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2009 Standings

Complete 2009 standings (updated: 11-06)

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Rnk	National League Central	Win	Loss	Pct	GB	RS/G	RA/G	Diff/G	Pyth O/U	Hitter VORP	Pitcher VORP	Def Eff	Hit List Rank (through 10-12)
	National League Central
1	St. Louis Cardinals	91	71	.562	-	4.51	3.95	0.56	0.3	222.2	218.4	.694	6
2	Chicago Cubs	83	78	.516	7.5	4.39	4.17	0.22	-1.3	161.7	210.1	.701	13
3	Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	.494	11.0	4.85	5.06	-0.21	2.3	253.5	35.6	.688	20
4	Cincinnati Reds	78	84	.481	13.0	4.15	4.46	-0.31	2.4	102.2	165.3	.705	22
5	Houston Astros	74	88	.457	17.0	3.97	4.75	-0.78	6.4	143.9	87.9	.676	26
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	62	99	.385	28.5	3.96	4.77	-0.81	-4.7	124.8	69.5	.691	30

Team Health Reports

03-27

Chicago Cubs
Days Lost: 619
Dollars Lost: $10.4 million
Injury Cost: $11.0 million

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Top 11 Prospects

11-11

Chicago Cubs
Top prospect: Josh Vitters

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2009 Rankings

83 Wins is 16th in MLB, 8th in league, 2nd in division
78 Losses is tied for 15th in MLB, 8th in league, 2nd in division
.516 Win Pct is 16th in MLB, 8th in league, 2nd in division
4.39 RS/G is 21st in MLB, 9th in league, 3rd in division
4.17 RA/G is 5th in MLB, 5th in league, 2nd in division
0.22 Diff/G is 13th in MLB, 7th in league, 2nd in division
-1.3 Pyth O/U is 19th in MLB, 10th in league, 5th in division
161.7 Hitter VORP is 15th in MLB, 10th in league, 3rd in division
210.1 Pitcher VORP is 12th in MLB, 5th in league, 2nd in division
.701 Def Eff is 5th in MLB, 4th in league, 2nd in division

Projected 2009 Performance

Cubs Depth Chart (updated: 08-09)

NL Central	W	L	WPct	RS	RA	AVG	OBP	SLG
St. Louis Cardinals	92	70	.568	799	724	.262	.336	.426
Chicago Cubs	88	74	.543	782	752	.257	.334	.426
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	.494	754	794	.257	.329	.416
Houston Astros	78	84	.481	717	774	.260	.321	.401
Cincinnati Reds	70	92	.432	716	815	.248	.316	.398
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	97	.401	644	864	.241	.306	.381

Top offensive performers by VORP

Derrek Lee
51.0 VORP

Aramis Ramirez
29.4 VORP

Kosuke Fukudome
19.2 VORP

Top pitching performers by VORP

Ted Lilly
43.6 VORP

Randy Wells
35.9 VORP

Ryan Dempster
30.3 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	VORP
1	Derrek Lee	615	91	36	2	35	111	76	109	1	0	.306	.394	.579	.355	.318	51.0
2	Aramis Ramirez	342	46	14	1	15	65	28	43	2	1	.317	.389	.516	.280	.302	29.4
3	Kosuke Fukudome	603	79	38	5	11	54	93	112	6	10	.259	.375	.421	.080	.273	19.2
4	Ryan Theriot	677	81	20	5	7	54	51	93	21	10	.284	.343	.369	-.024	.252	17.4
5	Jeff Baker	224	27	15	1	4	21	17	46	0	0	.305	.362	.448	.131	.278	11.5
6	Milton Bradley	473	61	17	1	12	40	66	95	2	3	.257	.378	.397	.051	.271	9.1
7	Carlos Zambrano	72	7	5	0	4	11	1	28	0	0	.217	.225	.464	-.139	.227	7.7
8	Sam Fuld	115	17	6	1	1	2	17	10	2	1	.299	.409	.412	.151	.289	6.4
9	Jake Fox	241	23	12	0	11	44	14	47	0	0	.259	.311	.468	.033	.263	5.8
10	Reed Johnson	186	23	10	2	4	22	13	27	2	1	.255	.330	.412	-.011	.256	3.4
11	Geovany Soto	389	27	19	1	11	47	50	77	1	0	.218	.321	.381	-.088	.246	3.2
12	Randy Wells	61	5	3	0	0	2	2	7	0	0	.191	.224	.255	-.439	.187	3.0
13	Alfonso Soriano	522	64	25	1	20	55	40	118	9	2	.241	.303	.423	-.050	.247	2.2
14	Jeff Samardzija	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.800	.271	.287	1.3
15	Rich Harden	48	3	1	0	0	0	1	15	0	0	.186	.205	.209	-.536	.133	1.3
16	Sean Marshall	15	2	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	.231	.286	.231	-.342	.186	1.1
17	Bobby Scales	138	15	8	2	3	15	11	32	0	0	.242	.312	.411	-.040	.246	1.1
18	Kevin Hart	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.222	.222	.222	-.482	.118	0.4
19	Tom Gorzelanny	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	.167	.231	.167	-.545	.131	0.3
20	So Taguchi	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.273	.333	.364	-.055	.243	0.0
21	Aaron Heilman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.220	-0.1
22	Micah Hoffpauir	257	28	12	1	10	35	20	46	1	0	.239	.300	.427	-.047	.247	-0.2
23	Esmailin Caridad	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.220	-0.3
24	Jose Ascanio	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.220	-0.3
25	Angel Guzman	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.220	-0.4
26	Ryan Dempster	75	2	1	0	0	5	4	20	0	0	.125	.176	.141	-.698	.074	-0.8
27	Tyler Colvin	20	1	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	.176	.250	.176	-.489	.155	-1.8
28	Joey Gathright	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	2	.214	.267	.214	-.409	.146	-2.0
29	Mike Fontenot	419	38	22	2	9	43	35	83	4	1	.236	.301	.377	-.117	.234	-2.0
30	Andres Blanco	138	15	8	0	1	12	8	14	0	2	.252	.303	.341	-.151	.217	-2.8
31	Koyie Hill	284	26	12	2	2	24	27	78	0	0	.237	.312	.324	-.167	.220	-3.0
32	Ted Lilly	64	2	1	1	0	2	2	27	0	1	.088	.119	.140	-.818	-.104	-3.1
33	Ryan Freel	32	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	0	.143	.226	.143	-.600	.126	-3.5
34	Aaron Miles	170	17	7	1	0	5	8	21	3	0	.185	.224	.242	-.460	.156	-13.5

