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NL Central Smackdown: Third Basemen
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Shortstops | Poll |
It may seem I've been a bit down on our Cubbies in the first three installments, but do not fret, the Cubs and Aramis Ramirez runaway with the third base honors.
The hot corner after the jump...
| Player | 3-Year Warp-3 Average |
3 Year Warp-3 Projection |
Rob's Ranking |
| Aramis Ramirez |
6.43 |
5 |
1 |
| Bill Hall |
4.67 | 3.13 | 4 |
| Troy Glaus | 5.6 | 3.5 |
2 |
| Ty Wigginton |
3.03 | 2.87 |
5 |
| Edwin Encarnacion |
2.77 |
4.43 | 3 |
| Jose Bautista |
3.1 (2 years) | 2.83 |
6 |
The Justification: Aramis wins in a landslide on this win, an under-appreciated bat and now steady defense all while just hitting his 30th birthday. The two and three spots I flipped a few times between Glaus and Encarnacion, Glaus with a better track record, Encarnacion with far more promise. As I mentioned, I did these rankings before the year started and I may very well switch the two considering Encarnacion's hot start and Glaus's seemingly HGH-less loss of power. Bill Hall can play a few positions and all, but his strikeout to walk ratio makes me think that 2005 and 2006 were a bit flukey and we're more likely to see something closer to his 2007 numbers. His defense at third is below average as well, sadly for the Brewers though, that's still better than Ryan Braun's defense at third base. Wigginton and Bautista are just waste of times. It seems pretty straight forward to me on this one, with just the 2-4 spots really meriting any discussion.
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