Marlins Have Needed Prospects, but Not Succeeded With Them
Earlier today I read an interesting piece on building through the draft by FanGraphs' Jim Breen. Breen shows a table of each team's production from homegrown players via FanGraphs WIns Above Replacement (fWAR) since the 2002 draft. Take a look at the table yourself:
Team Total WAR Average WAR Boston Red Sox 100.3 4.36 San Francisco Giants 97.9 2.88 Los Angeles Dodgers 95.5 3.98 Milwaukee Brewers 86 3.91 Tampa Bay Rays 80.2 4.46 Detroit Tigers 78.7 2.25 Atlanta Braves 70.9 3.22 Oakland Athletics 70.8 2.83 Kansas City Royals 65.2 2.61 Cincinnati Reds 64.5 2.58 Colorado Rockies 63.7 2.45 Los Angeles Angels 60.2 2.15 Miami Marlins 59.1 1.48 Minnesota Twins 58 2.64 Washington Nationals 57.7 2.31 Arizona Diamondbacks 57.6 2.22 Toronto Blue Jays 54.8 2.19 Texas Rangers 48.7 2.32 San Diego Padres 44.7 1.44 Baltimore Orioles 41.5 1.73 Pittsburgh Pirates 40.3 2.02 New York Yankees 34.7 1.73 St. Louis Cardinals 30.9 0.97 New York Mets 30.8 1.62 Philadelphia Phillies 30.2 1.78 Houston Astros 24.2 1.51 Chicago Cubs 19.3 0.92 Cleveland Indians 15.5 0.65 Chicago White Sox 11.9 0.54 Seattle Mariners 8.9 0.45
The interesting part to me and to readers of this site is of course the placement of the (former) Florida Marlins, listed in bold.
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I expect
…that to go up this year when Mike, Logan, and Gaby all bust out and start putting up numbers. Also, a healthy JJ doesn’t hurt either.
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A fact that sticks out to me is that the Marlins are as high as they are
when the average output per player is much lower compared to those around them. In other words, we’ve had a lot of average to above-average draft choices making up our roster. Sounds just about right.
I think it actually tells you something other than that
I think it says that the team has had to use a LOT of players, and the average player wasn’t that great. It speaks to the fact that the team has struggled with the draft lately.
Fish Stripes, a Florida Marlins blog
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by Michael Jong on Feb 20, 2012 7:22 PM EST up reply actions



















