Top 10 Power Hitters MLB Showdown 2012

Last years segment http://mlbshowdowncards.blogspot.com/2012/07/mlb-showdown-team-builder-top-10-power.html#more

MLB Showdown 2012: Utility Players 300+ Points

Player	On	Points	Field 1	Field 2	Speed	Homer	Triple	Double	Single+	Single	Walk	FB	GB	SO
Joe Mauer	11	420	C+2	1B+0	B(14)	0	20	17-19	0	10-16	5-9	4	0	1-3
Buster Posey	10	510	C+6	1B+0	B(14)	19-20	0	16-18	0	8-15	3-7	2	1	0
Ben Zobrist	10	500	LF/RF+2	2B/SS+3	B(17)	20	18-19	15-17	14	10-13	5-9	4	2-3	1
Carlos Santana	9	390	C+5	1B+0	B(14)	19-20	0	17-18	0	11-16	5-10	4	3	1-2
Nick Swisher	9	380	LF/RF+1	1B+0	B(14)	19-20	0	16-18	0	10-15	5-9	4	0	1-3
Martin Prado	9	380	OF/2B+1	3B/SS+0	A(18)	20	19	15-18	14	8-13	6-7	5	2-4	1
Allen Craig	9	350	1B+0	LF/RF+0	B(15)	19-20	0	16-18	0	9-15	7-8	3-6	1-2	0
Matt Carpenter	9	340	1B/3B+0	LF/RF+1	B(14)	20	18-19	15-17	0	10-14	5-9	2-4	0	1

Mike Napoli	8	400	C+4	1B+0	C(12)	16-20	0	0	0	12-15	7-11	5-6	0	1-4
Eric Chavez	8	310	3B+3	1B+0	C(12)	18-20	0	16-17	0	9-15	4-8	0	2-3	1
Mark Reynolds	8	310	1B+0	3B+0	C(12)	18-20	0	15-17	0	12-14	6-11	0	0	1-5

Hanley Ramirez	7	340	SS+2	3B+2	A(21)	18-20	17	14-16	13	9-12	6-8	4-5	0	1-3
Tyler Moore	7	330	1B+0	LF/RF+0	B(14)	16-20	0	13-15	0	10-12	5-9	4	0	1-3

#ShotsFriday: Strategy Card Options

               Happy #shotsfriday to everyone again. We have had a light year this year with people being able to find long balls thus far. Last week we had no shots. That means Dr. Juice @markrom3 is still the leader with a single homer by whom else but Justin Upton. We are changing the rules for #shotsfriday and saying you can message in your shots any time during the week. Remember to use our hashtag #shotsfriday or tag me in it. We always support you spend your Friday listening to pump up music and enjoying your favorite work appropriate beverage. Please tweet us any time all week with who you think will homer this week.

MLB Showdown 2012: Utility Players 10-290 Points

Jeff Keppinger

2012

9

290

3B/2B+3

1B+0

B(15)

R

20

0

19

0

11-18

4-10

3

1-2

0

Todd Frazier	2012	8	290	3B+3	1B+0	B(14)	R	19-20	17-18	15-16	0	10-14	7-9	3-6	0	1-2
Bryan LaHair	2012	8	280	1B+0	LF/RF+0	B(13)	L	19-20	0	16-18	0	10-15	7-9	5-6	0	1-4
Kevin Youkilis	2012	8	270	3B+3	1B+-1	C(12)	R	19-20	0	17-18	0	10-16	5-9	3-4	0	1-2
Donovan Solano	2012	8	200	2B/3B+0	LF/RF+1	A(20)	R	0	19-20	17-18	16	8-15	5-7	3-4	2	1
Daniel Murphy	2012	8	200	1B+0	2B+0	B(15)	L	0	20	16-19	0	10-15	7-9	5-6	1-4	0
Jamey Carroll	2012	8	180	2B/3B+2	SS+5	B(15)	R	0	0	19-20	0	9-17	5-8	0	2-4	1
Skip Schumaker	2012	8	170	2B+3	OF+1	B(14)	L	0	19-20	16-18	0	9-15	6-8	5	1-4	0
Jordan Pacheco	2012	8	160	3B+2	1B+0	B(17)	R	0	20	17-19	0	8-16	5-7	2-4	1	0

