Down the Stretch: The Top Designated Hitters of 2010

Luke Scott has had a career season. Vladimir Guerrero has made a fantastic comeback despite a streaky season. Jim Thome is still a huge threat at the plate and David Ortiz has dared the Red Sox not to re-sign him.

Name	Team	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	BABIP	wOBA
Jim Thome	Twins	17.20%	30.90%	0.269	0.396	0.583	0.314	0.309	0.415
Luke Scott	Orioles	8.90%	21.80%	0.295	0.357	0.584	0.289	0.309	0.399
David Ortiz	Red Sox	14.10%	30.00%	0.267	0.371	0.544	0.277	0.31	0.385
Marcus Thames	Yankees	11.40%	29.90%	0.313	0.399	0.463	0.149	0.402	0.38
Jack Cust	Athletics	16.20%	38.00%	0.271	0.392	0.45	0.179	0.388	0.374
Jorge Posada	Yankees	13.00%	23.30%	0.26	0.365	0.477	0.217	0.287	0.37
Travis Hafner	Indians	10.80%	25.00%	0.271	0.37	0.435	0.164	0.325	0.356
Vladimir Guerrero	Rangers	6.00%	11.30%	0.296	0.344	0.488	0.192	0.292	0.355
Pat Burrell	- - -	12.70%	28.50%	0.253	0.346	0.466	0.213	0.296	0.347
Russell Branyan	- - -	10.90%	33.10%	0.237	0.324	0.478	0.241	0.286	0.347
Johnny Damon	Tigers	11.70%	17.50%	0.273	0.361	0.409	0.136	0.316	0.346
Hideki Matsui	Angels	10.80%	21.70%	0.262	0.341	0.433	0.171	0.294	0.338
Jason Kubel	Twins	10.30%	22.70%	0.258	0.335	0.446	0.189	0.289	0.337
Jose Guillen	- - -	5.80%	20.90%	0.263	0.317	0.434	0.171	0.292	0.328
Shelley Duncan	Indians	9.70%	36.70%	0.223	0.306	0.398	0.175	0.306	0.309
Adam Lind	Blue Jays	7.20%	26.10%	0.234	0.292	0.408	0.174	0.278	0.305
Mike Lowell	Red Sox	9.90%	14.60%	0.229	0.304	0.375	0.146	0.242	0.3
Mark Kotsay	White Sox	9.60%	11.00%	0.233	0.307	0.382	0.148	0.238	0.3
Willy Aybar	Rays	9.50%	21.90%	0.24	0.313	0.361	0.12	0.283	0.3
Milton Bradley	Mariners	10.10%	30.70%	0.205	0.292	0.348	0.143	0.258	0.289
Jake Fox	- - -	4.70%	27.00%	0.22	0.265	0.384	0.164	0.261	0.284

Down the Stretch: The Top Catchers of 2010

What happened to Victor Martinez? Geovany Soto has made a nice comeback this year but still has doubters out there. Buster Posey seems like the next big thing but he needs to work on that walk rate.

