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2009 Standings

Complete 2009 standings (updated: 11-06)

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Rnk National 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 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

03-10 Fantasy content St. Louis Cardinals
Days Lost: 1,520
Dollars Lost: $29.9 million
Injury Cost: $28 million

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Top 11 Prospects

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2009 Rankings

91 Wins is 7th in MLB, 4th in league, 1st in division
71 Losses is 7th in MLB, 4th in league, 1st in division
.562 Win Pct is 7th in MLB, 4th in league, 1st in division
4.51 RS/G is 18th in MLB, 7th in league, 2nd in division
3.95 RA/G is 3rd in MLB, 3rd in league, 1st in division
0.56 Diff/G is 7th in MLB, 4th in league, 1st in division
0.3 Pyth O/U is 16th in MLB, 9th in league, 4th in division
222.2 Hitter VORP is 7th in MLB, 6th in league, 2nd in division
218.4 Pitcher VORP is 10th in MLB, 4th in league, 1st in division
.694 Def Eff is tied for 10th in MLB, tied for 5th in league, 3rd in division

Projected 2009 Performance

Cardinals 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

Albert Pujols
Albert Pujols

98.3 VORP
Matt Holliday
Matt Holliday

35.0 VORP
Yadier Molina
Yadier Molina

24.7 VORP

Top pitching performers by VORP

Chris Carpenter
Chris Carpenter

68.7 VORP
Adam Wainwright
Adam Wainwright

67.1 VORP
Joel Pineiro
Joel Pineiro

35.4 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
1Albert Pujols 700 124 45 1 47 135 115 64 16 4 .327 .443 .658 .579 .362 98.3
2Matt Holliday 270 42 16 2 13 55 26 43 2 4 .353 .419 .604 .520 .342 35.0
3Yadier Molina 544 45 23 1 6 54 50 39 9 3 .293 .366 .383 .064 .273 24.7
4Skip Schumaker 586 85 34 1 4 35 52 69 2 2 .303 .364 .393 .081 .272 22.9
5Brendan Ryan 429 55 19 7 3 37 24 56 14 7 .292 .340 .400 .047 .265 17.7
6Ryan Ludwick 542 63 20 1 22 97 41 106 4 2 .265 .329 .447 .067 .272 14.1
7Julio Lugo 170 24 9 4 2 13 17 27 6 0 .277 .351 .432 .098 .286 10.2
8Colby Rasmus 520 72 22 2 16 52 36 95 3 1 .251 .307 .407 -.034 .251 7.7
9Adam Wainwright 96 7 5 1 2 4 1 26 0 0 .180 .189 .326 -.398 .171 5.0
10Chris Carpenter 69 3 3 0 1 7 2 13 0 0 .175 .212 .270 -.434 .156 3.5
11Kyle Lohse 45 3 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 .216 .275 .216 -.370 .185 3.0
12David Freese 34 3 2 0 1 7 2 7 0 0 .323 .353 .484 .197 .295 2.3
13Jarrett Hoffpauir 16 1 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 .250 .438 .417 .178 .318 1.0
14Mark DeRosa 262 31 10 1 10 28 18 58 2 1 .228 .291 .405 -.074 .245 0.8
15Joel Pineiro 79 4 2 0 0 4 4 33 1 0 .136 .186 .167 -.633 .116 0.6
16Clayton Mortensen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 -.236 -0.1
17Josh Kinney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 -.237 -0.1
18Blaine Boyer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 -.237 -0.1
19Jason Motte 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 -.237 -0.1
20Kyle McClellan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 -.237 -0.4
21John Smoltz 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .077 .143 .077 -.841 -.169 -0.6
22P.J. Walters 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.235 .026 -0.7
23Matt Pagnozzi 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 -.716 .147 -0.7
24Brian Barden 114 13 3 0 4 10 6 21 0 0 .233 .286 .379 -.126 .234 -0.9
25Brad Thompson 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 .083 .083 .083 -.957 -.148 -1.0
26Mitchell Boggs 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .071 .071 .143 -.903 -.102 -1.0
27Jason LaRue 112 10 3 0 2 6 3 22 1 0 .240 .288 .327 -.187 .218 -1.5
28Shane Robinson 26 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 .240 .231 .280 -.358 .187 -1.6
29Todd Wellemeyer 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 .128 .128 .128 -.801 -.103 -1.9
30Tyler Greene 116 9 5 0 2 7 4 32 3 0 .222 .270 .324 -.234 .214 -2.3
31Troy Glaus 32 2 2 0 0 2 3 8 0 0 .172 .250 .241 -.401 .160 -2.4
32Chris Duncan 304 25 15 2 5 32 41 67 0 1 .227 .329 .358 -.082 .248 -2.6
33Nick Stavinoha 91 6 7 0 2 17 2 15 1 0 .230 .242 .379 -.198 .217 -2.8
34Joe Thurston 307 27 17 4 1 25 33 56 4 2 .225 .316 .330 -.143 .233 -3.8
35Rick Ankiel 404 50 21 2 11 38 26 99 4 3 .231 .285 .387 -.114 .233 -4.1
36Khalil Greene 193 21 7 0 6 24 15 35 2 1 .200 .272 .347 -.211 .221 -4.4