Corey Hart	2012	7	280	1B+0	LF/RF+1	C(12)	R	17-20	16	12-15	0	9-11	6-8	0	0	1-5
Chris Davis	2012	7	260	LF/RF+0	1B+0	C(11)	L	17-20	0	15-16	0	7-14	4-6	0	0	1-3
Ryan Doumit	2012	7	240	C+4	LF/RF+0	B(13)	S	19-20	0	15-18	0	9-14	7-8	4-6	3	1-2
Emilio Bonifacio	2012	7	230	CF/2B+2	LF/RF+1	A(21)	S	0	19-20	0	16-18	10-15	3-9	0	2	1
Tyler Colvin	2012	7	230	OF+1	1B+0	B(13)	L	19-20	17-18	13-15	0	5-12	0	4	0	1-3
Wilson Betemit	2012	7	150	B(14)	1B+0	3B+0	S	19-20	0	16-18	0	10-15	7-9	6	0	1-5
Macier Izturis	2012	7	130	2B+5	3B/SS+1	A(19)	S	0	0	18-20	16-17	10-15	7-9	5-6	1-4	0
Scott Moore	2012	7	130	1B/3B+0	LF/RF+1	C(11)	L	19-20	0	16-18	0	6-15	3-5	0	0	1-2

Mark Trumbo	2012	6	270	1B+0	LF/RF+0	B(14)	R	15-20	14	13	0	8-12	7	5-6	0	1-4
Garrett Jones	2012	6	250	1B+0	LF/RF+0	B(14)	L	17-20	16	13-15	0	6-12	4-5	2-3	0	1
Trevor Plouffe	2012	6	210	LF/RF+1	3B+1	B(13)	R	17-20	0	15-16	0	10-14	7-9	4-6	3	1-2
Brandon Snyder	2012	6	200	1B/3B+0	LF/RF+1	B(13)	R	17-20	0	15-16	0	8-14	6-7	5	0	1-4
Michael Cuddyer	2012	6	200	1B+0	LF/RF+1	B(16)	R	18-20	0	14-17	0	11-13	4-10	3	2	1
Danny Espinosa	2012	6	190	2B+4	SS+0	A(20)	S	19-20	0	15-18	14	7-13	4-6	0	0	1-3
Ty Wigginton	2012	6	160	1B+0	3B+0	B(13)	R	19-20	0	16-18	0	11-15	5-10	4	0	1-3
Kyle Seager	2012	6	150	2B+4	3B+1	B(15)	L	18-20	0	14-17	0	7-13	4-6	2-3	0	1
Joaquin Arias	2012	6	140	3B+2	SS+2	B(17)	R	20	18-19	16-17	0	8-15	7	4-6	1-3	0
Pedro Ciriaco	2012	6	110	2B/SS+3	3B+0	A(21)	R	0	19-20	16-18	14-15	5-13	0	4	2-3	1
Greg Dobbs	2012	6	100	1B/3B+0	LF/RF+1	C(11)	L	20	0	18-19	0	6-17	4-5	2-3	1	0

Stephen Lombardzi	2012	6	90	2B/3B+2	LF/RF+1	B(15)	S	0	19-20	16-18	0	8-15	4-7	2-3	1	0
Logan Morrison	2012	6	70	1B+0	LF/RF-0	B(14)	L	19-20	0	16-18	0	10-15	6-9	4-5	3	1-2
John Mayberry jr	2012	6	70	1B+0	LF/RF+1	B(16)	R	19-20	0	16-18	0	10-15	7-9	5-6	2-4	1
Daniel Descalso	2012	6	70	1B/SS+0	2B/3B+2	B(16)	L	0	19-20	18	0	11-17	7-10	5-6	0	1-4
Michael Young	2012	6	60	2B/3B+2	1B+0	B(16)	R	0	20	16-19	0	7-15	5-6	0	2-4	1
Mike Carp	2012	6	60	1B+0	LF/RF+0	C(12)	L	19-20	0	17-18	0	11-16	5-10	4	3	1-2
Nick Punto	2012	6	50	2B+3	3B+3	B(17)	S	0	0	19-20	18	13-17	7-12	0	5-6	1-4