Name	Team	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	BABIP	wOBA
Geovany Soto	Cubs	16.80%	24.40%	0.286	0.404	0.515	0.229	0.324	0.398
Buster Posey	Giants	5.90%	13.20%	0.342	0.386	0.516	0.174	0.366	0.387
Joe Mauer	Twins	12.10%	10.40%	0.33	0.408	0.487	0.157	0.349	0.383
Carlos Santana	Indians	19.30%	19.30%	0.26	0.401	0.467	0.207	0.277	0.383
Brian McCann	Braves	13.60%	20.90%	0.264	0.376	0.456	0.192	0.288	0.365
Jorge Posada	Yankees	13.20%	23.70%	0.251	0.359	0.461	0.21	0.278	0.362
Carlos Ruiz	Phillies	12.70%	14.30%	0.297	0.389	0.443	0.147	0.328	0.36
Ramon Hernandez	Reds	8.10%	14.50%	0.306	0.367	0.45	0.145	0.337	0.359
Miguel Montero	Diamondbacks	10.00%	21.80%	0.29	0.361	0.477	0.187	0.329	0.358
John Buck	Blue Jays	3.20%	27.20%	0.286	0.315	0.503	0.218	0.341	0.35
John Jaso	Rays	15.50%	11.20%	0.271	0.386	0.378	0.108	0.291	0.35
Ryan Hanigan	Reds	12.40%	11.90%	0.287	0.381	0.399	0.112	0.304	0.344
Miguel Olivo	Rockies	6.90%	31.00%	0.278	0.327	0.474	0.196	0.358	0.343
Mike Napoli	Angels	6.80%	29.80%	0.248	0.315	0.471	0.223	0.292	0.339
Yorvit Torrealba	Padres	9.50%	18.20%	0.292	0.367	0.377	0.085	0.347	0.334
Victor Martinez	Red Sox	7.50%	11.20%	0.281	0.332	0.441	0.16	0.29	0.334
George Kottaras	Brewers	15.00%	22.80%	0.199	0.316	0.421	0.222	0.197	0.324
Ryan Doumit	Pirates	7.60%	20.30%	0.247	0.318	0.413	0.166	0.28	0.322
Chris Iannetta	Rockies	13.10%	24.60%	0.204	0.321	0.394	0.19	0.218	0.318
Chris Snyder	- - -	14.00%	31.90%	0.222	0.332	0.391	0.169	0.275	0.317
Russell Martin	Dodgers	12.40%	18.40%	0.248	0.347	0.332	0.085	0.287	0.306
Kurt Suzuki	Athletics	5.60%	9.80%	0.246	0.304	0.383	0.137	0.243	0.304
Matt Wieters	Orioles	10.10%	20.50%	0.239	0.317	0.372	0.133	0.273	0.303
Yadier Molina	Cardinals	8.70%	11.30%	0.261	0.329	0.337	0.076	0.28	0.297
Jonathan Lucroy	Brewers	4.70%	16.60%	0.271	0.309	0.359	0.088	0.311	0.296
Ronny Paulino	Marlins	7.30%	16.10%	0.259	0.311	0.354	0.095	0.295	0.293
Nick Hundley	Padres	8.70%	24.10%	0.237	0.303	0.379	0.143	0.284	0.291
Alex Avila	Tigers	11.50%	26.20%	0.214	0.308	0.325	0.112	0.265	0.29
Matt Treanor	Rangers	7.90%	18.40%	0.222	0.3	0.346	0.124	0.242	0.289
Rod Barajas	Mets	3.00%	15.70%	0.225	0.263	0.414	0.189	0.219	0.289
Jake Fox	- - -	4.70%	27.00%	0.22	0.265	0.384	0.164	0.261	0.284
Francisco Cervelli	Yankees	8.00%	16.40%	0.239	0.314	0.296	0.058	0.281	0.281
A.J. Pierzynski	White Sox	3.10%	7.60%	0.248	0.282	0.362	0.114	0.254	0.281
Jason Kendall	Royals	7.20%	10.20%	0.26	0.318	0.302	0.043	0.284	0.279
Ivan Rodriguez	Nationals	3.00%	15.80%	0.271	0.293	0.347	0.076	0.313	0.278

