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Analyze This is a new blog series in which special assistant Jesse Behr looks at a variety of intriguing and comparable stats that could stir up some discussion. Today, we’ll look at how a few key players have fared since getting dealt this past July in order of descending VORP:

Diamondbacks RHP Daniel Hudson

Traded on July 30th(from CHA)

6-1, 1.67 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 59 SO in 64.2 IP

3.1 SNLVAR, 27.3 VORP

 

Phillies RHP Roy Oswalt

 

Traded on July 29th(from HOU)

7-1, 1.94 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 61 SO in 69.2 IP

3.1 SNLVAR, 25.7 VORP

 

Angels RHP Dan Haren

Traded on July 25th(from ARI)

3-4, 3.12 ERA, 1.19 WHIP 65 SO in 75.0 IP

2.1 SNLVAR, 19.9 VORP

 

Cardinals RHP Jake Westbrook

Traded on July 31st(from SLN)

2-3, 3.26 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 42 SO in 58.0 IP

1.5 SNLVAR, 13.3 VORP

 

White Sox RHP Edwin Jackson

Traded on July 30th(from ARI)

3-2, 3.25 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 59 SO in 55.1 IP

1.7 SNLVAR, 13.2 VORP

 

Yankees RHP Kerry Wood

Traded on July 31st(from CLE)

2-0, 0.44 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 24 SO in 20.2 IP

1.286 WXRL, 11.3 VORP

 

Padres INF Miguel Tejada

Traded on July 29th(from BAL)

190 PA, 7 HR, 24 RBI, .267/.321/.443

.087 MLVr, .281 TAv, 10.5 VORP

 

Pirates RHP James McDonald

Traded on July 31st(from LAN)

3-4, 3.49 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 44 SO in 49.0 IP

1.6 SNLVAR, 10.0 VORP

 

Braves SS Alex Gonzalez

Traded on July 14th(from TOR)

246 PA, 5 HR, 35 RBI, .267/.321/.418

0.31 MLVr, .265 TAv, 9.0 VORP

 

Tigers 3B Jhonny Peralta

Traded on July 28th(from CLE)

186 PA, 7 HR, 31 RBI, .271/.328/.440

0.38 MLVr, .276 TAv, 8.0 VORP

 

Giants LHP Javier Lopez

Trades on July 31st(from PIT)

2-0, 1.06 ERA, 0.59 WHIP 12 SO in 17.0 IP

1.039 WXRL, 7.9 VORP

 

Dodgers LHP Ted Lilly

Traded on July 31st(from CHC)

5-3, 4.12 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 52 SO in 54.2 IP

1.4 SNLVAR, 7.2 VORP

 

Twins RHP Matt Capps

Traded on July 30th(from WAS)

1-0, 2.45 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 16 SO in 22.0 IP

13 SV, 1.774 WXRL, 6.1 VORP

 

Rangers LHP Cliff Lee

Traded on July 9th(from SEA)

3-5, 4.36 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 77 SO in 88.2 IP

1.1 SNLVAR, 7.9 VORP

 

Yankees 1B Lance Berkman

Traded on July 31st (from HOU)

84 PA, 0 HR, 5 RBI, .306 /.405/.389

.136 MLVr, .289 TAv, 4.4 VORP

 

Braves OF Rick Ankiel

Traded July 31st(from KC)

107 PA, 1 HR, 7 RBI, .204/.308/.301

-.182 MLVr, .230 TAv, -2.2 VORP

 

Padres OF Ryan Ludwick

Traded on July 31st(from SLN)

179 PA, 4 HR, 18 RBI, .237/.324/.353

-.056 MLVr, .259 TAv, -1.8 VORP

 

Of these players, who has been the most valuable to their new team? Who has been the least?

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davelamb
9/19
Honorable mention for Pat Burrell, added by the Giants in June?

Am I reading correctly that he's had a 16.6 VORP?
jjbehr
9/20
Burrell wasn't included in this list because he signed a minor league deal with the Giants - he was not traded. I added Daniel Hudson, who has been phenomenal since landing in Arizona. Did the White Sox give up on Hudson too early?
brandonwarne52
9/20
Good job on adding Hudson. Still can't understand why you trade a minor league starter with K rates like that just for the right to pay Jackson $8.5 million next year.
StatFreak101
9/20
It makes no sense, really...other than thinking that Kenny Williams had every intention on shipping him to Washington for Adam Dunn - but ended up not getting that done.

perrotto
9/20
Jackson was supposed to get flipped for Dunn but Washington had second thoughts.
ronb626
9/20
Ted Lilly was almost no help for the Dodgers. However, he just may be a valuable addition in 2011. Actually, not much would have helped the Dodgers unless Kemp and Ethier returned to being great players, as they were earlier in the season.
mwhite6
9/20
I knew Lee had his struggles of late but never thought it was that bad. Nice article, Jesse.
crperry13
9/20
Oswalt of course. Who else has had an impact on a playoff race?
BillJohnson
9/20
Jake Westbrook impacted a playoff race. He just didn't impact it enough, and Pedro Feliz also "impacted" that race, to the point that Westbrook's impact didn't matter.

I'd still go with Oz, though. Nice to see he still has some gas in the tank, even if he's pitching for a team I don't like. He deserves better than he got from Houston.
pobothecat
9/20
Notable by their absence --- Alex Gonzalez and I-know-he-didn't-join-in-July-but-still-want-to-complain-about-him Derek Lee.
jjbehr
9/20
Added Gonzalez. I'm interested to see if he stays with Atlanta.
georgeforeman03
9/21
I'm pretty sure they'll exercise his option. It's really cheap, and the SS market isn't exactly booming. The other option would be starting Infante at SS, but then what do you do for Chipper insurance? Seems much simpler to exercise Gonzalez's option and maybe spot him with Infante from time to time.
onegameref
9/20
I believe Kenny Williams is a horrible judge of talent when it comes to exchanging propects for major leaguers. He seems intent on trading his #1 prospects for major leaguers of similar ability or less with huge price tags. He lucked out getting some legs from Gavin Floyd and Thome but neither brought the Sox a championship and neither did Vasquez. If I could ask KW a question it would be: Do you accept the initial request from the potential trade partner every time or do you even attempt to negotiate? It seems that if he negotiated he would not have to give up all the talent he has in the deals for Peavy and Jackson. Even trading Vasquez for what he got in return was not much. Giving up Link and Ely for Pierre? Really, this is a major league GM? He struck gold with Rios but at what cost?
msloftus
9/20
Jorge Cantu has been terrible for Texas.
kdierman
9/21
Re: Cliff Lee - he was absolutely instrumental in helping the Rangers when he first came over...Stats without context can be misleading at times - Lee tried pitching through a bad back and had two or three blow-up games stat wise.

What Lee did do when he came over was help the Rangers win 4 or 5 one run games they would not have won with Scott Feldman or Rich Harden getting those rotation starts.

Also what Cliff Lee did do - that won't show up in stats anywhere - was go deep in every start he pitched in with complete games and 8 inning outings littered through his past performances allowing the bullpen to rest and be utilized when other Ranger starters (Colby Lewis, Tommy Hunter, CJ etc...) would hit the proverbial wall in their 6th and 7th inning with regularity.

Justin Smoak was a high price to pay - but the Rangers have a chance to get their money's worth from Cliff Lee especially if they can ink the Arkansas native to a deal to anchor their staff for a few years.

On the other hand Jorge Cantu? ... not so much