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Fangraphs Position Power Rankings - Pirates Exclusive

All right so Fangraphs had a series of posts over the last week rankings teams by position. Unsurprisingly the Pirates didn't do so well, having only two positions in the top ten and having several down near the very bottom. I figured I'd copy all the tables so the Pirates' rankings and ZIPS and WAR projections could be in one neat and tidy spot. Hopefully this looks ok, it does in the preview.

Because I forgot at first, here's the post on Fangraphs that has a link to each Position Rankings post as well as each team's Top 15 Prospects post. There's also an Intro link that gives an overview of what the rankings represent.

Catcher – 29







Role Player Bats PA ZIPS BA ZIPS OBP ZIPS SLG Fielding WAR
Starter Rod Barajas R 450 0.251 0.291 0.44 -1 1
Reserve Michael McKenry R 250 0.227 0.294 0.355 1 0.5







Total WAR 1.5









First Base – 27







Role Player Bats PA ZiPs BA ZiPs OBP ZiPs SLG Field WAR
Starter Garrett Jones L 570 0.252 0.317 0.432 -3 0.8
Utility Casey McGehee R 75 0.262 0.311 0.398 0 0
Prospect Matt Hague R 75 0.26 0.319 0.377 0 0







Total WAR 0.8









Second Base – 10







Role Player Bats PA ZIPS BA ZIPS OBP ZIPS SLG Fielding WAR
Starter Neil Walker S 650 0.268 0.325 0.432 -4 3
Reserve Josh Harrison R 50 0.271 0.308 0.377 1 0







Total WAR 3









Shortstop – 28







Role Player Bats PA ZiPs BA ZiPs OBP ZiPs SLG Fielding WAR
Starter Clint Barmes R 500 0.249 0.305 0.374 5 1.5
Super Utility Josh Harrison R 150 0.271 0.308 0.377 N/A 0.5
Reserve Chase d’Arnaud R 50 0.236 0.297 0.356 N/A 0.5







Total WAR 2.5









Third Base – 17







Role Player Bats PA ZiPs BA ZiPs OBP ZiPs SLG Field WAR
Starter Pedro Alvarez L 500 0.245 0.323 0.447 -3 2.5
Reserve Casey McGehee R 150 0.262 0.311 0.398 -1 0.5
Super Utility Yamaico Navarro R 50 0.249 0.306 0.371








Total WAR 3









Center Field – 6







Role Player Bats PA ZIPS BA ZIPS OBP ZIPS SLG Fielding WAR
Starter Andrew McCutchen R 600 0.274 0.361 0.455 3 5
Reserve Nate McLouth L 50 0.243 0.34 0.391 -6
Reserve Alex Presley L 50 0.275 0.324 0.426








Total WAR 5









Right Field – 24







Role Player Bats PA ZiPS BA ZiPS OBP ZiPS SLG Fielding WAR
Starter Jose Tabata R 550 0.278 0.349 0.394 1 2.5
Reserve Nate McLouth L 150 0.243 0.34 0.391 -6 0







Total WAR 2.5









Left Field – 15







Role Player Bats PA ZiPs BA ZiPS OBP ZiPS SLG Fielding WAR
Starter Alex Presley L 550 0.275 0.324 0.426 1 2
Reserve Nate McLouth L 150 0.243 0.34 0.391 -6 0.5







Total WAR 2.5















Total Batting WAR 20.8









Starting Pitching – 29








Player Hand
IP BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WAR

Charlie Morton R
130 3.6 5.9 0.6 1.5

James McDonald R
130 4.1 7.8 0.9 1

Brad Lincoln R
120 2.4 5.6 1 1

Kevin Correia R
120 2.7 5.4 1.2 0.5

Jeff Karstens R
120 2.1 5.3 1.4 0.5

Erik Bedard L
100 3.3 8.2 0.9 1.5

A.J. Burnett R
100 3.7 7.5 0.9 1

Jo-Jo Reyes L
100 3.3 5.3 1.2 -







Total WAR 7









Relief Pitching – 14







Role Pitcher Hand
IP ZiPS K/9 ZiPS BB/9 ZiPS HR/9 WAR
Closer Joel Hanrahan R
65.1 9.8 3 0.55 1.5
Setup Chris Resop R
52 9.9 4 0.87 0.5
Setup Jason Grilli R
52.1 9.5 3.8 0.86 0.5
Setup Evan Meek R
49.1 7.9 4.2 0.73 0.5







Total WAR 3















Total Pitching WAR 10















Total Team WAR 30.8

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