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Best divisions by position?
NL East obviously have the best shortstops, Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes, Jimmy Rollins, Yunel Escobar even Cristian Guzman is hitting well.
What other divisions are the best for each postion:
1B
2B
3B
LF
RF
CF
C
Starting Pitchers
Relief/Closers
3 Answers
- Ryan SLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Closers has to be AL East with Papelbon, Percival, Ryan, and Rivera
- Utter ChaosLv 71 decade ago
Based on 2008 Stats
1B - NL Central, no contest when you have Fielder as the 4th best
L.Berkman, A.Pujols, D.Lee, P.Fielder, J.Votto, A.Laroche
2B - NL East over AL West. Utley decides it.
C.Utley, D.Uggla, K.Johnson, L.Castillo, F.Lopez
3B - NL West over NL East. Too big of a dropoff after Chipper and D.Wright
G.Atkins, B.DeWitt, K.Kouzmanoff, J.Castillo, M.Reynolds
SS - NL East
H.Ramirez, J.Reyes, J.Rollins, Y.Escobar, C.Guzman
LF - AL East
M.Ramirez, H.Matsui, L.Scott, C.Crawford, M.Stairs
RF - NL Central
X.Nady, K.Fukudome, C.Hart, S.Schumaker, H.Pence, K.Griffey
CF - AL West
T.Hunter, J.Hamilton, I.Suzsuki, R.Sweeney
C - AL Central
V.Martinez, J.Mauer, I.Rodriguez, AJ Pierzynski, J.Buck
Starting Pitchers - NL West, a combined 25-5
T.Lincecum, J.Peavy, A.Cook, B.Webb, B.Penney
Relief/Closers - AL East, averaging 8+ saves a piece
J.Papelbon, M.Rivera, G.Sherrill, T.Percival, B.Ryan
Source(s): http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting (click on the position) - 1 decade ago
Based on last year and this years performances; some of them were close and the NL Central has the 6-team advantage, but I'm going:
1B NL Central (Pujols, Fielder, Berkman, D. Lee, Laroche, Votto... this ones a no doubter)
2B AL West (Kendrick, Kinsler, J. Lopez, Ellis)
3B AL East (ARod, Lowell, Longoria, Rolen, Mora)
SS NL East (Rollins, Ramirez, Reyes, Escobar, Guzman)
LF NL Central (C. Lee, Braun, Soriano, Dunn, Bay, Duncan)
RF NL Central (Pence, Hart, Fukudome, Nady, Griffey, Schumaker)
CF AL West (Ichiro, Hunter, Hamilton, Sweeney)
C AL Central (Martinez, Mauer, I. Rodriguez, Pierzynski, Buck)
Starting Pitchers NL West (Peavy, Webb, Haren, Lincecum, Penny, C. Young, Cain, Cook)
Relief/Closers AL East (Papelbon, Rivera, Sherrill, Ryan, Percival)