Second Base





   Just what you need… more paper on second base.



This one is simple. Lots of numbers and little blah-blah. Here’s various stats on all the possibilities. I used their last two years at the AA level or above:



                                 OPS ISOP BABIP wOBA SLG % OBP

Daniel Murphy:

2009 MLB:                .738 .161 .288    .313 .427   .311

2010 AAA:                .785 .177 .290    .337 .471   .314
 Luis Castillo:

2009 MLB:                .721 .044 .342    .324 .346   .375

2010 MLB:                .591 .032 .261    .275 .267   .324


Justin Turner:

2009 AAA:                .744 .085 .328    .332 .385   .359

2010 AAA:                .902 .183 .354    .389 .516   .386


Ruben Tejada:

2010 AAA:                .664 .064 .331   .289 .344   .320

2010 MLB:                .580 .069 .254   .260 .282   .298 


Josh Satin:

2010 AA:                  .867 .164 .389   .381 .472   .395


Brad Emaus:

2010 AA:                  .836 .162 .286   .366 .434   .402

2010 AAA:                .888 .197 .329   .384 .495   .393


Russ Adams:

2009 AAA:                .687 .089 .297   .308 .356   .331

2010 AAA:                .804 .209 .284   .340 .473   .331


Reese Havens:

2010 AA:                1.062 .324 .362   .445 .662   .400

Don’t get too excited about Havens yet. He spent most of the 2010 season on the DL. Emaus and Turner look like the insiders for utility and I was surprised how middle of the road Murph’s numbers have been.


Your call.