Down the Stretch: The Top Outfielders of 2010

Name	Team	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	BABIP	wOBA
Josh Hamilton	Rangers	7.20%	18.70%	0.357	0.409	0.63	0.272	0.393	0.445
Nelson Cruz	Rangers	9.40%	21.70%	0.32	0.381	0.587	0.267	0.352	0.412
Jose Bautista	Blue Jays	14.10%	21.80%	0.255	0.367	0.586	0.331	0.239	0.405
Jon Jay	Cardinals	7.70%	16.70%	0.362	0.411	0.523	0.161	0.42	0.399
Aubrey Huff	Giants	12.50%	13.80%	0.295	0.388	0.523	0.228	0.298	0.395
Jayson Werth	Phillies	13.00%	27.60%	0.299	0.392	0.52	0.221	0.369	0.392
Manny Ramirez	Dodgers	13.50%	19.00%	0.312	0.404	0.508	0.196	0.345	0.391
Carlos Gonzalez	Rockies	4.80%	23.90%	0.315	0.347	0.557	0.242	0.361	0.389
Matt Holliday	Cardinals	9.70%	16.20%	0.301	0.373	0.518	0.217	0.319	0.384
Nick Swisher	Yankees	9.40%	23.90%	0.292	0.365	0.511	0.219	0.34	0.379
Josh Willingham	Nationals	14.90%	23.00%	0.268	0.389	0.459	0.192	0.304	0.378
Andres Torres	Giants	10.80%	24.40%	0.283	0.365	0.493	0.209	0.349	0.377
Corey Hart	Brewers	7.60%	24.40%	0.289	0.343	0.538	0.249	0.328	0.376
Shin-Soo Choo	Indians	11.90%	19.80%	0.292	0.385	0.467	0.176	0.332	0.376
Magglio Ordonez	Tigers	11.00%	11.80%	0.303	0.378	0.474	0.17	0.313	0.375
Andre Ethier	Dodgers	8.90%	19.00%	0.298	0.36	0.508	0.21	0.323	0.371
Carl Crawford	Rays	7.20%	17.10%	0.301	0.352	0.478	0.177	0.334	0.37
Jason Heyward	Braves	13.80%	25.10%	0.265	0.378	0.452	0.188	0.317	0.366
Colby Rasmus	Cardinals	11.50%	32.40%	0.269	0.353	0.504	0.235	0.341	0.366
Ryan Braun	Brewers	8.00%	17.10%	0.296	0.354	0.478	0.182	0.325	0.366
Mike Stanton	Marlins	9.90%	35.20%	0.256	0.328	0.52	0.264	0.328	0.365
Delmon Young	Twins	4.10%	11.20%	0.313	0.344	0.507	0.194	0.32	0.363
David DeJesus	Royals	8.60%	13.40%	0.318	0.384	0.443	0.125	0.355	0.363
Torii Hunter	Angels	10.10%	17.90%	0.292	0.369	0.486	0.193	0.316	0.363
Marcus Thames	Yankees	11.10%	30.80%	0.3	0.386	0.431	0.131	0.393	0.363
Coco Crisp	Athletics	9.30%	18.80%	0.279	0.341	0.452	0.173	0.313	0.362
Chris Young	Diamondbacks	9.20%	23.00%	0.269	0.338	0.477	0.209	0.304	0.362
Marlon Byrd	Cubs	5.30%	14.80%	0.307	0.364	0.454	0.148	0.339	0.362
Jim Edmonds	- - -	8.80%	24.50%	0.274	0.34	0.485	0.211	0.327	0.361
Carlos Quentin	White Sox	9.40%	17.60%	0.237	0.337	0.49	0.253	0.222	0.358
Angel Pagan	Mets	8.10%	17.50%	0.295	0.351	0.452	0.157	0.336	0.358
Brett Gardner	Yankees	12.70%	19.80%	0.283	0.382	0.382	0.099	0.34	0.358
Andrew McCutchen	Pirates	9.40%	16.80%	0.281	0.352	0.442	0.161	0.312	0.354
Chris Denorfia	Padres	9.00%	19.70%	0.288	0.352	0.471	0.183	0.321	0.354
Alfonso Soriano	Cubs	7.50%	25.50%	0.26	0.319	0.499	0.239	0.299	0.353
Kosuke Fukudome	Cubs	14.50%	19.10%	0.265	0.37	0.435	0.17	0.293	0.353
J.D. Drew	Red Sox	11.80%	23.70%	0.258	0.35	0.457	0.199	0.294	0.352
Matt Joyce	Rays	15.80%	26.20%	0.223	0.354	0.462	0.238	0.253	0.352
Austin Kearns	- - -	9.60%	26.30%	0.281	0.359	0.436	0.155	0.352	0.352
Seth Smith	Rockies	8.30%	18.00%	0.261	0.325	0.488	0.226	0.271	0.351
Vernon Wells	Blue Jays	7.10%	15.90%	0.267	0.32	0.499	0.232	0.273	0.351
Tyler Colvin	Cubs	7.40%	28.80%	0.251	0.31	0.505	0.254	0.289	0.351
Pat Burrell	- - -	12.70%	28.50%	0.256	0.348	0.47	0.215	0.299	0.35
Bobby Abreu	Angels	12.30%	21.20%	0.264	0.355	0.439	0.175	0.303	0.348
Brennan Boesch	Tigers	7.60%	21.60%	0.275	0.336	0.464	0.189	0.315	0.347
Darnell McDonald	Red Sox	8.30%	27.20%	0.272	0.339	0.437	0.165	0.345	0.347
Hunter Pence	Astros	6.20%	16.80%	0.284	0.328	0.472	0.188	0.306	0.347
Ryan Ludwick	- - -	8.20%	23.00%	0.272	0.338	0.468	0.196	0.312	0.347
Nick Markakis	Orioles	11.00%	15.60%	0.285	0.364	0.425	0.14	0.322	0.346
Justin Upton	Diamondbacks	11.10%	30.70%	0.268	0.352	0.442	0.173	0.346	0.346
Austin Jackson	Tigers	6.50%	27.80%	0.308	0.358	0.411	0.103	0.424	0.345
Mike Morse	Nationals	4.40%	22.50%	0.272	0.313	0.49	0.219	0.296	0.345
Alex Rios	White Sox	5.90%	15.60%	0.29	0.336	0.464	0.174	0.309	0.345
Fred Lewis	Blue Jays	7.50%	23.90%	0.271	0.337	0.442	0.171	0.333	0.343
Johnny Damon	Tigers	11.50%	17.50%	0.27	0.355	0.409	0.139	0.312	0.343
Jason Kubel	Twins	10.50%	22.10%	0.263	0.34	0.455	0.192	0.293	0.343
Corey Patterson	Orioles	6.80%	23.30%	0.277	0.331	0.426	0.149	0.337	0.342
Andruw Jones	White Sox	12.80%	26.60%	0.207	0.313	0.461	0.253	0.204	0.342
Bill Hall	Red Sox	8.90%	30.40%	0.24	0.309	0.471	0.232	0.275	0.342
David Murphy	Rangers	10.00%	17.70%	0.273	0.344	0.42	0.147	0.306	0.342
Ryan Spilborghs	Rockies	9.40%	25.50%	0.267	0.344	0.439	0.173	0.326	0.339
Shane Victorino	Phillies	6.70%	13.90%	0.256	0.314	0.441	0.185	0.267	0.338
Ichiro Suzuki	Mariners	6.80%	13.20%	0.311	0.361	0.394	0.083	0.35	0.338
Ben Zobrist	Rays	14.20%	19.50%	0.256	0.363	0.363	0.107	0.295	0.337
B.J. Upton	Rays	11.20%	29.80%	0.237	0.325	0.411	0.174	0.309	0.337
Jason Bay	Mets	11.00%	26.10%	0.259	0.347	0.402	0.144	0.329	0.337
Brad Hawpe	Rockies	12.00%	26.30%	0.255	0.343	0.432	0.178	0.314	0.336
Eric Hinske	Braves	10.80%	27.30%	0.248	0.335	0.446	0.198	0.3	0.336
Michael Cuddyer	Twins	9.20%	15.20%	0.276	0.343	0.428	0.152	0.304	0.335
Laynce Nix	Reds	7.60%	23.90%	0.284	0.339	0.452	0.168	0.351	0.335

