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Leaders in the clubhouse:

Chris Davis 11.9 rWAR*

Matt Harvey 10.0 

Freddy Galvis 8.8

Trey Mancini 7.1

John Means 6.9

Is it one of these five players who ends up having the best career of anyone currently on our roster (including the IL), or does one of the younger players surpass these guys when it’s all said and done?

No listing of minor leaguers even if on the 40 man roster.   

* Props to SteveA for reminding me that Davis was once a good player and that he’s on the IL.   I left him off this list initially.   I’m still having a hard time thinking of him as someone who’s had a good career, given how miserable he’s been the last four seasons.   

 

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11 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Leaders in the clubhouse:

Matt Harvey 10.0 rWAR

Freddy Galvis 8.8

Trey Mancini 7.1

John Means 6.9

Is it one of these four players who ends up having the best career of anyone currently on our roster (including the IL), or does one of the younger players surpass these guys when it’s all said and done?

No listing of minor leaguers even if on the 40 man roster.   

I think you left Chris Davis off your list.

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20 minutes ago, SteveA said:

I think you left Chris Davis off your list.

LOL, you’re right!   He actually tops the list at 11.9 rWAR, which is down from 17.6 at the end of 2016.   It’s hard for me to think of him as having had a “good career” at this point, but I guess you have to give him credit for his good seasons.  

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Boy there’s sure not much competition is there.

Means is the obvious choice but I’d put Santander second. He has injury issues just like Hays, but I don’t think his are as bad as Hays’.

And I think Santander is going to have a long steady stable career of 2-3WAR per season.

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