Jordan Valdespin	2012	5	140	2B+4	OF+1	A(20)	R	18-20	0	15-17	0	8-14	5-7	0	3-4	1-2
Tyler Greene	2012	5	110	2B+4	SS+3	B(16)	R	17-20	0	14-16	0	8-13	7	6	0	1-5

Chris Parmlee	2012	5	70	LF/RF+0	1B+0	B(17)	L	20	19	16-18	0	8-15	6-7	3-5	2	1
Josh Harrison	2012	5	70	2B+2	3B+2	A(21)	R	0	19-20	18	17	10-16	7-9	3-6	1-2	0
Brent Lilliebridge	2012	5	70	3B/SS+2	LF/RF+0	A(19)	R	19-20	0	17-18	0	10-16	7-9	6	0	1-5
Chone Figgins	2012	5	50	3B+1	LF/RF+1	A(18)	S	0	18-20	16-17	15	11-14	7-10	5-6	4	1-3
Alexi Amarista	2012	5	50	2B/SS+3	OF+1	B(16)	L	20	18-19	15-17	14	7-13	5-6	4	0	1-3
Sean Rodriguez	2012	5	40	2B/SS+3	3B+0	B(17)	R	20	0	18-19	0	12-17	6-11	4-5	2-3	1
Orlando Hudson	2012	5	40	2B+4	3B+1	A(20)	S	0	15-20	0	0	9-14	7-8	6	3-5	1-2
Cliff Pennington	2012	5	40	SS+4	2B+4	B(15)	S	0	20	18-19	17	11-16	7-10	6	3-5	1-2
Joe Mather	2012	5	40	OF+1	3B+1	B(15)	R	20	0	16-19	0	10-15	7-9	4-6	2-3	1
Wilson Valdez	2012	5	40	2B+4	3B/SS+3	B(16)	R	0	0	19-20	0	10-18	8-9	7	4-5	1-3
Ryan Roberts	2012	5	30	2B+5	3B+2	B(15)	R	20	0	18-19	0	10-17	6-9	3-5	2	1
Robert Andino	2012	5	30	3B+3	2B+1	A(19)	R	20	0	18-19	0	10-17	6-10	0	5	1-4
Omar Vizquel	2012	5	30	2B/SS+5	3B+3	B(13)	S	0	20	18-19	17	10-16	7-9	3-6	2	1
Marwin Gonzalez	2012	5	30	3B+2	SS+2	B(15)	S	0	0	18-20	0	9-17	6-8	5	2-4	1
Ramon Santiago	2012	5	20	2B+5	SS+1	B(15)	S	0	20	18-19	0	10-17	6-9	5	2-4	1

            After being reminded one of our pros switched a pick two weeks ago after his player sat out we have our first shot of the year. Just like last year Dr. Juice @markrom3 gets the first home run of the year with Justin Upton. We hope everyone else hops on the train and puts in some predictions for which player they think will homer in this Friday’s games. Just remember to tweet in using our hashtag #Shotsfriday.