Fantasy Playoffs: Post your Lineup Conundrums Here!

Today is the first day of the fantasy baseball playoffs in my league....and before you go all Jim Mora on me -- this is a 14-team H2H league. We are playing the first round this week, and 4 teams will advance to face the 4 teams that earned byes through their regular season performance. Next week begins a traditional 8-team playoff, with the World Series being (fittingly) a three-week series.

Needless to say, lineup choices in this league are second only to having great players in its importance. You must set your lineup for the week on Monday, and you are set in stone until Sunday and you advance or are vanquished. Thus, since everything is riding on these lineup choices (for me, anyway), I figure there are plenty more of you out there in the same situation.

So here is your forum. Got a tough lineup choice? Not sure if you should go with a two-start Tommy Hunter or a one-start Jake Westbrook? Jon, Andre and I are here to help. Just post your difficult playoff lineup decisions in the comments section below and one of us (probably me) will give you some "expert" advice. I will check this post regularly, and hey, it's a lot less hectic than trying to get one of those ESPN hacks to read one of your fantasy questions and actually answer it.

Good luck to all of you you fellow playoff teams this week. If you are curious, I'm the fifth seed this season, meaning I am the best team to not get a bye, which kinda sucks :)

Looking forward to helping you out! -Pauly

Down the Stretch: The Top Third Basemen of 2010

There is some great talent at third base these days. Two of the better names are having sub-par years. But the position is still loaded.

