According to ESPN.com's scientific Player Ratings, Magglio Ordonez is the league's best player by a whopping 9 points over New York's Alex Rodriguez. In the Top 100, Detroit owns six spots, second only to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who have seven players, for most in the MLB.
Instead of rehashing Magglio's incredible season thus far, marked by an 87.3 rating, it would be more productive to name the other Tigers listed in the Top 100. They are, in order, Gary Sheffield (8), Placido Polanco (25), Curtis Granderson (60), Carlos Guillen (69), and Justin Verlander (92). It's an impressive list and it's good to see that there is a way of showing just how good this team is without having to go through the media's talking heads to hear some acknowledgement.
Other notables outside of the Top 100- Jeremy Bonderman is just six points below Verlander with a rating of 22.2. Chad Durbin is the only other Tigers' starter with a rating, coming in at a mighty 5.2. Craig Monroe is the highest non-Top 100 Tigers' hitter, coming in at 15.2.
Many thanks to Jeff Bennett of ESPN.com for coming up with this formula. To what criteria Jeff used to rank players, click here.
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