2B Rankings Using ZiPS ROS

The folks at Baseball Think Factory are kind enough to supply Fangraphs with projected ZiPS values for each player covering the rest of the season. These values take the player’s preseason projection and how they have produced so far in 2012 and then estimate the player’s stats for the rest of the season.

I used Zach Sander’s formula to rank only 2B for the rest of the season.using z-scores. Here are the rest of season values for 2B order by their current z-score and some thoughts on the rankings:

Name	AVG	Runs	HRs	RBIs	SB	Z-Score
Robinson Cano	0.299	72	18	76	5	7.3
Ian Kinsler	0.273	77	18	56	19	4.9
Michael Cuddyer	0.287	62	16	66	8	4.6
Dustin Pedroia	0.296	69	14	56	15	4.5
Dan Uggla	0.252	67	22	65	1	4.4
Brandon Phillips	0.276	66	13	60	12	3.4
Ben Zobrist	0.258	65	15	61	12	2.8
Michael Young	0.290	55	11	60	5	2.6
Jason Kipnis	0.260	66	14	56	12	2.4
Jose Altuve	0.295	63	8	51	25	2.3
Neil Walker	0.268	57	11	65	7	2.1
Howie Kendrick	0.274	58	12	52	11	1.6
Aaron Hill	0.262	53	14	54	9	1.1
Allen Craig	0.286	42	13	54	3	1.1
Kelly Johnson	0.244	59	17	48	10	0.9
Danny Espinosa	0.226	61	15	51	13	-0.1
Dustin Ackley	0.259	61	10	41	8	-0.2
Rickie Weeks	0.242	56	15	40	8	-0.6
Johnny Giavotella	0.270	57	5	44	9	-0.7
Omar Infante	0.290	44	7	41	4	-0.7
Mike Aviles	0.271	44	9	43	10	-1.1
Daniel Murphy	0.297	34	5	42	4	-1.6
Gordon Beckham	0.247	52	9	41	4	-1.8
Darwin Barney	0.271	55	2	36	7	-2.0
Ryan Roberts	0.245	46	10	41	11	-2.3
Steve Lombardozzi	0.269	49	4	35	13	-2.4
Trevor Plouffe	0.236	48	11	38	3	-2.6
Jemile Weeks	0.257	53	4	34	19	-2.7
Sean Rodriguez	0.232	46	10	38	8	-3.1
Mark Ellis	0.257	44	5	33	9	-3.4
Ruben Tejada	0.264	44	2	35	6	-3.5
Orlando Hudson	0.243	48	6	34	9	-3.5
Maicer Izturis	0.271	35	3	30	9	-4.2
Ryan Raburn	0.238	35	9	34	2	-4.4
Alexi Casilla	0.260	39	2	23	12	-5.2

Thoughts

– Cano is the top rated 2B by a bit. Most of his extra value, compared to the 2B ranked after him, is from the extra RBIs he looks to produce.

– Kinsler, Cuddyer, Pedroia and Uggla are grouped closely together. A team could look at moving one of these 4 for one of the others depending on a team’s need. An example would be trading Pedroia for Uggla if a team is in need of a little extra power (HR and RBIs) and can take a hit in AVG and SBs.

– Jose Altuve looks to be the 2B that has moved up the most since the beginning of the season.

– Kelly Johnson and Rickie Weeks see their value depressed due to their low AVG. If a team needs power and can handle the low AVG, they are nice options.

– Ryan Roberts looks like he remembered who he was and is now back to being irrelevant in fantasy baseball.

– Jemile Weeks, even though ranked low, will be an option for a team desperate for SBs.

– I am a little surprised to see Mark Ellis so low. He has been a nice source of Runs this season.