Best Players, Each Position, 2016 MLB Season

Using the best WAR calculation that exists, B-Ref+Davenport, these are the best players from the 2016 MLB season.

C B.Posey SFG   5.6
    J.Lucroy Mil/Tex  4.8
    W.Ramos Wash  4.7
    Y.Molina StL 3.5
    JT Realmuto Mia 3.5
    Y.Grandal LA 3.5

1B A.Rizzo Chi 7.45
      F.Freeman Atl 6.9
      M.Cabrera Det 6.35
      J.Votto Cin 5.9
      P.Goldschmidt Ari 5.45

2B R.Cano Sea 7.3
      J.Altuve Hou 6
      I.Kinsler Det 5.7
      DJ LeMahieu Col 5.3
      B.Dozier Min 5.15
   
SS  F.Lindor Cle 5.85
      C.Correa Hou 5.1
      C.Seager LA 4.9
      J.Villar Mil 4.85
      A.Russell Chi 4.8
   
3B K.Bryant Chi 8.2 NL MVP
      K.Seager Sea 7.05
      N.Arenado Col 6.9
      J.Donaldson Tor 6.45
      M.Machado Bal 6.15
   
LF C.Yelich Mia 4.65
      R.Braun Mil 4.4
      S.Marte Pit 4.35
      Y.Cespedes NYM 4.05
       B.Gardner NYY 3.65

CF M.Trout LAA 9.2 AL MVP
      O.Herrera Phi 4.65
      C.Blackmon Col 4.5
      D.Fowler Chi 4.35
      J.Bradley Bos 4.35
   
RF M.Betts Bos 8.5
      A.Eaton CWS 6.4
      G.Springer Hou 5.65
      B.Harper Wash 3.25
      S.Piscotty StL 3.2
   
DH D.Ortiz Bos 5.55
       N.Cruz Sea 4.9
       E.Encarnacion Tor 3.65

SP N.Syndergaard NYM 6.6 - NL Cy
     M.Scherzer Wash 6.55
     J.Verlander Det 6.3 - AL Cy
     C.Martinez StL 6.3
     C.Kershaw LAD 6.25
     M.Bumgarner SFG 6.15
     C.Kluber Cle 5.75
     T.Roark Wash 5.7
     J.Cueto SFG 5.55
     J.Lester Chi 5.55
     J.Fernandez Mia 5.5
     J.Quintana CWS 5.35
     C.Sale CWS 5.2
     K.Hendricks Chi 5.2
     R.Porcello Bos 5
     M.Tanaka NYY 4.9
     J.Teheran Atl 4.85
     R.Hill Oak/LAD 4.55
     M.Fullmer Det 4.5
     D.Pomeranz SD/Bos 4.5
   
   
Relievers
Z.Britton Bal 5.4
A.Miller NYY 5.15
M.Melancon Was/Pit 5.05
A.Chapman NYY/Chi 4.3
K.Jansen LAD 4.15
A.Colome TB 3.65
B.Ziegler Ari/Bos 3.6
S.H Oh StL 3.55
J.Familia NYM 3.25
D.Phelps Mia 3.25





 

         

Let's Pick Some College Football Games, Oct 15 2016

I'm 25-26

Nwestern +4.5 Mich St. win
Neb -3.5 Ind win
Clem -17.5 NC St loss
Miami -7.5 UNC loss
Miss -7.5 Ark loss
Utah -9.5 Ore St loss
UNLV +8.5 Hawaii win
EMich +7 Ohio win

4-4
29-30

2016 NFL Super Contest Picks, Week 6

I'm an ugly 10-15

Cincinnati +8.5 loss
Miami +7.5 win
Sea -6.5 loss
Oak pick loss
NO +3 win

2-3
12-18

Tendown, October 9, 2016

Tendown 244 is here.  This is 245.

1. Evil.

2. Evil.  But also hilarious.

“Trump sniffing may have been a sign of the Holy Spirit coming out of him,” said Robertson on “The 700 Club.” “The Holy Spirit affects people in strange ways. Some people go into a frenzy, some people start laughing uncontrollably, some people bark like dogs. Apparently, Trump sniffs.”

3. Don't Talk to the Cops.

4. Kaepernick.

5. More Divisive than Kaepernick in NFL Locker Rooms - Trump

two NFC teammates—a right-leaning offensive lineman and a left-leaning linebacker—began to re-examine their friendship because of Trump.

They had known each other for four years. Their wives talked on occasion. Their kids sometimes played together. They sat next to each other in team meetings and went to dinner several times per month. They often joked that politics were off-limits because of their disparate viewpoints. Then, after their first offseason team workout in May, the lineman revealed he would be voting for Trump—and everything changed.

The linebacker, a Clinton supporter, began finding excuses for not going to dinner. The families stopped talking. When the lineman confronted his now former friend, he recalls receiving a blunt response: I can’t be friends with anyone who would vote for Donald Trump. I’m sorry.

✦ ✦ ✦

6.

7. 

8. UN Report on US Cops

9. the Atlantic

We believe in American democracy, in which individuals from various parties of different ideological stripes can advance their ideas and compete for the affection of voters. But Trump is not a man of ideas. He is a demagogue, a xenophobe, a sexist, a know-nothing, and a liar. He is spectacularly unfit for office, and voters—the statesmen and thinkers of the ballot box—should act in defense of American democracy and elect his opponent.

10. 

Nothing makes journalists as openly angry & scornful as when a candidate suggests US killing people is like other countries killing people.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 6, 2016

And one more...

that's all for this time...i'll be back next time...if there is a next time...

Your pal,

Jim

Let's Pick Some College Football Games, Oct 8 2016

I'm 22-23

Hawaii +3 SJ St.  win
Army +3.5 Duke loss
Vandy +2.5 UK loss
Fresno +9.5 Nev win
Stan -6.5 Wash St loss
Kansas +28.5 TCU win

3-3
25-26