One of the interesting takeaways for me was that the Dodgers, of all the teams

Sep 2, 2015
3:18:22pm

BYUMizzou

with the really good pitching staffs, don't have much youth on their staff. Absent big free agent moves or trades, it will be hard to maintain an elite staff.

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MLB teams with the best nucleus of young, productive players:

BYUMizzou

9/2/15 3:14pm

One of the interesting takeaways for me was that the Dodgers, of all the teams

BYUMizzou

9/2/15 3:18pm

1. Kershaw is 27, so let's not make too much of the arbitrary cutoff at 25.

garyfan

9/2/15 3:22pm

A pitching staff is 12 or 13 players though. If I were the Dodgers GM, I'd at

BYUMizzou

9/2/15 3:29pm

No entirely accurate...I guess with 25 as your cut off you are right, but

JOPE

9/2/15 3:29pm

Young position players it is the cubs by far

JOPE

9/2/15 3:18pm

Think the Cards will pay Heyward $200M plus to keep that intact?

dwhitebud

9/2/15 3:21pm

I have no idea. The Cards usually don't pay out mega contracts and let high

BYUMizzou

9/2/15 3:23pm

I think they keep Heyward. He's young. They will pay big money for young

Singcat

9/2/15 4:23pm

Youth matters, but Heyward is tricky.

dwhitebud

9/2/15 4:31pm

Glad to see the Braves in the top 8,...if this actually means anything.

WhyKnot

9/2/15 3:22pm

The twins are near the bottom. A lot of good players in the wings for them.

BYUheaven

9/2/15 3:25pm

They could easily see a big jump on this chart next year.

mncougar

9/2/15 3:33pm

A's rank high because of Sonny Gray and they are playing a bunch of kids

blucoug18

9/2/15 3:25pm

Which pitching metric is WAR derived from?

ChinoCoug

9/2/15 3:26pm

WAR is wins above replacement

JOPE

9/2/15 3:31pm

Slight correction. "Replacement" player.

dwhitebud

9/2/15 3:36pm

yup, exactly right, my mistake

JOPE

9/2/15 3:40pm

To answer this, it depends on the WAR calculation.

dwhitebud

9/2/15 3:44pm

Fips is good. ERA sux.

ChinoCoug

9/2/15 5:39pm

Agreed.

dwhitebud

9/2/15 6:45pm

The Cubs are going to finally get theirs within the next four years.

Alister Mackenzie

9/2/15 3:26pm

I keep waiting for Bryant and Rizzo to collide at the pitchers mound catching a

RC Vikings

9/2/15 3:37pm

Cardinals make me sick.

Memmo

9/2/15 3:37pm

Good. Then they must be doing something right.

BW84

9/2/15 3:43pm

This makes me sad as a Mariners fan. Then again, I'm a Mariners fan, so what

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