SI top 100 players list(Angels mentions)

[popo85]

87. ZACK COZART, ANGELS

Gabriel Baumgaertner: Cozart might be the most surprising name to appear on this list, but there's a good chance he'll be essential to the Angels' playoff chances in 2018. The former Reds shortstop has always been a capable hitter, but he compiled a career-best .297/.385/.548 with 24 homers and an eye-popping 141 OPS+ over 122 games last season.

 

65. IAN KINSLER, ANGELS

Jay Jaffe: Even in a season in which he set career worsts in batting average (.236) and OPS+ (90), Kinsler was still a league-average player thanks to his broad base of skills. 

 

 

47. JUSTIN UPTON, ANGELS

Jon Tayler: Quick, guess how old Justin Upton is. What number did you come up with? Was it in the mid-30s? It feels like Upton has been around forever since becoming the No. 1 pick of the 2005 draft, but despite entering what’ll be his 12th season in the majors in 2018, he’s still just 30 years old. It’s easy to forget just how young he is, and how productive he still can be: He raked to the tune of a .273/.361/.540 line last year with the Tigers and Angels, homering 35 times and making his fourth All-Star team

 

 

32. ANDRELTON SIMMONS, ANGELS

Jay Jaffe: Simmons is unquestionably the game's top defensive shortstop. Since 2012, a season in which he played only 49 games, he's racked up 163 Defensive Runs Saved, 93 more than second-ranked Brandon Crawford. But it's his maturation as a hitter that has turned him into one of the game's top players. In 2017, he set career highs in doubles (38), total bases (248), OBP (.331), SLG (421), OPS+ (103) and WAR (7.1).

 

 

1. MIKE TROUT, ANGELS

Jay Jaffe: Trout's combination of power, speed and defense make him the game's best player by a wide margin; his 26.7 WAR over the past three years is about five wins ahead of second-ranked Jose Altuve.

 

https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/02/15/top-100-players-top-10-mike-trout-jose-altuve

[bloodbrother]

No pitchers. Angels are screwed

[tdawg87]

I care so, so much about this.

[Ohtaniland]

How many Yankees and Red Sox are on the list?

......Stradling

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Other than Trout all of them are due to Eppler's skill at acquiring talent. Now Ohtani should join that list soon, hopefully Richards also.

[tdawg87]

27 minutes ago, OHTANILAND said:

How many Yankees and Red Sox are on the list?

......Stradling

I don't know how many Yankees or Red Sox players are on the list stradling. 

[Dick B Back]

9 hours ago, calscuf said:

Wtf mang?

Poor Al...

[Glen]

10 hours ago, OHTANILAND said:

How many Yankees and Red Sox are on the list?

......Stradling

"Where is Pujols on the list?"

...OHTANILAND

[zenmaster]

I did this manually so I may have missed a few but the Red Sox and Yankees both have 6 in the top 100. 

 

	Red Sox		Yankees
6	Mookie Betts	13	Giancarlo Stanton
20	Chris Sale	14	Aaron Judge
61	J.D. Martinez	48	Gary Sanchez
63	Craig Kimbrel	56	Brett Gardner
74	Jackie Bradley Jr.	59	Luis Severino
94	David Price	83	Didi Gregorius

[Second Base]

Lol at Brett Gardner being #56. Career .260 hitter that usually hits 10 HR's a year.

[Ohtaniland]

32 minutes ago, Glen said:

"Where is Pujols on the list?"

...OHTANILAND

Lol that I actually took the time to look for him but somehow he’s vanished like a fart in the wind. 

[Hubs]

If Richards is healthy, he definitely ranks between Severino and Sale.

Ohtani also will make this list in 2019. They say they use a three-year weighted average but Judge, Sanchez, and Bellinger are all in the top 50, so that's not true.

 

[Mark68]

1 hour ago, Scotty@AW said:

Lol at Brett Gardner being #56. Career .260 hitter that usually hits 10 HR's a year.

Yes, because batting average and HRs are ALL that matter. Defense has no bearing on being a top player.

[Ray McKigney]

9 hours ago, Mark68 said:

Yes, because batting average and HRs are ALL that matter. Defense has no bearing on being a top player.

Defending  a Yankee? Say it ain't so.

[Tank]

22 hours ago, OHTANILAND said:

How many Yankees and Red Sox are on the list?

......Stradling

All of them.

- espn

[Docwaukee]

10 hours ago, OHTANILAND said:

Lol that I actually took the time to look for him but somehow he’s vanished like a fart in the wind. 

what say there fuzzy britches?

[Second Base]

9 hours ago, Mark68 said:

Yes, because batting average and HRs are ALL that matter. Defense has no bearing on being a top player.

You're right, he's a 30 something LF with declining range and no arm to begin with.

[Ohtaniland]

11 hours ago, Scotty@AW said:

Lol at Brett Gardner being #56. Career .260 hitter that usually hits 10 HR's a year.

4.9 war last season. He’s still pretty good. 

[Second Base]

1 minute ago, OHTANILAND said:

4.9 war last season. He’s still pretty good. 

It may seem like I don't think he's very good, and while that's partially true, I just think there are better players that didn't break 100. But that's just kind of how a top 100 list works. There are more than 100 good ones and that creates disagreement.

[Docwaukee]

bRef overvalues defense.  Gardner is a nice player though.  

[Ohtaniland]

13 minutes ago, Tank said:

All of them.

- espn

Geez I even watched the MLB Network this morning and they stopped everything to chime in and watch Stanton and Judge take BP. 

The Yankees and Red Sox own these networks. 

[Docwaukee]

6 minutes ago, OHTANILAND said:

Geez I even watched the MLB Network this morning and they stopped everything to chime in and watch Stanton and Judge take BP. 

The Yankees and Red Sox own these networks. 

I'd watch Stanton and Judge take BP.  why is that a stretch?  111 hrs between the two of them last year.  

Don't kid yourself.  Angels are going to get a ton of pub this year.  people on both coasts are going to be questioning that.  

[ten ocho recon scout]

27 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I'd watch Stanton and Judge take BP.  why is that a stretch?  111 hrs between the two of them last year.  

Don't kid yourself.  Angels are going to get a ton of pub this year.  people on both coasts are going to be questioning that.  

Im mainly looking forward to the ny post headlines the first time ohtani beats them.