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2009 Standings

Complete 2009 standings (updated: 11-06)

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Rnk American League East
Win

Loss

Pct
Sorted Ascending
GB

RS/G

RA/G

Diff/G

Pyth
O/U

Hitter
VORP

Pitcher
VORP

Def
Eff

Hit List Rank
(through 10-12)
1 New York Yankees 103 59 .636 - 5.65 4.65 1.00 6.8 292.1 236.2 .697 1
2 Boston Red Sox 95 67 .586 8.0 5.39 4.54 0.85 0.8 207.4 238.7 .679 3
3 Tampa Bay Rays 84 78 .519 19.0 4.96 4.65 0.31 -2.0 177.8 195.9 .696 9
4 Toronto Blue Jays 75 87 .463 28.0 4.93 4.76 0.17 -8.7 156.0 193.0 .682 16
5 Baltimore Orioles 64 98 .395 39.0 4.57 5.41 -0.84 -4.1 81.2 89.3 .682 28

Team Health Reports

03-25 Fantasy content Boston Red Sox
Days Lost: 715
Dollars Lost: $24.9 million
Injury Cost: $28.6 million

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Top 11 Prospects

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2009 Rankings

95 Wins is tied for 3rd in MLB, 3rd in league, 2nd in division
67 Losses is tied for 3rd in MLB, 3rd in league, 2nd in division
.586 Win Pct is tied for 3rd in MLB, 3rd in league, 2nd in division
5.39 RS/G is 3rd in MLB, 3rd in league, 2nd in division
4.54 RA/G is 11th in MLB, 3rd in league, 1st in division
0.85 Diff/G is 3rd in MLB, 2nd in league, 2nd in division
0.8 Pyth O/U is 14th in MLB, 6th in league, 2nd in division
207.4 Hitter VORP is 10th in MLB, 2nd in league, 2nd in division
238.7 Pitcher VORP is 4th in MLB, 2nd in league, 1st in division
.679 Def Eff is 28th in MLB, 13th in league, 5th in division

Projected 2009 Performance

Red Sox Depth Chart (updated: 08-09)
AL East W L WPct RS RA AVG OBP SLG
New York Yankees 97 65 .599 988 789 .283 .360 .469
Boston Red Sox 94 68 .580 887 710 .271 .349 .445
Tampa Bay Rays 89 73 .549 880 800 .260 .346 .439
Toronto Blue Jays 76 86 .469 779 823 .261 .327 .419
Baltimore Orioles 69 93 .426 830 894 .271 .336 .433

Top offensive performers by VORP

Kevin Youkilis
Kevin Youkilis

53.5 VORP
Jason Bay
Jason Bay

47.4 VORP
Jacoby Ellsbury
Jacoby Ellsbury

41.4 VORP

Top pitching performers by VORP

Jon Lester
Jon Lester

55.5 VORP
Josh Beckett
Josh Beckett

43.4 VORP
Jonathan Papelbon
Jonathan Papelbon

30.1 VORP

Hitters by VORP descending

(through games of 10-06)

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Rank

Player

PA

R

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB

CS

AVG

OBP

SLG

MLVr

EqA
Sorted Descending
VORP
1Kevin Youkilis 588 99 36 1 27 94 77 125 7 2 .306 .413 .548 .307 .313 53.5
2Jason Bay 638 103 29 3 36 119 94 162 13 3 .267 .384 .537 .209 .299 47.4
3Jacoby Ellsbury 693 94 27 10 8 60 49 74 70 12 .301 .355 .415 .028 .269 41.4
4Dustin Pedroia 714 115 48 1 15 72 74 45 20 8 .296 .371 .447 .095 .274 39.2
5J.D. Drew 539 84 30 4 24 68 82 109 2 6 .279 .392 .522 .216 .293 34.3
6Mike Lowell 484 54 29 1 17 75 33 61 2 1 .290 .337 .474 .071 .264 22.9
7Victor Martinez 237 32 12 0 8 41 24 23 1 0 .336 .405 .507 .272 .303 21.4
8David Ortiz 627 77 35 1 28 99 74 134 0 2 .238 .332 .462 .001 .259 14.5
9Alex Gonzalez 159 26 10 0 5 15 5 29 2 0 .284 .316 .453 -.004 .253 7.0
10Julio Lugo 123 16 4 1 1 8 12 18 3 0 .284 .352 .367 -.050 .252 4.5
11Brian Anderson 21 7 0 0 2 5 3 5 0 0 .294 .381 .647 .372 .321 2.3
12Jason Varitek 425 41 24 0 14 51 54 90 0 0 .209 .313 .390 -.146 .234 2.1
13Jonathan Van Every 13 1 0 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 .364 .462 .636 .583 .351 2.1
14Rocco Baldelli 164 24 4 1 7 23 11 37 1 0 .253 .311 .433 -.061 .245 1.8
15Dusty Brown 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 1.333 1.397 .459 1.4
16Josh Beckett 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .800 .241 .284 1.1
17Aaron Bates 12 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 .364 .417 .545 .354 .315 1.1
18George Kottaras 107 15 11 0 1 10 11 25 0 0 .237 .308 .387 -.140 .236 0.7
19Tim Wakefield 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 .664 .345 0.6
20Joey Gathright 17 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 .312 .353 .312 -.124 .242 0.3
21Adam LaRoche 19 2 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 .263 .263 .526 -.018 .247 0.2
22Hideki Okajima 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.224 -0.1
23Ramon Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.224 -0.1
24Gil Velazquez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 -.581 .150 -0.3
25John Smoltz 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.221 -0.3
26Daisuke Matsuzaka 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.221 -0.3
27Jeff Bailey 91 14 3 2 3 9 10 21 0 0 .208 .330 .416 -.077 .248 -0.6
28Brad Penny 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.220 -0.7
29Jon Lester 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.043 -0.7
30Chris Woodward 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .083 .312 .083 -.559 .148 -1.5
31Chris Carter 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.180 -1.7
32Nick Green 309 35 18 0 6 35 20 69 1 4 .236 .303 .366 -.179 .220 -2.4
33Mark Kotsay 79 4 2 0 1 5 4 12 2 1 .257 .291 .324 -.248 .205 -3.3
34Josh Reddick 62 5 4 0 2 4 2 17 0 0 .169 .210 .339 -.428 .166 -4.6
35Casey Kotchman 95 9 3 0 1 7 7 14 1 0 .218 .284 .287 -.333 .191 -5.9
36Jed Lowrie 76 5 2 0 2 11 6 20 0 0 .147 .211 .265 -.537 .145 -6.3