MLB Showdown: Corner Outfield 390 Points and under

David Murphy

10

370

B(17)

1

L

20

19

17-18

0

9-16

5-8

3-4

2

1

Josh Willingham	9	390	B(13)	0	R	18-20	0	16-17	0	10-15	4-9	3	0	1-2
Andy Dirks	9	340	A(18)	1	L	20	18-19	16-17	0	6-15	3-5	2	0	1
Carlos Quentin	9	330	B(15)	0	R	19-20	0	16-18	0	8-15	3-7	1-2	0	0
Justin Upton	9	320	A(20)	1	R	20	19	17-18	16	13-15	7-12	4-6	3	1-2
Alex Gordon	9	270	B(17)	2	L	20	19	15-18	0	8-14	4-7	3	0	1-2
Nick Markakis	9	250	B(15)	1	L	20	19	17-18	0	9-16	5-8	3-4	1-2	0
Torii Hunter	9	240	B(16)	2	R	20	0	18-19	17	7-16	5-6	0	3-4	1-2

Jason Heyward	8	380	A(19)	2	L	18-20	17	14-16	13	10-12	6-9	5	0	1-4
Ryan Ludwick	8	310	B(13)	1	R	18-20	0	15-17	0	10-14	4-9	2-3	0	1
Carlos Beltran	8	300	B(17)	1	S	18-20	0	16-17	0	10-15	4-9	3	0	1-2
Matt Joyce	8	280	B(14)	1	L	19-20	18	16-17	0	11-15	5-10	2-4	0	1
Seth Smith	8	270	B(15)	0	L	19-20	18	16-17	0	11-15	7-10	6	3-5	1-2
Andre Ethier	8	250	B(15)	2	L	19-20	0	16-18	0	8-15	3-7	0	0	1-2
Chris Denorfia	8	220	A(18)	1	R	20	18-19	16-17	15	8-14	5-7	4	1-3	0
Nate McClouth	8	210	A(18)	1	L	20	0	18-19	17	9-16	4-8	3	2	1
Bobby Abreu	8	200	A(18)	0	L	20	0	18-19	17	12-16	3-11	0	1-2	0
Austin Kearns	8	190	C(12)	0	R	19-20	0	17-18	0	10-16	3-9	0	2	1
Daniel Nava	8	170	B(15)	1	S	20	0	17-19	0	10-16	3-9	2	0	1
Ben Revere	8	170	A(22)	2	L	0	19-20	18	16-17	8-15	7	6	2-5	1
Juan Pierre	8	100	A(22)	0	L	0	20	19	15-18	7-14	3-6	0	1-2	0
Jsy Bruce	7	330	B(15)	1	L	16-20	15	12-14	0	7-11	4-6	0	0	1-3
Cody Ross	7	280	B(14)	1	R	18-20	0	14-17	0	9-13	6-8	4-5	0	1-3
Jason Kubel	7	280	B(13)	0	L	17-20	16	13-16	0	8-12	5-7	0	0	1-4
Alfonso Soriano	7	280	C(11)	0	R	16-20	0	14-15	0	9-13	7-8	6	0	1-5
Hunter Pence	7	270	B(16)	1	R	18-20	17	15-16	0	11-14	7-10	5-6	0	1-4
Michael Morse	7	220	C(9)	0	R	18-20	0	15-17	0	7-14	0	5-6	3-4	1-2
Darin Mastoianni	7	210	A(19)	1	R	20	18-19	0	17	8-16	4-7	0	0	1-3
Lucas Duda	7	60	B(13)	0	R	19-20	0	18	0	9-17	3-8	0	0	1-2
Josh Reddick	6	280	B(17)	2	L	16-20	15	12-14	0	8-11	6-7	4-5	0	1-3
Nelson Cruz	6	260	B(17)	1	R	17-20	0	12-16	0	7-11	4-6	0	0	1-3
Dayan Viciedo	6	240	B(13)	0	R	17-20	0	15-16	0	9-14	7-8	5-6	4	1-3
Starling Marte	6	210	A(22)	1	R	19-20	15-18	14	12-13	8-11	7	0	0	1-6
Desmond Jennings	6	170	A(22)	2	R	20	17-19	15-16	14	8-13	5-7	3-4	0	1-2
Raul Ibanez	6	170	C(12)	0	L	17-20	16	13-15	0	9-12	6-8	5	4	1-3
Casper Wells	6	80	B(14)	2	R	19-20	18	16-17	0	10-15	7-9	4-6	3	1-2
JD Martinez	6	80	B(14)	1	R	19-20	18	16-17	0	10-15	5-9	4	0	1-3
Rajai Davis	6	60	A(21)	2	R	20	19	17-18	15-16	8-14	6-7	5	2-4	1
Dominic Brown	6	60	B(15)	1	L	20	19	16-18	0	11-15	5-10	3-4	2	1
Jesus Guzman	6	60	B(15)	1	R	20	19	16-18	0	9-15	3-8	0	0	1-2
Jose Tabata	6	30	B(14)	1	R	0	19-20	16-18	0	9-15	5-8	4	1-3	0
Shelly Duncan	5	110	B(13)	0	R	17-20	0	15-16	0	11-14	6-10	2-5	0	1
Andruw Jones	5	100	C(11)	0	R	16-20	0	15	0	11-14	6-10	3-5	0	1-2
Johnny Damon	5	100	A(18)	0	L	20	18-19	16-17	15	9-14	6-8	4-5	2-3	1
Alex Presley	5	80	A(21)	1	L	19-20	16-18	14-15	13	8-12	7	6	3-5	1-2
Vernon Wells	5	70	C(12)	0	R	17-20	0	15-16	0	10-14	7-9	4-6	2-3	1
Jason Bay	5	50	C(12)	0	R	17-20	0	0	0	13-16	3-12	2	0	1
Jeff Francouer	5	40	B(13)	2	R	20	19	16-18	0	9-15	6-8	4-5	3	1-2
Brennan Boesch	5	30	B(15)	0	L	20	0	18-19	0	9-17	6-8	5	4	1-3
Juan Rivera	5	20	C(11)	0	R	19-20	0	16-18	0	6-15	4-5	3	2	1
Endy Chaves	5	10	B(16)	1	L	0	0	18-20	17	10-16	7-9	5-6	1-4	0

