Best Third basemen of the Decade

[Jeffy25]

9. Ryan Zimmerman
8. Mike Lowell
7. Eric Chavez
6. Aramis Ramirez
5. Scott Rolen
4. David Wright
3. Troy Glaus
2. Chipper Jones
1. Alex Rodriguez



I don't know about this one.

Wright is too high, and Chipper should be ahead of A-Rod

[ewing6]

would move wright to last and everyone up 1.

[Jeffy25]

How about Beltre over Zimmerman?

[nwuhockey]

Chipper Jones(in my mind best of all time and way over Arod, but Gordon Beckham will soon take that spot next decade.)

[ewing6]

How about Beltre over Zimmerman?

forgot about him. He would go ahead and nwu's last post is a joke. Carry on.

[metsguy234]

Chipper Jones(in my mind best of all time and way over Arod, but Gordon Beckham will soon take that spot next decade.)

lolol

In the old days, we would be all over this

[HoustonGM]

forgot about him. He would go ahead and nwu's last post is a joke. Carry on.

Better be a joke.

Top 10 by OPS+, min. 3000 PA's:

1. Alex Rodriguez, 154
2. Chipper Jones, 147
3. David Wright, 136
4. Troy Glaus, 126
5. Scott Rolen, 124
6. Eric Chavez/Aramis Ramirez, 117
8. Corey Koskie, 113
9. Mike Lowell, 111
10. Casey Blake/Bill Mueller, 109

And all the guys mentioned by WAR:

1. Alex Rodriguez, 72.9 (38 solely at 3B)
2. Chipper Jones, 50 (40.8 at 3B)
3. Scott Rolen, 47.1
4. Eric Chavez, 33.9
5. Adrian Beltre, 32.4
6. Troy Glaus, 31.5
7. Mike Lowell, 28.9
8. David Wright, 27.1
9. Aramis Ramirez, 24.3
10. Corey Koskie, 21.6
11. Casey Blake, 20
12. Bill Mueller, 13.2
13. Ryan Zimmerman, 12.3

Curious as to why there's the sentiment that Chipper should be ahead of A-Rod. If you look solely at their time at 3B, it's excruciatingly close and could go either way (but Scott Rolen then would beat them both). If you look at their overall body of work, it's A-Rod by a mile.

[OregonDuck1989]

I'd like to think of Chipper, Rolen, and A-Rod as the top 3. Maybe in that order....

[OregonDuck1989]

Better be a joke.

Top 10 by OPS+, min. 3000 PA's:

1. Alex Rodriguez, 154
2. Chipper Jones, 147
3. David Wright, 136
4. Troy Glaus, 126
5. Scott Rolen, 124
6. Eric Chavez/Aramis Ramirez, 117
8. Corey Koskie, 113
9. Mike Lowell, 111
10. Casey Blake/Bill Mueller, 109

And all the guys mentioned by WAR:

1. Alex Rodriguez, 72.9 (38 solely at 3B)
2. Chipper Jones, 50 (40.8 at 3B)
3. Scott Rolen, 47.1
4. Eric Chavez, 33.9
5. Troy Glaus, 31.5
6. Mike Lowell, 28.9
7. David Wright, 27.1
8. Aramis Ramirez, 24.3
9. Corey Koskie, 21.6
10. Casey Blake, 20
11. Bill Mueller, 13.2
12. Ryan Zimmerman, 12.3

Curious as to why there's the sentiment that Chipper should be ahead of A-Rod. If you look solely at their time at 3B, it's excruciatingly close and could go either way (but Scott Rolen then would beat them both). If you look at their overall body of work, it's A-Rod by a mile.

Wouldn't we have to look at it as A-Rod as a 3B? Considering it's Top 3B of the Decade?

[HoustonGM]

Wouldn't we have to look at it as A-Rod as a 3B? Considering it's Top 3B of the Decade?

Doesn't have to be. You could categorize players based on their most prominent position, and then rank them based on their overall body of work. If we are looking solely at third base, Scott Rolen leapfrogs both Chipper and A-Rod.

[metsguy234]

I still refuse to hop on the Scott Rolen bandwagon. Never liked the guy. He doesn't seem very good.

[OregonDuck1989]

Doesn't have to be. You could categorize players based on their most prominent position, and then rank them based on their overall body of work.

I suppose.

And...

I still refuse to hop on the Scott Rolen bandwagon. Never liked the guy. He doesn't seem very good.

lollerskates

[Jeffy25]

Rolen, an amazing defensive third basemen.

I swear, he was just automatic. I wish the Cardinals could have had Ozzie and Rolen on the left side of the infield at the same time....there wouldn't be any base hits over there!

Rolen had a plus bat to boot with his amazing defense. I can see him being the greatest of the decade....but it's hard to not see Chipper as the greatest of the last 10 years. I can see why A-Rod would win though.

Chipper, A-Rod and Rolen as the top 3 easily....I almost think you could mix and match and it wouldn't be a bad choice.

[ragecage]

I suppose.

And...



lollerskates

that is great lmao.

[kenny1234]

How about Beltre over Zimmerman?

People continue to ignore Beltre - a 105 OPS+ isn't great but 32 wins over the decade would put him in the top 5 for the decade. He isn't really close to the top 3, but solidly in the next group of players.