Name	Team	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	BABIP	wOBA
Wilson Betemit	Royals	12.10%	25.00%	0.34	0.418	0.542	0.201	0.417	0.418
Jose Bautista	Blue Jays	14.30%	22.10%	0.254	0.367	0.592	0.338	0.235	0.407
Ryan Zimmerman	Nationals	12.50%	19.70%	0.305	0.391	0.545	0.241	0.325	0.401
Adrian Beltre	Red Sox	5.70%	15.50%	0.325	0.366	0.563	0.238	0.341	0.397
Scott Rolen	Reds	9.60%	16.90%	0.299	0.371	0.53	0.231	0.31	0.384
Chris Johnson	Astros	4.30%	22.30%	0.34	0.367	0.523	0.183	0.407	0.383
Evan Longoria	Rays	11.20%	21.40%	0.293	0.374	0.506	0.214	0.336	0.38
David Wright	Mets	10.50%	28.70%	0.293	0.364	0.489	0.196	0.364	0.366
Danny Valencia	Twins	7.10%	15.30%	0.335	0.38	0.435	0.1	0.389	0.362
Miguel Cairo	Reds	7.90%	13.40%	0.299	0.364	0.439	0.14	0.321	0.359
Chipper Jones	Braves	16.00%	14.80%	0.265	0.381	0.426	0.161	0.281	0.358
Omar Infante	Braves	5.00%	14.20%	0.344	0.375	0.437	0.093	0.389	0.357
Casey McGehee	Brewers	8.20%	17.40%	0.287	0.345	0.483	0.196	0.305	0.356
Alex Rodriguez	Yankees	9.30%	18.30%	0.265	0.333	0.485	0.22	0.274	0.352
Michael Young	Rangers	7.60%	18.20%	0.286	0.338	0.471	0.186	0.312	0.349
Ian Stewart	Rockies	10.40%	28.00%	0.266	0.347	0.459	0.193	0.32	0.347
Mark Reynolds	Diamondbacks	13.40%	41.90%	0.214	0.332	0.466	0.252	0.28	0.346
David Freese	Cardinals	7.80%	24.60%	0.296	0.361	0.404	0.108	0.376	0.341
Placido Polanco	Phillies	4.40%	8.80%	0.316	0.35	0.419	0.103	0.33	0.339
Edwin Encarnacion	Blue Jays	9.10%	18.00%	0.243	0.312	0.459	0.216	0.246	0.335
Mark Teahen	White Sox	10.40%	22.90%	0.268	0.343	0.425	0.157	0.322	0.332
Pedro Alvarez	Pirates	10.90%	37.30%	0.24	0.322	0.426	0.186	0.328	0.33
Chase Headley	Padres	8.10%	20.30%	0.278	0.337	0.4	0.122	0.329	0.33
Jayson Nix	- - -	7.20%	25.00%	0.25	0.314	0.44	0.19	0.284	0.328
Brandon Inge	Tigers	9.90%	25.10%	0.262	0.337	0.415	0.153	0.326	0.326
Melvin Mora	Rockies	9.70%	12.50%	0.264	0.349	0.375	0.111	0.291	0.325
Kevin Frandsen	Angels	6.00%	4.30%	0.288	0.336	0.367	0.079	0.301	0.318
Alberto Callaspo	- - -	5.60%	7.40%	0.283	0.319	0.407	0.124	0.285	0.318
Casey Blake	Dodgers	8.70%	26.20%	0.247	0.325	0.397	0.151	0.302	0.315
Pablo Sandoval	Giants	8.00%	14.30%	0.268	0.325	0.408	0.14	0.291	0.314
Omar Vizquel	White Sox	8.70%	12.10%	0.289	0.352	0.345	0.056	0.319	0.313
Aramis Ramirez	Cubs	7.00%	19.90%	0.233	0.288	0.435	0.202	0.238	0.311
Jorge Cantu	- - -	5.70%	20.50%	0.261	0.309	0.399	0.138	0.301	0.31
Felipe Lopez	Cardinals	9.80%	19.70%	0.245	0.321	0.358	0.112	0.288	0.306
Maicer Izturis	Angels	8.20%	13.30%	0.245	0.312	0.367	0.122	0.266	0.306

Down the Stretch: The Top Shortstops of 2010

Shortstop isn't the deepest position but at least there is some young talent to look forward to. Starlin Castro may be the cream of the crop. Ian Desmond has been better lately and could be a force next season if he can hold off the advancing Danny Espinoza in the Nationals farm system.