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
1Chris Carpenter 17 4 0 28 28 192.7 7.29 1.78 6.73 0.33 2.24 8.0 0.000 68.7
2Adam Wainwright 19 8 0 34 34 233.0 8.34 2.55 8.19 0.66 2.63 8.5 0.000 67.1
3Joel Pineiro 15 12 0 32 32 214.0 9.17 1.14 4.42 0.46 3.49 4.6 0.000 35.4
4Ryan Franklin 4 3 38 62 0 61.0 7.23 3.54 6.49 0.30 1.92 0.0 3.809 23.5
5Trever Miller 4 1 0 70 0 43.7 6.39 2.27 9.48 1.03 2.06 0.0 1.709 15.1
6Blake Hawksworth 4 0 0 30 0 40.0 6.53 3.38 4.50 0.45 2.03 0.0 1.413 13.9
7Kyle McClellan 4 4 3 66 0 66.7 7.56 4.59 6.89 0.54 3.38 0.0 1.374 12.6
8Dennys Reyes 0 2 1 75 0 41.0 7.68 4.61 7.24 0.44 3.29 0.0 0.972 7.3
9Mitchell Boggs 2 3 0 16 9 58.0 11.02 5.12 7.14 0.47 4.19 0.8 -0.129 6.8
10John Smoltz 1 3 0 7 7 38.0 8.53 2.13 9.47 0.71 4.26 0.9 0.000 4.7
11Brad Thompson 2 6 0 32 8 80.0 9.56 2.59 3.83 0.90 4.84 -0.1 -0.058 3.0
12Chris Perez 1 1 1 29 0 23.7 6.46 5.70 11.41 1.14 4.18 0.0 0.518 2.2
13Kyle Lohse 6 10 0 23 22 117.7 9.56 2.75 5.89 1.22 4.74 1.1 0.030 2.0
14Jason Motte 4 4 0 69 0 56.7 9.05 3.65 8.58 1.59 4.76 0.0 0.565 1.5
15Blaine Boyer 0 0 0 15 0 16.3 7.71 2.76 4.96 0.55 4.41 0.0 -0.083 -0.4
16Jess Todd 0 0 0 1 0 1.7 16.20 10.80 10.80 5.40 10.80 0.0 -0.005 -1.1
17Clayton Mortensen 0 0 0 1 0 3.0 15.00 3.00 6.00 3.00 6.00 0.0 -0.048 -4.4
18Josh Kinney 1 0 0 17 0 15.3 13.50 6.46 4.70 1.17 8.80 0.0 -0.574 -5.9
19P.J. Walters 0 0 0 8 1 16.0 11.81 5.06 7.88 3.38 9.56 0.0 -0.593 -9.3
20Todd Wellemeyer 7 10 0 28 21 122.3 11.77 4.19 5.74 1.40 5.89 -0.6 -0.747 -14.7

Recent Transactions

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11-20: Purchased the contracts of LHP Tyler Norrick, RHPs Adam Ottavino and Francisco Samuel, C-L Bryan Anderson, 1B-L Mark Hamilton, 4C-R Allen Craig, and ... for complete analysis of this transaction and much more, subscribe to Baseball Prospectus

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