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2009 Standings

Complete 2009 standings (updated: 11-06)

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Rnk American League Central
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 Minnesota Twins 87 76 .534 - 5.01 4.69 0.32 0.4 164.6 205.6 .691 12
2 Detroit Tigers 86 77 .528 1.0 4.56 4.57 -0.01 4.7 68.3 231.5 .695 17
3 Chicago White Sox 79 83 .488 7.5 4.47 4.52 -0.05 -1.2 62.2 234.1 .690 18
4 Cleveland Indians 65 97 .401 21.5 4.77 5.34 -0.57 -7.2 113.8 93.0 .681 25
4 Kansas City Royals 65 97 .401 21.5 4.23 5.20 -0.97 -0.5 19.5 121.3 .675 27

Team Health Reports

02-26 Fantasy content Kansas City Royals
Days Lost: 847
Dollars Lost: $5.1 million
Injury Cost: $11.8 million

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Top 11 Prospects

02-12 Premium content Kansas City Royals
Top prospect: Eric Hosmer
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2009 Rankings

65 Wins is tied for 26th in MLB, tied for 12th in league, tied for 4th in division
97 Losses is tied for 26th in MLB, tied for 12th in league, tied for 4th in division
.401 Win Pct is tied for 26th in MLB, tied for 12th in league, tied for 4th in division
4.23 RS/G is 23rd in MLB, 13th in league, 5th in division
5.20 RA/G is 27th in MLB, 12th in league, 4th in division
-0.97 Diff/G is 29th in MLB, 14th in league, 5th in division
-0.5 Pyth O/U is 17th in MLB, 8th in league, 3rd in division
19.5 Hitter VORP is 30th in MLB, 14th in league, 5th in division
121.3 Pitcher VORP is 20th in MLB, 12th in league, 4th in division
.675 Def Eff is 30th in MLB, 14th in league, 5th in division

Projected 2009 Performance

Royals Depth Chart (updated: 08-09)
AL Central W L WPct RS RA AVG OBP SLG
Chicago White Sox 86 76 .531 849 756 .266 .331 .437
Detroit Tigers 82 80 .506 818 837 .264 .331 .431
Minnesota Twins 81 81 .500 819 835 .270 .336 .415
Cleveland Indians 71 91 .438 811 844 .260 .337 .422
Kansas City Royals 69 93 .426 786 791 .265 .320 .410

Top offensive performers by VORP

Alberto Callaspo
Alberto Callaspo

35.1 VORP
Billy Butler
Billy Butler

32.3 VORP
David DeJesus
David DeJesus

15.5 VORP

Top pitching performers by VORP

Zack Greinke
Zack Greinke

88.3 VORP
Joakim Soria
Joakim Soria

21.0 VORP
Robinson Tejeda
Robinson Tejeda

19.1 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
1Alberto Callaspo 634 79 41 8 11 73 52 51 2 1 .300 .356 .457 .095 .272 35.1
2Billy Butler 672 78 51 1 21 93 58 103 1 0 .301 .362 .492 .152 .283 32.3
3David DeJesus 627 74 28 9 13 71 51 87 4 9 .281 .347 .434 .031 .260 15.5
4Miguel Olivo 416 51 15 5 23 65 19 126 5 2 .249 .292 .490 -.015 .253 15.0
5Mark Teahen 571 69 34 1 12 50 37 123 8 1 .271 .325 .408 -.051 .248 11.2
6John Buck 202 16 12 4 8 36 13 55 1 1 .247 .299 .484 -.013 .254 6.6
7Brayan Pena 183 17 10 0 6 18 12 18 0 0 .273 .318 .442 -.012 .252 5.8
8Coco Crisp 215 30 8 5 3 14 29 23 13 2 .228 .336 .378 -.101 .255 5.0
9Alex Gordon 189 28 6 0 6 22 21 43 5 0 .232 .324 .378 -.124 .246 2.1
10Bruce Chen 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 3.297 .000 1.9
11Zack Greinke 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .333 -.500 .136 0.3
12Willie Bloomquist 468 52 11 8 4 29 27 73 25 6 .265 .308 .355 -.161 .232 0.3
13Brian Bannister 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 -.605 -.036 0.1
14Gil Meche 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.225 -0.3
15Kyle Davies 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 .124 -0.3
16Luke Hochevar 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.224 -0.7
17Mitch Maier 397 42 15 3 3 31 43 76 9 2 .243 .333 .331 -.158 .235 -1.4
18Ryan Freel 51 8 2 0 0 3 4 12 0 0 .244 .306 .289 -.274 .201 -2.1
19Tug Hulett 19 4 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 .111 .158 .111 -.848 -.147 -3.3
20Jose Guillen 312 30 8 0 9 40 22 50 1 0 .242 .314 .367 -.148 .231 -4.1
21Yuniesky Betancourt 263 25 10 5 4 27 11 26 0 2 .240 .269 .370 -.228 .209 -4.2
22Mike Jacobs 478 46 16 1 19 61 41 132 0 0 .228 .297 .401 -.143 .232 -4.6
23Josh Anderson 123 20 3 0 1 8 5 21 12 3 .237 .268 .288 -.344 .201 -4.6
24Luis Hernandez 81 4 1 0 0 4 4 18 1 0 .205 .256 .219 -.478 .156 -5.7
25Tony Pena 53 3 1 0 0 2 2 13 0 0 .098 .132 .118 -.896 -.157 -9.1
26Mike Aviles 127 10 3 1 1 8 4 26 1 0 .183 .208 .250 -.542 .133 -10.7

