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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

02-23 Fantasy content Detroit Tigers
Days Lost: 824
Dollars Lost: $16 million
Injury Cost: $23 million

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Top 11 Prospects

02-08 Premium content Detroit Tigers
Top prospect: Rick Porcello
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2009 Rankings

86 Wins is tied for 12th in MLB, 6th in league, 2nd in division
77 Losses is tied for 13th in MLB, tied for 6th in league, 2nd in division
.528 Win Pct is 13th in MLB, 6th in league, 2nd in division
4.56 RS/G is 16th in MLB, 11th in league, 3rd in division
4.57 RA/G is tied for 12th in MLB, tied for 4th in league, 2nd in division
-0.01 Diff/G is tied for 16th in MLB, tied for 8th in league, 2nd in division
4.7 Pyth O/U is 6th in MLB, 3rd in league, 1st in division
68.3 Hitter VORP is 26th in MLB, 10th in league, 3rd in division
231.5 Pitcher VORP is 8th in MLB, 5th in league, 2nd in division
.695 Def Eff is 9th in MLB, 5th in league, 1st in division

Projected 2009 Performance

Tigers 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

Miguel Cabrera
Miguel Cabrera

57.1 VORP
Curtis Granderson
Curtis Granderson

25.8 VORP
Magglio Ordonez
Magglio Ordonez

22.9 VORP

Top pitching performers by VORP

Justin Verlander
Justin Verlander

60.6 VORP
Edwin Jackson
Edwin Jackson

49.2 VORP
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Rick Porcello

32.2 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
1Miguel Cabrera 685 96 34 0 34 103 68 107 6 2 .324 .396 .547 .306 .306 57.1
2Curtis Granderson 710 91 23 8 30 71 72 141 20 6 .249 .327 .453 -.005 .259 25.8
3Magglio Ordonez 518 54 24 2 9 50 51 65 3 1 .310 .376 .428 .095 .273 22.9
4Ryan Raburn 291 44 11 2 16 45 26 60 5 4 .291 .359 .533 .193 .286 19.4
5Placido Polanco 676 82 31 4 10 72 36 46 7 2 .285 .331 .396 -.048 .246 15.0
6Alex Avila 72 9 4 0 5 14 10 18 0 0 .279 .375 .590 .279 .309 7.5
7Marcus Thames 294 33 11 1 13 36 29 72 0 2 .252 .323 .453 -.006 .255 5.9
8Ramon Santiago 296 29 6 2 7 35 17 57 1 2 .267 .318 .386 -.097 .236 4.1
9Carlos Guillen 322 36 10 3 11 41 39 56 1 3 .242 .339 .419 -.037 .252 3.5
10Wilkin Ramirez 13 6 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 .364 .385 .818 .726 .358 2.5
11Brandon Inge 637 71 16 1 27 84 54 170 2 5 .230 .314 .406 -.104 .239 2.4
12Jeff Larish 90 13 3 1 4 7 15 25 0 1 .216 .344 .446 -.010 .262 1.1
13Rick Porcello 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .213 .274 1.1
14Dontrelle Willis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.226 -0.1
15Armando Galarraga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.226 -0.1
16Zach Miner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.227 -0.1
17Alfredo Figaro 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.224 -0.3
18Clete Thomas 310 46 13 3 7 39 33 77 3 0 .240 .324 .385 -.110 .241 -0.5
19Justin Verlander 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 .122 -0.6
20Edwin Jackson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.224 -0.6
21Don Kelly 62 8 3 1 0 3 4 10 1 0 .250 .311 .339 -.177 .224 -0.8
22Brent Dlugach 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.227 -0.8
23Dusty Ryan 30 1 1 0 0 4 4 12 0 1 .154 .267 .192 -.505 .130 -3.0
24Matt Treanor 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .000 .071 .000 -1.179 -.203 -3.3
25Josh Anderson 175 22 4 4 0 16 8 22 13 2 .242 .282 .315 -.280 .213 -4.8
26Gerald Laird 477 49 23 2 4 33 40 68 5 0 .225 .306 .320 -.236 .218 -6.2
27Dane Sardinha 34 1 1 0 0 3 0 16 0 0 .097 .091 .129 -.969 -.139 -6.4
28Aubrey Huff 117 8 6 0 2 13 10 13 0 0 .189 .265 .302 -.358 .184 -6.8
29Adam Everett 390 43 21 0 3 44 22 61 5 2 .238 .288 .325 -.258 .210 -6.9

