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2009 Standings

Complete 2009 standings (updated: 01-30)

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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	224.0	217.4	.694	6
2	Chicago Cubs	83	78	.516	7.5	4.39	4.17	0.22	-1.3	158.0	213.2	.701	13
3	Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	.494	11.0	4.85	5.06	-0.21	2.3	255.1	34.6	.688	20
4	Cincinnati Reds	78	84	.481	13.0	4.15	4.46	-0.31	2.4	110.6	158.5	.705	22
5	Houston Astros	74	88	.457	17.0	3.97	4.75	-0.78	6.4	146.9	85.7	.676	26
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	62	99	.385	28.5	3.96	4.77	-0.81	-4.7	111.0	82.2	.691	30

Team Health Reports

03-12

Houston Astros
Days Lost: 412
Dollars Lost: $7.7 million
Injury Cost: $9.4 million

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Top 11 Prospects

02-02

Houston Astros
Top prospect: Jio Mier

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2009 Rankings

74 Wins is 23rd in MLB, 12th in league, 5th in division
88 Losses is 23rd in MLB, 12th in league, 5th in division
.457 Win Pct is 23rd in MLB, 12th in league, 5th in division
3.97 RS/G is 27th in MLB, 14th in league, 5th in division
4.75 RA/G is tied for 21st in MLB, tied for 11th in league, 4th in division
-0.78 Diff/G is 25th in MLB, 13th in league, 5th in division
6.4 Pyth O/U is 4th in MLB, 2nd in league, 1st in division
146.9 Hitter VORP is 18th in MLB, 12th in league, 4th in division
85.7 Pitcher VORP is 25th in MLB, 12th in league, 4th in division
.676 Def Eff is 29th in MLB, 16th in league, 6th in division

Projected 2010 Performance

Astros Depth Chart (updated: 02-01)

NL Central	W	L	WPct	RS	RA	AVG	OBP	SLG
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	.519	724	697	.265	.338	.415
Cincinnati Reds	82	80	.506	709	702	.257	.329	.413
Chicago Cubs	79	83	.488	709	725	.263	.336	.407
Milwaukee Brewers	79	83	.488	746	765	.258	.333	.429
Houston Astros	76	86	.469	697	743	.265	.330	.404
Pittsburgh Pirates	70	92	.432	671	781	.252	.325	.395

Top offensive performers by VORP

Miguel Tejada
43.7 VORP

Carlos Lee
36.2 VORP

Lance Berkman
34.9 VORP

Top pitching performers by VORP

Wandy Rodriguez
48.6 VORP

Roy Oswalt
27.7 VORP

LaTroy Hawkins
22.0 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	Miguel Tejada	674	83	46	1	14	86	19	48	5	2	.313	.340	.455	.134	.279	43.7
2	Carlos Lee	662	65	35	1	26	102	41	51	5	3	.300	.343	.489	.172	.287	36.2
3	Lance Berkman	563	73	31	1	25	80	97	98	7	4	.274	.399	.509	.258	.313	34.9
4	Michael Bourn	678	97	27	12	3	35	63	140	61	12	.285	.354	.384	.032	.277	32.6
5	Hunter Pence	647	76	26	5	25	72	58	109	14	11	.282	.346	.472	.136	.282	25.3
6	Mike Hampton	41	6	1	0	1	7	2	8	0	0	.324	.350	.432	.125	.279	7.7
7	Jeff Keppinger	344	35	13	3	7	29	27	33	0	2	.256	.320	.387	-.045	.249	2.8
8	Jason Michaels	152	17	12	1	4	16	16	38	1	2	.237	.322	.430	.001	.260	2.2
9	Russ Ortiz	31	2	0	0	1	2	1	9	0	0	.179	.207	.286	-.425	.166	1.4
10	Edwin Maysonet	79	9	2	0	1	7	5	19	0	0	.290	.333	.362	-.035	.253	1.1
11	Jeff Fulchino	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	.438	.325	0.8
12	Bud Norris	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.188	.235	.188	-.499	.133	0.7
13	Kazuo Matsui	533	56	20	2	9	46	34	85	19	3	.250	.302	.357	-.118	.242	0.4
14	Wesley Wright	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	-.372	.152	0.3
15	Alberto Arias	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	-.125	.293	0.3
16	Brandon Backe	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	-.177	.293	0.1
17	Billy Sadler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.232	-0.1
18	Chris Sampson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.234	-0.3
19	Humberto Quintero	168	11	8	1	4	14	7	41	0	0	.236	.286	.376	-.131	.229	-0.4
20	Tim Byrdak	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.234	-0.4
21	Geoff Blum	427	34	14	1	10	49	33	61	0	1	.247	.314	.367	-.084	.242	-0.5
22	Tommy Manzella	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.200	.200	.200	-.548	.036	-0.5
23	Wilton Lopez	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.233	-0.7
24	Wandy Rodriguez	70	4	3	0	0	4	1	19	0	0	.127	.141	.175	-.716	-.065	-1.1
25	Ivan Rodriguez	344	41	15	2	8	34	13	74	0	2	.251	.280	.382	-.120	.228	-1.1
26	Roy Oswalt	66	4	0	0	0	2	2	8	0	0	.122	.173	.122	-.723	.123	-1.2
27	Yorman Bazardo	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.232	-1.4
28	J.R. Towles	53	7	2	0	2	3	3	16	0	0	.188	.250	.354	-.251	.205	-1.7
29	Felipe Paulino	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	.040	.040	.040	-1.105	-.185	-3.1
30	Aaron Boone	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.071	.000	-1.092	-.211	-3.4
31	Chris Johnson	23	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	.091	.130	.091	-.852	-.169	-4.2
32	Brian Moehler	47	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	0	0	.024	.068	.024	-1.069	-.190	-4.7
33	Matt Kata	52	2	1	0	0	5	0	5	1	0	.200	.212	.220	-.498	.132	-4.8
34	Jason Smith	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.235	-.213	-7.4
35	Chris Coste	112	3	5	0	0	10	8	28	0	0	.204	.259	.252	-.363	.173	-8.1
36	Darin Erstad	150	13	8	2	2	11	14	31	0	2	.194	.268	.328	-.248	.202	-8.2

