WAR and WARP are not very fun to look at right now because they max out at like 1.1 and the superior performers so far are tied for like 0.9, 0.8, etc. so I'll turn to VORP. I think I'll do this week to week, just to laugh at things at the end of the season. Let's see how long I keep this up for ;)
VORP leaders, hitting, AL:
1. Vernon Wells TOR 11.2
2. Scott Podsednik KCR 11
3. Nelson Cruz TEX 10.3
4. Shin-soo Choo CLE 10.2
5. Jose Guillen KCR 9.9
6. Dustin Pedroia BOS 9.7
7. Jorge Posada NYY 8.5
8. Franklin Gutierrez SEA 8.4
9. Derek Jeter NYY 8.2
10. Miguel Cabrera DET 7.9
11. Joe Mauer MIN 7.8
12. Adam Lind TOR 7.7
13. Alex Gonzalez TOR 7.6
14. Hideki Matsui ANA 7.4
15. Justin Morneau MIN 7.0
(Granderson and Cano are #16 and 17, wooo. :) )
VORP leaders, hitting, NL:
1. Josh Willingham WAS 10.9
2. Chase Utley PHI 10.8
3. Casey McGehee MIL 10.7
4. Albert Pujols STL 9.4
5. Martin Prado ATL 9.2
6. Adrian Gonzalez SDP 8.8
7. Ivan Rodriguez WAS 8.3
8. Ryan Braun MIL 8.1
9. Jeff Francoeur NYM 7.4
10. Jimmy Rollins PHI 7.3
11. Matt Kemp LAD 7.2
12. Brad Hawpe COL 7.0
13. Hanley Ramirez FLA, Placido Polanco PHI 6.9
14. Manny Ramirez LAD 6.6
15. Andre Ethier LAD 6.3
VORP leaders, pitching, AL:
1. Matt Garza TBR 11.4
2. Ricky Romero TOR 9.8
3. Andy Pettitte NYY 9.0 (woof, I'll be in my bunk.)
4. Dana Eveland TOR 6.0
5. Dallas Braden OAK 5.9
6. John Lackey BOS 5.6 (I suspect this will change after they update with today's stats, as the Rays murdered him today.)
7. Jered Weaver ANA, CC Sabathia NYY, AJ Burnett NYY 5.4
8. Doug Fister SEA 5.1
9. Francisco Liriano MIN, John Danks CHW, David Price TBR 4.8
10. Brian Bannister KCR 4.5
11. Colby Lewis TEX 4.4
12. Scott Baker MIN, Matt Guerrier MIN 4.3
13. Ben Sheets OAK, Felix Hernandez SEA, Tony Pena CHW 4.1
14. Brett Anderson OAK, Justin Duchscherer OAK 4.0
15. Jeremy Guthrie BAL, Fausto Carmona CLE 3.9
VORP leaders, pitching, NL:
1. Roy Halladay PHI 11.7
2. Tim Lincecum SFG 11.1
3. Ubaldo Jimenez COL 10.8
4. Adam Wainwright STL 10.6
5. Livan Hernandez WAS 10.5 (.173 BABIP? Yeah, that explains a lot.)
6. Barry Zito SFG 8.6
7. Zach Duke PIT, Jaime Garcia STL, Roy Oswalt HOU 7.5
8. Mike Pelfrey NYM 7.2
9. Brad Penny STL 7.1
10. Ryan Dempster CHC 6.2
11. JA Happ PHI, Hiroki Kuroda LAD 5.8
12. Johan Santana NYM, Carlos Silva CHC 5.6
13. Burke Badenhop FLA 5.3
14. Ricky Nolasco FLA 5.2
15. Jonathan Sanchez SFG 5.1