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
1Justin Verlander 19 9 0 35 35 240.0 8.21 2.36 10.09 0.75 3.45 7.0 0.000 60.6
2Edwin Jackson 13 9 0 33 33 214.0 8.41 2.94 6.77 1.14 3.62 5.9 0.000 49.2
3Rick Porcello 14 9 0 31 31 170.7 9.28 2.74 4.69 1.21 3.96 4.2 0.000 32.2
4Brandon Lyon 6 5 3 65 0 78.7 6.41 3.55 6.52 0.80 2.86 0.0 1.931 27.0
5Zach Miner 7 5 1 51 5 92.3 9.84 4.39 6.04 1.07 4.29 0.1 1.138 12.6
6Fernando Rodney 2 5 37 73 0 75.7 8.33 4.88 7.26 0.95 4.40 0.0 4.519 12.3
7Fu-Te Ni 0 0 0 36 0 31.0 5.81 3.19 6.10 0.87 2.61 0.0 0.126 11.5
8Ryan Perry 0 1 0 53 0 61.7 8.17 5.55 8.76 1.02 3.79 0.0 0.774 11.0
9Bobby Seay 6 3 0 67 0 48.7 8.51 3.33 6.84 0.55 4.25 0.0 1.184 9.3
10Lucas French 1 2 0 7 5 29.3 10.12 3.38 5.83 0.61 3.38 0.5 0.087 6.5
11Eddie Bonine 1 1 0 10 4 34.3 10.49 3.15 4.98 1.83 4.46 0.5 -0.054 4.1
12Armando Galarraga 6 10 0 29 25 143.7 9.90 4.20 5.95 1.50 5.64 1.5 -0.097 3.4
13Joel Zumaya 3 3 1 28 0 31.0 9.87 6.10 8.71 1.45 4.94 0.0 -0.694 2.6
14Freddy Dolsi 1 0 0 6 0 10.7 10.97 3.38 2.53 0.00 1.69 0.0 -0.502 1.0
15Juan Rincon 1 0 0 7 0 10.3 10.45 5.23 8.71 1.74 5.23 0.0 -0.058 0.8
16Nate Robertson 2 3 0 28 6 49.7 10.69 5.07 6.34 0.72 5.44 0.4 -0.094 0.4
17Clay Rapada 0 0 0 3 0 3.3 10.80 5.40 5.40 2.70 5.40 0.0 -0.133 0.2
18Alfredo Figaro 2 2 0 5 3 17.0 12.18 5.29 8.47 1.59 6.35 -0.1 0.041 -1.7
19Jeremy Bonderman 0 1 0 8 1 10.3 13.94 6.97 4.35 3.48 8.71 -0.2 0.005 -3.0
20Casey Fien 0 1 0 9 0 11.3 10.32 4.76 7.15 1.59 7.94 0.0 -0.350 -3.4
21Dontrelle Willis 1 4 0 7 7 33.7 9.89 7.49 4.54 1.07 7.49 0.1 0.000 -5.3
22Jarrod Washburn 1 3 0 8 8 43.0 10.67 3.35 4.40 2.51 7.33 -0.3 0.000 -5.7
23Chris Lambert 0 1 0 2 0 6.7 16.20 8.10 5.40 4.05 14.85 0.0 -0.261 -6.2

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