球界裡最超值的球員 - 美國職棒

Baseball's Most Underpaid Players

Tom Van Riper, 05.10.11, 05:00 PM EDT

Why is Albert Pujols looking to break the bank?
Maybe because no one was more underpaid last season.

為什麼Albert Pujols要撈一筆大的？大概是因為去年沒人比他更超值。

Will Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols get a 10-year, $300 million deal
on the free agent market this winter? It's tough to say. Pujols is baseball's
premier hitter of the last decade, but he also plays a position that's deep
in offensive talent and, at 31, he's off to a slow start this year (.248
batting average; .743 OPS). He'll surely get a great deal, but many teams
figure to shy away from paying him megabucks until he's 40.

紅雀一壘手Albert Pujols這個冬天在自由球員市場，拿的到10年、3億的合約嗎？

難講！

Pujols是這個棒球世代最強打者之一，在這位置他展現出極優秀的打擊天份。但本
季棒子很慢熱，擷自四月底只有0.248的 BA，跟0.743的OPS。確定的是他仍然會獲
得一份大合約，但付這麼大筆的錢付到他40歲？許多球隊依然卻步。

But while projecting ahead is tricky, putting the recent past into
perspective isn't. Even though he made $16 million last season, enough to
place him among the top 2% of MLB wage earners, Pujols stands as baseball's
most underpaid player for 2010. With his typical monster year (1.011 OPS, 42
homers, .312 batting average), Pujols rightfully should have earned almost
$44 million.

儘管世事如棋，王老師莫測，有過去這些成績卻不難預估Pujols的未來。雖然上季
他拿一千六百萬，足夠讓他身價晉身全聯盟前2%，但他依然是2010最超值的球員。
去年打出的鬼神數字(1.011 OPS, 42 HRs, .312 BA)一如往常，而這些數字讓他有
權拿到差不多四千四百萬的年薪。

The most underpaid players at some of the other positions: Milwaukee second
baseman Rickie Weeks, Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Rafael Furcal and Toronto
catcher John Buck，In Pictures: Baseball's Most Underpaid Players

各守備位置的超值球員如下：

1B-Albert Pujols
2B-Rickie Weeks
SS-Rafael Furcal
3B-David Wright
OF-Jose Bautista
OF-Matt Holiday
OF-Nick Swisher
DH-Jim Thome
C -John Buck

To determine the most underpaid players we turned to Baseball Prospectus'
Value Over Replacement Player (VORP) scores, which use myriad statistics to
weigh a player's productivity compared to the expected production of a
minimum salaries rookie. In 2010 the average player in Pujols' service
class--past the six-year free agency threshold--earned $534,318 for every
VORP point. Quick perspective: All-Star level players tend to have VORP
scores that range from the 30s to the 60s--some of last year's tallies
included Ryan Howard at 34.1, Alex Rodriguez at 36.1 and Ichiro Suzuki at
30.9. Cy Young Award winners Felix Hernandez and Roy Halladay were a cut
above, both topping 70.

為了決定那些是最超值的球員，我們依據Baseball Prospectus「超越後備選手價值」
(VORP)的統計分數。VORP是用大量統計數據衡量一般球員與最低薪新秀應有產值的差
別。平均2010所有大聯盟球員薪資(打了6年拿到FA的球員)，每多一分VORP 分數，就
應多拿$534,318。

快速透視：
全明星等級球員的VORP分數範圍是在30~60之間，去年一些球員統計包含Ryan Howard
是34.1，Alex Rodriguez是36.1，鈴木一朗是30.9，賽揚獎得主 Felix Hernandez和
Roy Halladay都勝過一籌，高達70。

But Pujols topped them all with a VORP of 81.8. Some quick number crunching
shows that at $534,318 a point, Pujols' 81.8 carried a value of $43.7
million, or $28.1 million more than the Cardinals paid him. So who's to blame
him if he goes for the jugular this winter?

但Pujols高於他們，VORP來到81.8。在一分該拿 $534,318的情況下，Pujols的81.8分
是該拿4370萬的年薪，比紅雀所付的多了2810萬。所以今年冬天如果他要求頂級合約，
誰敢罵他？

We calculated baseball's most underpaid player at each position on the
diamond. Players were measured against only those in their own service class,
the better to avoid apples and oranges comparisons among veterans and younger
players. Milwaukee's Weeks put up a 49.6 VORP for a paltry $2.75 million,
while Furcal, who batted .300 with 22 stolen bases despite missing some time
with injuries, scored a 39 VORP for $8.5 million.

我們統計球場上各守備位置的超值球員。為了避免張飛打岳飛的狀況出現，球員們
只在同層級被評斷。例如：密爾瓦基的Weeks，49.6 VORP ，年薪275萬，道奇的
Furcal剔除他因傷停賽的時間，還是有0.300的打率，22次盜壘，39 VORP， 850
萬年薪。


http://www.forbes.com/2011/05/10/most-underpaid-baseball-players.html

各守備位置的超值球員，內有薪資，VORP，
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