MLB Showdown: Corner Outfield 390 points and less

           Corner outfield is a diverse group with lots of young talent. The 390 point cap also lets us focus on some guys who normally wouldn’t get any love. Josh Willingham clubbed 35 homers and 30 doubles for the Twins in a very underrated season. Justin Upton had a bad year by his standard which is still pretty darn good for most players with 17 homers, 4 triples and 24 doubles with 17 steals. Diamondbacks would like more than that but still productive. Josh Reddick was the surprise with 32 homers last year after being a reserve for the Red Sox the year before.

#ShotsFriday

                Happy #shotsfriday again everyone. Sadly we all started this season with a slump and we hit no shots as a team. Remember to tweet in your pick of who you think will home today before their games start and root them on to improve their 2013 card. You can use the hashtag #shotsfriday. Don't forget to enjoy your favorite work appropriate beverage and enjoy some pump up music, baseball is back.

                After reading Michael Lewis’s great book Moneyball I was wondering how the story played out in MLB Showdown terms (if you have seen the movie or read the book none of this intro is original content). The book chronicles the Oakland Athletics moves from the late 90’s and early 2000’s toward a new philosophy of valuing players. The years highlighted here are the transition from 2001 to 2002. Since MLB Showdown had changed R&D people and the mechanics changed we have no sets from ether year (in the eyes of this blog, there are sets but we do not acknowledge them). 6 players are highlight specifically. 3 players who would leave the A’s: Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon and Jason Isringhausen. Then 3 players who would replace them: Jeremy Giambi, Scott Hatteburg and David Justice. This will be a 3 part piece so today I will just introduce who these players were in the Showdown world in the 2 sets prior to 2002.

Time Machine: Centerfielders 

FP Santangelo 00: Truth is I never actually saw much of FP’s playing days. From what I gather looking at his statistics he seems like an underrated player for his day. In an era of hitting home runs and big damage Santangelo was a relatively speedy on-base player. For a guy who never hit higher than .277 would actually record a OBP of .406 in 1999. This would earn him a 10 OB and speed A. His lack of home run power would earn him a 19-20 2B, 18 1B+, 15-17 1B, 6-14 BB, 4-5 FB, 3 GB, 1-2 K. The best part of this card was his price of 350 points. He served as a great lead-off hitter for many Showdown teams.

MLB Showdown 2012: Center Fielders +400 Points

Mike Trout	10	600	A(23)	3-2	R	19-20	17-18	15-16	12-14	9-11	3-8	2	0	1
Andrew McCutchen	10	590	A(21)	3-2	R	19-20	18	15-17	13-14	6-12	4-5	3	0	1-2
Austin Jackson	10	500	A(22)	2-1	R	20	17-19	15-16	14	8-13	5-7	4	0	1-3
Dexter Fowler	10	470	A(21)	2-1	S	20	18-19	17	16	12-15	5-11	0	3-4	1-2

Josh Hamilton	9	550	B(15)	1	L	16-20	0	14-15	0	10-13	7-9	6	0	1-5
Matt Kemp	9	500	A(20)	2-1	R	18-20	0	16-17	0	8-15	4-7	3	0	1-2
Justin Ruggiao	9	410	B(17)	1	R	19-20	0	16-18	15	9-14	3-8	0	0	1-2
Yoenis Cespedes	9	400	B(17)	1	R	19-20	18	16-17	15	10-14	7-9	5-6	4	1-3

Adam Jones

8

400

A(20)

2-1

R

18-20

17

14-16

13

8-12

6-7

4-5

3

1-2

MLB Showdown 2012: Center Fielders +400 Points 

                Last year The top notch center fielders were through the roof. There were some great years. First with Mike Trout, who came on like gang busters this year. Arguably an MVP type season with his almost 30/50 season (if only he had been caught stealing only 4 times). He absolutely dwarfed a great season by Bryce Harper. Andrew McCutchen seemed to carry the Pirates. When he faded they faded. Hamilton hit 43 homers while being somewhat banged up. Granted he would have hit 39 had he taken on day off early in the year. Kemp wanted to go 50/50 which he fell a hair short of going 23/9. Obviously injuries had a lot to do with that. The power speed combos are not exactly what they were last year but still a solid class.

For 2 full months now we have had our #ShotsFriday blog post but have been un-able to celebrate our favorite weekly holiday properly. The holiday is very simple. While you pretend to work every Friday during this baseball season you really can participate in our little fantasy baseball league. The rules are even simpler than most leagues you may already be a part of. We keep track of one stat and one stat only... Home runs. You simply tweet using #shotsfriday the name of the player you believe will go yard and add power to his 2013 MLB Showdown card. Here are the official rules.

·        Players must be picked before their game starts

·        Every player is available and tweeters may pick players already choosen by other tweeters

·        If a player homered for you the previous week he “stays” on your team, meaning you get that player the next week for free and may pick another player.

·        If a player hits multiple homers in the same day than you get him on your team the next week and 1 additional pick per home run beyond the first ex. If Cano hit 2 homers for me the previous week I could pick Jeter (pick for the week), Cano (kept for his homer) and A-rod (extra pick for Cano’s 2)

·        If you pick a player and he ends up not playing you may switch your pick as long as you pick a player whose game did not start

·        Any questions feel free to ask

·        If your player hits a homer try and twit pick a picture of that player celebrating in some way (doesn’t have to be for that home run)

We also support the use of your favorite work appropriate caffeinated beverage. For me you all can rest assured that every Friday I will be enjoying my #shotsfriday with my trusted iced coffee. This is also designed to keep you excited so feel free to listen to your favorite pump up song and mull over the stats while you are at work.

 Last year we had an impressive showing between @Tomwyliehart and the @MLBConnoissuer. Our followers did not get a full season under their belt as we started roughly half way through the year. Even with that the #ShotsFriday champ was the @MLBConnoissuer (which he actually put on his resume for latest promotion). He recorded an impressive 12 homers in our short season. @Tomwyliehart had an even more impressive feat without winning the league. He actually recorded 8 consecutive shots. Our first Shot of the year was by our very own Dr. Juice, @markrom3 with of things an inside the park homer by Jay Bruce. Adam Dunn and Curtis Granderson tied with 5 homers on the year.