baseballreflections.com - 23 days ago
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There aren’t many top first basemen available this year. Last year’s free agent class was led by Mark Teixeira , who was the top free agent according to the Elias rankings that determine pick compensation allocation for teams which sign multiple Type A free agents. Teixeira’s new team, the ...
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2009 STATS & VALUE
First basemen
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TYPE
CLUB OPTION
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wOBA
ISO
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