010

by Justin Bopp on Nov 6, 2009 3:55 AM EST in Visuals Above Replacement

Click charts to enlarge. Full data after the jump.

				2009 STATS & VALUE
First basemen	AGE	TYPE	CLUB OPTION	WAR	UZR/150	wOBA	ISO
Russell Branyan	34			2.8	2.4	0.368	0.269
Adam LaRoche	30	B		2.4	-0.5	0.357	0.211
Nick Johnson	31	B		2.4	-6.6	0.373	0.114
Fernando Tatis	35	B		1.5	3.0	0.338	0.156
Eric Hinske	32			0.8	26.0	0.344	0.189
Carlos Delgado	38	B		0.8	-2.0	0.394	0.223
Miguel Cairo	36			0.2	N/A	0.304	0.156
Jeff Bailey	31			0.2	6.8	0.331	0.208
Frank Catalanotto	36			0.0	N/A	0.315	0.104
Hank Blalock	29			0.0	-12.5	0.313	0.225
Tony Clark	38			-0.1	10.0	0.313	0.242
Ross Gload	34		$2.6M	-0.1	4.6	0.316	0.139
Doug Mientkiewicz	36			-0.1	-47.6	0.358	0.056
Nomar Garciaparra	36			-0.3	-30.6	0.309	0.106
Rich Aurilia	38			-0.5	25.8	0.236	0.066
Chad Tracy	30			-0.6	2.5	0.296	0.152
Kevin Millar	38			-0.6	-10.4	0.302	0.139
Wilson Betemit	28			-0.7	-17.2	0.267	0.111
Daryle Ward	35			N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dmitri Young	36			N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Data Source: FanGraphs.com, FA/Age Source: mlbtraderumors.com

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Love the graphs

Crossing my fingers for the Marlins and Eric Hinske.

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by SFiercex4 on Nov 6, 2009 9:06 AM EST reply actions

I'm actually a closet fan of Hank Blalock.

But I don’t think KC needs another marginal 1B with medium power and questionable fielding ability.

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by Justin Bopp on Nov 6, 2009 10:32 AM EST reply actions

Will you do this for all positions?

by plb6764 on Nov 6, 2009 12:03 PM EST reply actions

I’m thinking that establishing a position-avg DVC chart for each and then highlighting the higher profile FAs. Jeff Z had a great idea about establishing some replacement level and league average boundaries

But if you have any other ideas I’m certainly open to hearing about them.

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by Justin Bopp on Nov 6, 2009 1:50 PM EST up reply actions

I would love to see Branyan in a hitter's park.

That is all.

by Tommy Bennett on Nov 6, 2009 2:53 PM EST reply actions

Have we decided his career year isn't an outlier?

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by Justin Bopp on Nov 6, 2009 3:08 PM EST up reply actions

I'd think so...

Seeing how his 2009 was basically in line with his career averages, only he played every day.

by SBGonzalez on Nov 6, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions

Played everyday for the first four months.

After the All-Star break, he had continual back problems that eventually knocked him out for the season. If his back stays healthy and he plays out the last 6-8 weeks of the season, his numbers would have been even better.

by Wilder. on Nov 6, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions