It's that time again. Halfway through the season, and here's our update. But before we start, I figured I'd compile a couple of interesting teams.
The All-Crash Team: Of course, as you'd expect, this is the worst possible team that safisfies the positional requirements (And I believe also the salary requirement for a team). Players owned in the Well's Bells League are marked with an asterisk.
C: Jeff Mathis (-0.6 WAR), Carlos Corporan (-0.4)
1B: Adam Dunn (-1.6)
2B: Bill Hall (-1.5)*
3B: Brandon Inge (-0.8)
SS: Yuniesky Betancourt (-0.8)
CI: Aubrey Huff (-1.1)
MI: Chone Figgins (-1.4)
OF: Felix Pie (-1.7, the worst in the majors), Tyler Colvin*, Alex Rios, Raul Ibanez (All at -1.0)
U: Dan Johnson (-0.8)*
SP: Armando Gallaraga (-0.8), Brian Matusz, Sean O'Sullivan, Bronson Arroyo, Phil Dumatrait (All at -0.5), Brad Hand (-0.4)
RP: Ryan Franklin (-1.2), Andy Sonnanstine (-0.9), Brandon Lyon, Sean Burnett (Both at -0.7), Matt Capps, Fernando Abad (Both at -0.6)
This team manages to put together an astounding -21.6 WAR! On the better side, we have the best possible team within the positional and salary confinements (At least I believe it's the best possible. If you find a better configuration, post it below).
C: Alex Avila (2.7 WAR), Matt Wieters (2.6)
1B: Adrian Gonzalez (4.5)
2B: Dustin Pedroia (5.5)
3B: Pablo Sandoval (3.2)
SS: Asdrubal Cabrera (3.5)
CI: Joey Votto (4.2)
MI: Danny Espinosa (3.7)
OF: Jose Bautista (6.9), Matt Kemp, Ben Zobrist (Both at 4.8), Jacoby Ellsbury (4.7)
U: Andrew McCutchen (4.6)
SP: Jered Weaver (4.7), Clayton Kershaw (4.0), Daniel Hudson (3.6. As a side note, Hudson has a batting WAR of 1.0, best among pitchers in the majors), Madison Bumgarner, Jordan Zimmerman (Both at 3.3), Justin Masterson (3.2)
RP: Craig Kimbrell, Alexi Ogando (Both at 2.1), Tim Stauffer (1.8), David Robertson, Sean Marshall, Jonny Venters (All at 1.5 WAR)
This team brings in 88.4 WAR for $59.439 million; only 10.1 WAR behind the highest possible WAR team with no salary restraints. Most of that missing 10.1 WAR came from starting pitching, as there were only 2 of the top 6 on the team, and 3 of the top 10. So cheap, valuable starting pitching is definitely tough to find.
Now enough with the fun. On to the standings...
1. stvfres
WAR to Date: 46.2
WAR Increase Since June: 12.3 (2nd)
Standings Change: No change
Projected WAR to Date: 43.1 (+3.1)
Hitter's WAR: 32.7 (1st)
Pitcher's WAR: 13.5 (5th)
MVP: OF Shane Victorino (4.3 WAR)
LVP: RP Sergio Mitre (-0.1 WAR)
Past Month MVP: 3B Pablo Sandoval, OF Shane Victorino (1.5 WAR)
Past Month LVP: C Miguel Montero, OF Denard Span, SP Yovanni Gallardo, RP Sergio Mitre (-0.1 WAR)
2. k26dp
WAR to Date: 39.2 (7.0 WAR Behind)
WAR Increase Since June: 7.9 (6)
Standings Change: No change
Projected WAR to Date: 39 (+0.2)
Hitter's WAR: 25.4 (3rd)
Pitcher's WAR: 13.8 (4th)
MVP: 1B Adrian Gonzalez (4.5 WAR)
LVP: OF Tyler Colvin (-1.0 WAR)
Past Month MVP: OF Alex Gordon (1.4 WAR)
Past Month LVP: 3B Ryan Zimmerman (-0.4 WAR)
3. jfcincotta
WAR to Date: 38.7 (7.5 WAR Behind)
WAR Increase Since June: 14.1 (1st)
Standings Change: +3 Spots
Projected WAR to Date: 42.4 (-3.7)
Hitter's WAR: 23.2 (5th)
Pitcher's WAR: 15.5 (2nd)
MVP: 2B Ian Kinsler (4.6 WAR)
LVP: OF Rajai Davis (-0.3 WAR)
Past Month MVP: 2B Ian Kinsler (2.1 WAR)
Past Month LVP: 3B Ryan Zimmerman (-0.4 WAR)
4. Satchel Price
WAR to Date: 37.6 (8.6 WAR Behind)
WAR Increase Since June: 11.1 (3rd)
Standings Change: No change
Projected WAR to Date: 42.0 (-4.4 WAR)
Hitter's WAR: 24.8 (4th)
Pitcher's WAR: 12.8 (8th)
MVP: 2B Dustin Pedroia (5.5 WAR)
LVP: RP Daniel Schlereth (-0.5 WAR)
Past Month MVP: 2B Dustin Pedroia (2.7 WAR)
Past Month LVP: 1B Logan Morrison, CI Maicer Izturis (-0.3 WAR)
5. jar75
WAR to Date: 37.3 (8.9 WAR Behind)
WAR Increase Since June: 10.6 (4th)
Standings Change: -2 Spots
Projected WAR to Date: 40.1 (-2.8 WAR)
Hitter's WAR: 23.0 (6th)
Pitcher's WAR: 14.4 (3rd)
MVP: 2B Danny Espinosa (3.7 WAR)
LVP: RP Takashi Saito (-0.1 WAR)
Past Month MVP: SP Ubaldo Jimenez, SP Ricky Rolasco (1.3 WAR)
Past Month LVP: 1B Justin Smoak (-0.8 WAR)
6. 3cardmonty
WAR to Date: 35.9 (10.3 WAR Behind)
WAR Increase Since June: 10.3 (5th)
Standings Change: -1 Spot
Projected WAR to Date: 35.9 (+/- 0.0 WAR)
Hitter's WAR: 27.9 (2nd)
Pitcher's WAR: 8.0 (12th)
MVP: OF Jose Bautista (6.9 WAR)
LVP: 3B Edwin Encarnacion, SP Mitch Talbot (-0.2 WAR)
Past Month MVP: OF Jose Bautista (2.2 WAR)
Past Month LVP: C J.P. Arencibia, U David Freese (-0.2 WAR)
7. Robert L. Bishop
WAR to Date: 31.2 (15.0 WAR Behind)
WAR Increase Since June: 7.1 (8th)
Standings Change: No change
Projected WAR to Date: 37.6 (-6.4 WAR)
Hitter's WAR: 18.0 (8th)
Pitcher's WAR: 13.2 (6th)
MVP: OF Brett Gardner (3.7 WAR)
LVP: 3B Casey McGehee (-0.6 WAR)
Past Month MVP: OF Brett Gardner (1.5 WAR)
Past Month LVP: SP Shaun Marcum (-0.6 WAR)
8. ronbja
WAR to Date: 28.9 (17.3 WAR Behind)
WAR Increase Since June: 6.9 (9th)
Standings Change: No change
Projected WAR to Date: 37.3 (-8.4 WAR)
Hitter's WAR: 15.9 (9th)
Pitcher's WAR: 13.0 (7th)
MVP: OF Jacoby Ellsbury (4.7 WAR)
LVP: CI Chris Johnson (-0.6 WAR)
Past Month MVP: OF Jacoby Ellsbury (2.0 WAR)
Past Month LVP: RP Chris Perez (-0.5 WAR)
9. grantjg1
WAR to Date: 28.3 (17.9 WAR Behind)
WAR Increase Since June: 7.7 (7th)
Standings Change: No change
Projected WAR to Date: 41.0 (-12.7 WAR)
Hitter's WAR: 16.9 (8th)
Pitcher's WAR: 11.4 (9th)
MVP: SS Troy Tulowitzki (4.0 WAR)
LVP: SP Randy Wells, OF Matt LaPorta (-0.2 WAR)
Past Month MVP: C Brian McCann (1.3 WAR)
Past Month LVP: OF Matt LaPorta (-0.3 WAR)
10. ajfriedman
WAR to Date: 25.8 (20.4 WAR Behind)
WAR Increase Since June: 5.8 (10th)
Standings Change: No change
Projected WAR to Date: 41.0 (-15.2 WAR)
Hitter's WAR: 9.6 (11th)
Pitcher's WAR: 16.2 (1st)
MVP: SP Matt Cain (3.3 WAR)
LVP: 1B Daric Barton, 2B Aaron Hill (-0.3 WAR)
Past Month MVP: SP Matt Cain (1.5 WAR)
Past Month LVP: MI Alex Gonzalez (-0.7 WAR)
11. doublej4725
WAR to Date: 25.4 (20.8 WAR Behind)
WAR Increase Since June: 5.2 (11th)
Standings Change: No change
Projected WAR to Date: 37.0 (-11.6 WAR)
Hitter's WAR: 15.7 (10th)
Pitcher's WAR: 9.7 (10th)
MVP: OF Matt Kemp (4.8 WAR)
LVP: U Dan Johnson (-0.8 WAR)
Past Month MVP: SS Alcides Escobar (1.2 WAR)
Past Month LVP: OF Colby Rasmus, SP Brian Matusz (-0.5 WAR)
12. Brendan Harris Lives
WAR to Date: 16.6 (29.6 WAR Behind)
WAR Increase Since June: 1.5 (12th)
Standings Change: No change
Projected WAR to Date: 36.0 (-19.4 WAR)
Hitter's WAR: 8.1 (12th)
Pitcher's WAR: 8.5 (11th)
MVP: SP Cliff Lee (3.6 WAR)
LVP: 2B Bill Hall (-1.5 WAR)
Past Month MVP: C Carlos Ruiz (0.9 WAR)
Past Month LVP: SS Cliff Pennington (-0.8 WAR)
Coming up next month: Deadline Winners and Losers, Fake Deadline Deals/Waiver Claims, and September Outlooks.




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