Name	Team	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	BABIP	wOBA
Troy Tulowitzki	Rockies	9.00%	17.00%	0.318	0.379	0.506	0.189	0.348	0.387
Rafael Furcal	Dodgers	9.30%	15.30%	0.316	0.38	0.492	0.176	0.35	0.383
Hanley Ramirez	Marlins	10.40%	16.10%	0.283	0.363	0.448	0.166	0.303	0.353
Starlin Castro	Cubs	6.30%	14.40%	0.312	0.359	0.432	0.12	0.354	0.338
Alex Gonzalez	- - -	5.00%	18.90%	0.259	0.303	0.477	0.218	0.276	0.335
Stephen Drew	Diamondbacks	10.30%	18.70%	0.263	0.343	0.414	0.151	0.306	0.335
Jamey Carroll	Dodgers	13.80%	17.50%	0.286	0.384	0.335	0.048	0.339	0.332
Jimmy Rollins	Phillies	11.70%	9.80%	0.249	0.338	0.38	0.131	0.257	0.332
Jose Reyes	Mets	5.20%	11.70%	0.285	0.324	0.425	0.139	0.307	0.331
Alexei Ramirez	White Sox	3.90%	13.80%	0.293	0.32	0.447	0.154	0.311	0.33
Derek Jeter	Yankees	7.90%	15.40%	0.276	0.339	0.387	0.11	0.311	0.326
Cliff Pennington	Athletics	9.70%	20.50%	0.261	0.336	0.378	0.117	0.318	0.325
Asdrubal Cabrera	Indians	7.00%	16.20%	0.29	0.345	0.378	0.087	0.337	0.321
Juan Uribe	Giants	7.80%	18.20%	0.253	0.313	0.429	0.177	0.271	0.32
Ian Desmond	Nationals	4.90%	20.10%	0.268	0.308	0.41	0.142	0.31	0.316
Edgar Renteria	Giants	9.00%	17.20%	0.278	0.342	0.364	0.086	0.326	0.316
Ramon Santiago	Tigers	8.90%	16.70%	0.273	0.35	0.33	0.057	0.32	0.313
Elvis Andrus	Rangers	10.40%	17.40%	0.275	0.36	0.317	0.042	0.333	0.312
Marco Scutaro	Red Sox	8.10%	11.60%	0.27	0.332	0.372	0.102	0.292	0.312
Jason Donald	Indians	6.90%	21.00%	0.256	0.314	0.391	0.134	0.314	0.31
Yuniesky Betancourt	Royals	2.80%	11.10%	0.267	0.287	0.422	0.156	0.274	0.306
J.J. Hardy	Twins	6.00%	16.90%	0.261	0.305	0.39	0.129	0.296	0.305
Jason Bartlett	Rays	9.20%	17.00%	0.25	0.327	0.342	0.092	0.291	0.304
Yunel Escobar	- - -	10.40%	12.40%	0.255	0.339	0.323	0.067	0.285	0.304
Erick Aybar	Angels	6.40%	15.40%	0.265	0.321	0.356	0.091	0.303	0.304
Angel Sanchez	- - -	3.80%	16.90%	0.284	0.316	0.358	0.074	0.341	0.3
Jerry Hairston	Padres	6.80%	12.70%	0.252	0.307	0.364	0.112	0.264	0.295
Reid Brignac	Rays	5.80%	27.60%	0.252	0.303	0.378	0.126	0.324	0.295
Ryan Theriot	- - -	5.30%	12.70%	0.286	0.327	0.327	0.042	0.324	0.294
Geoff Blum	Astros	7.20%	13.20%	0.263	0.32	0.341	0.078	0.299	0.294
Nick Punto	Twins	9.70%	20.20%	0.253	0.327	0.318	0.064	0.309	0.293
Clint Barmes	Rockies	7.60%	16.80%	0.241	0.305	0.361	0.12	0.268	0.29
Josh Wilson	Mariners	4.60%	18.60%	0.252	0.305	0.326	0.074	0.305	0.29
Ronny Cedeno	Pirates	5.10%	24.80%	0.245	0.287	0.367	0.122	0.307	0.29
Orlando Cabrera	Reds	5.50%	11.30%	0.26	0.302	0.339	0.079	0.282	0.289

Down the Stretch: The Top Second Basemen of 2010

The second base position was thin this season thanks to under achievers and injuries. Kelly Johnson has had a great season but you'd think he'd be behind guys like Chase Utley, Ian Kinsler, Aaron Hill, Dustin Pedroia, and others who were not their usual selves this season for a variety of reasons.