Pitchers by VORP descending

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Rank

Player

W

L

SV

G

GS

IP

H9

BB9

SO9

HR9

ERA

SNLVAR

WXRL
Sorted Descending
VORP
1Jon Lester 15 8 0 32 32 203.3 8.23 2.83 9.96 0.89 3.41 6.2 0.000 55.5
2Josh Beckett 17 6 0 32 32 212.3 8.39 2.33 8.43 1.06 3.86 5.3 0.000 43.4
3Jonathan Papelbon 1 1 38 66 0 68.0 7.15 3.18 10.06 0.66 1.85 0.0 6.006 30.1
4Takashi Saito 3 3 2 56 0 55.7 8.08 4.04 8.41 0.97 2.43 0.0 0.145 20.9
5Ramon Ramirez 7 4 0 70 0 69.7 7.88 4.13 6.72 0.90 2.84 0.0 1.383 20.4
6Tim Wakefield 11 5 0 21 21 129.7 9.51 3.47 5.00 0.83 4.58 2.5 0.000 20.1
7Clay Buchholz 7 4 0 16 16 92.0 8.90 3.52 6.65 1.27 4.21 2.4 0.000 17.7
8Hideki Okajima 6 0 0 68 0 61.0 8.26 3.10 7.82 1.18 3.39 0.0 2.911 17.5
9Justin Masterson 3 3 0 31 6 72.0 9.00 3.12 8.38 0.88 4.50 0.6 0.688 10.1
10Daniel Bard 2 2 1 49 0 49.3 7.48 4.01 11.49 0.91 3.65 0.0 0.186 8.9
11Manny Delcarmen 5 2 0 64 0 59.7 9.65 5.13 6.64 0.75 4.53 0.0 0.256 6.0
12Billy Wagner 1 1 0 15 0 13.7 5.27 4.61 14.49 0.66 1.98 0.0 0.304 4.1
13Dustin Richardson 0 0 0 3 0 3.3 8.10 2.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.012 2.2
14Daisuke Matsuzaka 4 6 0 12 12 59.3 12.29 4.55 8.19 1.52 5.76 0.7 0.000 2.1
15Nick Green 0 0 0 1 0 2.0 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.003 1.3
16Paul Byrd 1 3 0 7 6 34.0 12.44 2.91 2.91 1.06 5.82 0.5 0.038 1.1
17Enrique Gonzalez 0 0 0 2 0 3.7 12.27 4.91 2.45 2.45 4.91 0.0 -0.053 0.4
18Jonathan Van Every 0 0 0 1 0 0.7 13.50 13.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.4
19Brad Penny 7 8 0 24 24 131.7 10.94 2.87 6.08 1.16 5.61 1.1 0.000 -0.2
20Dusty Brown 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 18.00 0.00 9.00 0.00 9.00 0.0 0.000 -0.3
21Fernando Cabrera 0 0 0 6 0 5.3 11.81 6.75 13.50 0.00 8.44 0.0 0.050 -1.3
22Billy Traber 0 0 0 1 0 3.7 22.09 2.45 2.45 4.91 12.27 0.0 -0.093 -2.7
23Hunter Jones 0 0 0 11 0 12.7 11.37 4.97 6.39 2.13 9.24 0.0 0.135 -4.4
24Javier Lopez 0 2 0 14 0 11.7 15.43 6.94 3.86 0.77 9.26 0.0 -0.579 -5.1
25Junichi Tazawa 2 3 0 6 4 25.3 15.28 3.20 4.62 1.42 7.46 0.1 -0.241 -5.5
26Michael Bowden 1 1 0 8 1 16.0 12.94 3.38 6.75 1.69 9.56 -0.3 0.130 -5.9
27John Smoltz 2 5 0 8 8 40.0 13.27 2.03 7.43 1.80 8.32 -0.5 0.000 -9.6

Recent Transactions

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11-17: Activated 1B-R Aaron Bates and RHP Junichi Tazawa from the 60-day DL. [11/13]
Released C-L George Kottaras. [11/16]

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11-13: Declined their club option on SS-R Alex Gonzalez for 2010, making him a free agent. [11/8]
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11-06: Acquired OF-L Jeremy Hermida from the Marlins for LHPs Jose Alvarez and Hunter Jones; outrighted RHP Fernando Cabrera and OF-L Joey Gathright to Paw ... for complete analysis of this transaction and much more, subscribe to Baseball Prospectus

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