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smithdj42 asked in SportsBaseball · 1 decade ago

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

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  • Ryan S
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    Closers has to be AL East with Papelbon, Percival, Ryan, and Rivera

  • 1 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)

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