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	Wandy Rodriguez	14	12	0	33	33	205.7	8.40	2.76	8.45	0.92	3.02	6.9	0.000	48.6
2	Roy Oswalt	8	6	0	30	30	181.3	9.08	2.08	6.85	0.94	4.12	4.6	0.000	27.7
3	LaTroy Hawkins	1	4	11	65	0	63.3	8.53	2.27	6.39	0.99	2.13	0.0	1.683	22.0
4	Jose Valverde	4	2	25	52	0	54.0	6.67	3.50	9.33	0.83	2.33	0.0	2.944	17.4
5	Jeff Fulchino	6	4	0	61	0	82.0	7.68	2.96	7.79	0.77	3.40	0.0	1.168	16.2
6	Tim Byrdak	1	2	0	76	0	61.3	5.72	5.28	8.51	1.47	3.23	0.0	-0.095	13.8
7	Samuel Gervacio	1	1	0	29	0	21.0	6.86	3.43	10.71	0.43	2.14	0.0	0.261	7.6
8	Alberto Arias	2	1	0	42	0	45.7	9.66	3.74	7.69	0.20	3.35	0.0	0.719	6.3
9	Bud Norris	6	3	0	11	10	55.7	9.54	4.04	8.73	1.46	4.53	1.3	0.000	5.1
10	Doug Brocail	1	0	0	20	0	17.7	10.70	6.62	4.58	2.04	4.58	0.0	0.155	1.6
11	Wesley Wright	3	4	0	49	0	44.7	10.68	5.04	9.47	1.81	5.44	0.0	-0.129	-0.3
12	Chris Sampson	4	2	3	49	0	55.3	10.73	3.42	5.37	0.33	5.04	0.0	0.792	-0.8
13	Billy Sadler	0	0	0	1	0	1.3	13.50	6.75	13.50	0.00	13.50	0.0	-0.022	-1.2
14	Mike Hampton	7	10	0	21	21	112.0	10.29	3.70	5.95	1.04	5.30	0.9	0.000	-2.9
15	Russ Ortiz	3	6	0	23	13	85.7	9.98	5.04	6.83	0.84	5.57	0.2	0.388	-4.0
16	Chad Paronto	0	0	0	6	0	6.7	20.25	1.35	4.05	5.40	12.15	0.0	-0.022	-5.1
17	Brandon Backe	0	0	0	5	1	13.0	14.54	4.15	6.92	3.46	10.38	0.0	-0.155	-6.9
18	Geoff Geary	1	3	0	16	0	20.0	13.50	4.50	5.40	1.80	8.10	0.0	-0.964	-7.1
19	Brian Moehler	8	12	0	29	29	154.7	10.88	2.97	5.30	1.22	5.47	1.3	0.000	-7.1
20	Wilton Lopez	0	2	0	8	2	19.3	14.90	3.72	4.19	1.86	8.38	-0.2	-0.195	-9.2
21	Yorman Bazardo	1	3	0	10	6	32.0	10.41	6.19	4.78	0.56	7.88	-0.2	-0.155	-11.5
22	Felipe Paulino	3	11	0	23	17	97.7	11.61	3.41	8.57	1.84	6.27	1.0	-0.598	-13.4

Recent Transactions

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01-26: Agreed to terms with LHP Tim Byrdak on a one-year, $1.6 million contract, avoiding arbitration. [1/24]

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01-24: Signed C-R Kevin Cash to a minor-league contract. [1/22]
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01-21: Signed OF-L Cory Sullivan to a minor-league contract. [1/20]
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