Pitchers by VORP descending

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Rank	Player	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H9	BB9	SO9	HR9	ERA	SNLVAR	WXRL	VORP
1	Ted Lilly	12	9	0	27	27	177.0	7.68	1.83	7.68	1.12	3.10	5.1	0.000	43.6
2	Randy Wells	12	10	0	27	27	165.3	8.98	2.50	5.66	0.76	3.05	4.6	0.000	35.9
3	Ryan Dempster	11	9	0	31	31	200.0	8.82	2.92	7.74	0.99	3.64	3.6	0.000	30.3
4	Carlos Zambrano	9	7	0	28	28	169.3	8.24	4.15	8.08	0.53	3.77	3.9	0.000	27.7
5	Angel Guzman	3	3	1	55	0	61.0	6.05	3.25	6.93	1.18	2.95	0.0	2.668	17.1
6	Carlos Marmol	2	4	15	79	0	74.0	5.23	7.91	11.31	0.24	3.41	0.0	3.672	16.1
7	Rich Harden	9	9	0	26	26	141.0	7.79	4.28	10.91	1.47	4.09	2.7	0.000	14.0
8	Sean Marshall	3	7	0	55	9	85.3	9.60	3.38	7.17	1.05	4.32	0.4	1.338	9.9
9	Kevin Hart	3	1	0	8	4	27.7	7.48	5.86	4.23	0.98	2.60	0.8	0.033	9.2
10	Aaron Heilman	4	4	1	70	0	72.3	8.46	4.35	8.09	1.12	4.23	0.0	-0.126	9.2
11	Esmailin Caridad	1	0	0	14	0	19.3	6.98	1.40	7.91	0.00	1.40	0.0	0.502	7.8
12	Justin Berg	0	0	0	11	0	12.0	7.50	0.75	5.25	0.00	0.75	0.0	0.066	6.3
13	John Grabow	0	0	0	30	0	25.0	6.84	4.68	5.76	0.36	3.24	0.0	1.144	6.2
14	Kevin Gregg	5	6	23	72	0	68.7	7.86	3.93	9.31	1.70	4.72	0.0	0.392	3.9
15	Jose Ascanio	0	1	0	14	0	15.3	10.57	5.28	10.57	0.59	3.52	0.0	-0.162	3.4
16	Luis Vizcaino	0	0	0	4	0	3.7	4.91	0.00	7.36	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.189	2.2
17	Mitch Atkins	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	4.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.002	1.2
18	Jason Waddell	0	0	0	3	0	1.7	16.20	0.00	10.80	0.00	5.40	0.0	0.074	0.0
19	Tom Gorzelanny	4	2	0	13	7	38.3	9.16	3.05	9.39	1.41	5.63	0.8	0.264	-1.2
20	Jeff Stevens	1	0	0	11	0	12.7	9.95	5.68	6.39	1.42	7.11	0.0	-0.080	-2.0
21	Neal Cotts	0	2	0	19	0	11.0	11.45	7.36	7.36	2.45	7.36	0.0	-0.416	-2.3
22	Chad Fox	0	0	0	2	0	0.3	54.00	54.00	0.00	0.00	108.00	0.0	-0.022	-3.9
23	David Patton	3	1	0	20	0	27.7	10.08	6.18	7.48	1.30	6.83	0.0	-0.272	-4.7
24	Jeff Samardzija	1	3	0	20	2	34.7	11.94	3.89	5.45	1.82	7.53	-0.2	-0.268	-7.2

Recent Transactions

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11-20: Traded RHP Aaron Heilman to the Diamondbacks for 1B/OF-L Ryne White and LHP Scott Maines. [11/19]
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10-30: Outrighted UT-S Bobby Scales to Iowa (Triple-A). [10/23]

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10-20: Released OF-R So Taguchi. [10/16]

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