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
1Zack Greinke 16 8 0 33 33 229.3 7.65 2.00 9.50 0.43 2.16 9.4 0.000 88.3
2Joakim Soria 3 2 30 47 0 53.0 7.47 2.72 11.72 0.85 2.21 0.0 4.763 21.0
3Robinson Tejeda 4 2 0 35 6 73.7 5.25 5.99 10.63 0.49 3.54 1.3 0.621 19.1
4Brian Bannister 7 12 0 26 26 154.0 9.41 2.92 5.73 0.88 4.73 2.1 0.000 8.4
5Roman Colon 2 3 0 43 0 50.3 8.94 3.93 5.19 1.25 4.83 0.0 -0.072 6.5
6Kyle Davies 8 9 0 22 22 123.0 8.93 4.83 6.29 1.32 5.27 1.8 0.000 5.9
7Gil Meche 6 10 0 23 23 129.0 10.05 4.05 6.63 1.19 5.09 1.7 0.000 5.3
8Carlos Rosa 0 0 1 7 0 10.7 8.44 2.53 3.38 0.84 3.38 0.0 0.063 3.0
9Kyle Farnsworth 1 5 0 41 0 37.3 10.37 3.38 10.12 0.72 4.58 0.0 -1.562 2.8
10Jamey Wright 3 5 0 65 0 79.0 8.32 5.13 6.84 0.91 4.33 0.0 0.809 1.8
11Ron Mahay 1 1 0 41 0 41.3 11.98 4.14 7.40 1.96 4.79 0.0 -0.765 1.6
12Dusty Hughes 0 2 0 8 1 14.0 8.36 4.50 9.64 1.29 4.50 0.0 0.287 1.4
13Anthony Lerew 0 1 0 3 2 13.3 9.45 5.40 4.72 2.70 4.05 0.2 -0.010 0.8
14John Bale 0 1 1 42 0 28.3 10.80 5.72 7.62 0.95 5.72 0.0 -0.837 -0.1
15Bruce Chen 1 6 0 17 9 62.3 10.68 3.61 6.50 1.73 5.78 0.2 0.025 -0.3
16Juan Cruz 3 4 2 46 0 50.3 8.23 5.19 6.79 1.07 5.72 0.0 -0.012 -0.4
17Horacio Ramirez 0 2 0 19 1 22.7 10.72 4.37 5.16 1.19 5.96 -0.2 -0.027 -1.0
18Doug Waechter 0 0 0 5 0 5.3 15.19 5.06 5.06 3.38 8.44 0.0 0.016 -1.4
19Victor Marte 0 0 0 8 0 12.0 9.75 9.00 5.25 1.50 8.25 0.0 -0.062 -3.9
20Sidney Ponson 1 7 0 14 9 58.7 12.12 3.84 4.91 0.92 7.36 0.3 -0.154 -10.6
21Yasuhiko Yabuta 2 1 0 12 0 14.0 18.64 5.14 5.79 1.93 14.14 0.0 -0.691 -12.6
22Luke Hochevar 7 13 0 25 25 143.0 10.51 2.90 6.67 1.45 6.55 0.0 0.000 -13.3
23Lenny DiNardo 0 3 0 5 5 21.3 17.30 6.33 3.38 0.84 10.12 -0.6 0.000 -13.3

Recent Transactions

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11-20: Signed RHP Brad Thompson to a minor league contract with a spring training NRI. [11/19]
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11-17: Signed C-R Edward Bellorin to a minor league contract. [11/14]
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11-13: Outrighted RHP John Bannister to Omaha (Triple-A). [11/9]
Outrighted LHP Lenny DiNardo to Omaha, but he didn't like that much, electing instea ... for complete analysis of this transaction and much more, subscribe to Baseball Prospectus

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