{"id":12513,"date":"2011-03-06T16:02:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T23:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=12513"},"modified":"2011-03-06T16:02:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-06T23:02:31","slug":"mlb-preview-2011-red-sox-rank-best-in-positional-analysis-of-the-al-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/06\/mlb-preview-2011-red-sox-rank-best-in-positional-analysis-of-the-al-east\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Preview, 2011: Red Sox Rank Best in Positional Analysis of the AL East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/SoxCollage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12514\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/SoxCollage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/SoxCollage.jpg 502w, https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/SoxCollage-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, I initiated a series of articles analyzing and ranking the starters for all of the clubs in the American League East. The series concluded with the belated publication of my analysis of the DH\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on Friday. So, now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to rank the organizations within the division on the relative strength of their lineups, starting rotations and closers.<\/p>\n<p>The players were ranked 1 through 5 at each position. Each team was assigned points based on where its players rated relative to the other players at the same position: 10 points for best player, 7 points for second-best, 5 points for third place, 3 points for fourth place and 1 point for last.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox came out on top in my analysis, accumulating a total of 112 point by placing its players in either first or second place in thirteen of the fifteen positions (failing only at catcher and right field). The Yankees finished in second place with 105 points, placing eight players in either first or second place in my analysis. They weed followed by Tampa Bay (67 points), Baltimore (63 points) and Blue Jays (43 points). Neither the Orioles of Blue Jays had a player who ranked first among the five players at his position\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 the Jays had no one who rated better than third at his position.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the rankings, by team, for each of the positions analyzed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=11878\">Catchers<\/a>: TB, BAL, TOR, NYY, BOS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=12614\">Designated Hitters<\/a>: BOS, BAL, NYY, TB, TOR<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=11978\">First Basemen<\/a>: BOS, NYY, BAL, TOR, TB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=11989\">Second Basemen<\/a>: NYY, BOS, BAL, TOR, TB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=12009\">Third Basemen<\/a>: TB, BOS, NYY, TOR, BAL<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=12017\">Shortstops<\/a>: NYY, BOS, BAL, TOR, TB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=12034\">Left Fielders<\/a>: BOS, NYY, BAL, TB, TOR<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=12056\">Center Fielders <\/a>: NYY, BOS, BAL, TOR, TB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=12076\">Right Fielders<\/a>: NYY, BAL, BOS, TB, TOR<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=12166\">No. 1 Starting Pitchers<\/a>: NYY, BOS, TB, TOR, BAL<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=12177\">No. 2 Starting Pitchers<\/a>: BOS, BAL, NYY, TOR, TB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=12273\">No. 3 Starting Pitchers<\/a>: TB, BOS, TOR, NYY, BAL<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=12303\">No. 4 Starting Pitchers<\/a>: BOS, TB, NYY, TOR, BAL<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=12418\">No. 5 Starting Pitchers<\/a>: TB, NYY, BOS, TOR, BAL<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sox1fan.com\/?p=12464\">Closers<\/a>: NYY, BOS, TOR, BAL, TB<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Here is how things shook out on a team-by-team basis (ranking in parenthesis):<\/p>\n<p>Red Sox: Saltalamacchia (5th), Ortiz (1st), Gonzalez (1st), Pedroia (2nd), Youkilis (2nd), Scutaro (2nd), Crawford (1st), Ellsbury (2nd), Drew (3rd), Lester (2nd), Buchholz (1st), Beckett (3rd), Lackey (1st), Matsuzaka (2nd), Papelbon (2nd).<\/p>\n<p>Yankees: Martin (4th), Posada (3rd), Teixeira (2nd), Cano (1st), ARod (3rd), Jeter (1st), Gardner (2nd), Granderson (1st), Swisher (1st), Sabathia (1st), Burnett (3rd), Hughes (4th), Garcia (3rd), Nova (3rd), Rivera (1st)<\/p>\n<p>Rays: Jaso (1st), Ramirez (4th), Johnson (5th), Rodriguez (5th), Longoria (1st), Brignac (5th), Damon (4th), Upton (5th), Zobrist (4th), Price (3rd), Shields (5th), Niemann (1st), Davis (2nd), Hellickson (1st), Farnsworth (5th)<\/p>\n<p>Orioles: Wieters (2nd), Guerrero (2nd), Lee (3rd), Roberts (3rd), Reynolds (5th), Hardy (3rd), Scott (3rd), Jones (3rd), Markakis (2nd), Guthrie (5th), Matusz (2nd), Arrieta (5th), Bergeson (5th), Duchscherer (4th), Uehara (4th)<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jays: Arencibia (3rd), Encarnacion (5th), Lind (4th), Hill (4th), Bautista (4th), Escobar (4th), Rivera (5th), Davis (4th), Snider (5th), Romero (4th), Morrow (4th), Cecil (3rd), Drabek (4th), Litsch (5th), Francisco (3rd)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, I initiated a series of articles analyzing and ranking the starters for all of the clubs in the American League East. 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