Name	Team	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	BABIP	wOBA
Robinson Cano	Yankees	8.60%	11.70%	0.322	0.385	0.557	0.235	0.323	0.398
Dan Uggla	Marlins	12.50%	25.20%	0.294	0.381	0.532	0.239	0.331	0.396
Kelly Johnson	Diamondbacks	12.50%	24.00%	0.281	0.373	0.499	0.217	0.33	0.379
Dustin Pedroia	Red Sox	10.50%	12.60%	0.288	0.367	0.493	0.205	0.291	0.377
Rickie Weeks	Brewers	9.80%	27.60%	0.276	0.371	0.483	0.207	0.336	0.375
Chase Utley	Phillies	12.30%	13.60%	0.275	0.378	0.462	0.187	0.279	0.373
Martin Prado	Braves	6.40%	13.90%	0.321	0.363	0.491	0.17	0.345	0.369
Ian Kinsler	Rangers	12.00%	15.80%	0.298	0.387	0.418	0.12	0.332	0.359
Bill Hall	Red Sox	9.30%	30.70%	0.247	0.319	0.478	0.231	0.289	0.349
Omar Infante	Braves	4.80%	14.20%	0.339	0.369	0.42	0.081	0.385	0.347
Orlando Hudson	Twins	9.40%	16.30%	0.287	0.358	0.404	0.118	0.327	0.342
Brandon Phillips	Reds	6.50%	12.70%	0.282	0.336	0.448	0.166	0.3	0.342
Neil Walker	Pirates	6.30%	22.10%	0.298	0.346	0.431	0.134	0.361	0.339
Jamey Carroll	Dodgers	13.70%	17.20%	0.288	0.385	0.337	0.049	0.341	0.333
Jeff Keppinger	Astros	8.70%	7.10%	0.285	0.348	0.395	0.11	0.296	0.331
Ty Wigginton	Orioles	8.40%	19.10%	0.254	0.325	0.435	0.181	0.272	0.33
Jayson Nix	- - -	7.40%	25.40%	0.244	0.31	0.435	0.192	0.274	0.325
Blake DeWitt	- - -	10.20%	19.60%	0.272	0.352	0.381	0.109	0.329	0.325
Carlos Guillen	Tigers	7.60%	16.20%	0.273	0.327	0.419	0.146	0.304	0.323
Sean Rodriguez	Rays	3.00%	28.50%	0.263	0.305	0.409	0.146	0.342	0.317
Adam Rosales	Athletics	6.80%	25.50%	0.271	0.321	0.4	0.129	0.335	0.317
Mike Fontenot	- - -	5.10%	17.10%	0.282	0.327	0.398	0.116	0.331	0.315
Adam Kennedy	Nationals	9.30%	14.00%	0.261	0.33	0.346	0.086	0.29	0.312
Howie Kendrick	Angels	3.90%	15.60%	0.269	0.302	0.403	0.134	0.301	0.311
Jason Donald	Indians	7.00%	21.40%	0.256	0.315	0.393	0.137	0.315	0.31
David Eckstein	Padres	4.80%	4.90%	0.279	0.326	0.354	0.075	0.29	0.308
Maicer Izturis	Angels	7.90%	13.50%	0.245	0.31	0.365	0.12	0.267	0.304
Gordon Beckham	White Sox	7.20%	19.30%	0.252	0.313	0.378	0.126	0.292	0.302
Skip Schumaker	Cardinals	8.20%	14.90%	0.263	0.329	0.34	0.077	0.296	0.301
Mike Aviles	Royals	4.30%	12.10%	0.291	0.321	0.36	0.069	0.323	0.3
Chone Figgins	Mariners	11.90%	20.30%	0.248	0.337	0.295	0.047	0.304	0.299
Reid Brignac	Rays	5.90%	27.50%	0.255	0.306	0.382	0.127	0.328	0.298
Jerry Hairston	Padres	6.70%	12.80%	0.254	0.309	0.368	0.114	0.267	0.297
Aaron Hill	Blue Jays	7.30%	13.90%	0.214	0.282	0.393	0.179	0.206	0.295
Jonathan Herrera	Rockies	8.20%	16.00%	0.278	0.335	0.327	0.049	0.321	0.294