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To avoid spamming the general blog page with the Player Value posts for each season/team, this blog page will serve as a separate listing of all of the Player Value posts for each season/team. These posts will be less detailed, mainly just listing out the top players each season and including the necessary files.
In this post I will list out the All-Time Colorado Rockies lineup, according to Player Value. I will follow along the same format as MLB uses with its new "All-MLB" teams, which you can view here. That format is 1 player for each defensive position, 5 starters, and 2 relievers. I will only use DHs for AL teams, since most NL teams don't have enough seasons with the DH to really have a deserving player. Importantly, and as the graphic above suggests, these are based on individual seasons according to Player Value. The question we want to ask here is which version of a player would we want on our team? I want to give guys that only played a few seasons with a team an equal chance at making the lineup as the guys that spent their entire careers with one team. This NL team has a couple of options if you were to give them a DH spot. Carlos Gonzales in 2010 has the highest Batting Value of anyone not already on the all-time team, at 41.62, but part of that value could be due to the positional comparison. He was technically a utility player, as he didn't play at least 50% of his games at one position, but almost all of that was as an outfielder. He hit 34 HR with 117 RBI, led the league with a .336 batting average, had a .974 OPS, a 143 OPS+, and an Rbat of 36. Matt Holliday in 2007 has the highest OPS by a player with at least 400 plate appearances and not already on the all-time team, at 1.012. Other players close behind are Andres Galarraga in 1993 at 1.005, and Dante Bichette in 1995 at .984. Holliday was mainly a LF and had a 35.25 Batting Value, led the league with 50 doubles, hit 34 HR, led the league with 137 RBI and a .340 batting average, had a 151 OPS+, and 48 Rbat. Galarraga was mainly a 1B and had 26.49 Batting Value, hit 22 HR, had 98 RBI, led the league with a .370 batting average, had a 150 OPS+, and had an Rbat of 29. Bichette was also mainly a LF and had a Batting Value of 32.64, and led the league with 40 HR, 128 RBI, and .620 slugging, while having a 130 OPS+ and an Rbat of 25. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 590.9986 (12th in NL, 26th in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 91.6870 (15th in NL, 30th in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 166.1112 (8th in NL, 19th in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: 1.6435 (11th in NL, 18th in MLB) The All-Time Rockies are unfortunately one of the worst teams in history, but they are also one of the newest franchises in MLB. In fact, the Rockies rank ahead of all of the other new franchises in the Diamondbacks, Marlins, and Rays, and even in front of a slightly older franchise in the Padres. Their batting is decent and ranks average, but their pitching ranks dead last. I honestly believe that the Rockies chose to prioritize having star sluggers over star hurlers, given the nature of their ballpark. Guys like Arenado and Walker had clear success elsewhere, so it surely isn't all about Coors. Nonetheless, since I don't currently incorporate any type of park adjustment into Player Value, it could be the case that the Rockies' Batting Value is overstated and their Pitching Value is understated. Their best positional grouping is their catcher and first base duo, but that is highly skewed towards Todd Helton. Helton is a Player Value darling, but there's nothing too impressive about Ianetta. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led by Todd Helton and Troy Tulowitzki, with 83 and 75 Player Value seasons, respectively. Eric Young with 68 Player Value and Larry Walker with 67 Player Value also help lead the way. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team:
View the files below to see the Player Value components, hypothetical awards based on Player Value, and general statistics for each player season and position (if you're wondering how another player that isn't on the all-time team fares, this is the place to look):
And that's it! I'm trying to make these posts shorter and just focus on sharing the all-time teams themselves and necessary data files. If you want to investigate an individual season for a player on the all-time team, I encourage you to check out their page on Baseball Reference.
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