A Trade Target Leaderboard

Since I write most everyday here at FanGraphs, I keep a running list of things to do that serves as a queue for future post topics. One of the things on my to-do list has been to build a custom leaderboard of all the potential trade targets as we head towards the July 31st deadline, so that you guys could easily compare and sort various players who might fit needs for the teams you root (or work) for.

Well, in a pretty happy coincidence, that was apparently also on Tim Dierkes’ to-do list, and he’s more motivated than I, so he beat me to the punch. Not that I’m complaining, as now I get to write about the custom leaderboard he made without having to do any of the work.

Note that this list is just position players, and as Dierkes noted, it is a highly subjective list of who might be available. There are probably players listed who aren’t as available as they might seem from the outside, and players not listed who will end up getting moved over the summer. Dierkes, though, definitely knows the pulse of the rumor mill, given that he runs MLB Trade Rumors, the baseball news behemoth of the internet.

For the purposes of this post, I’ve reproduced the list of top 30 players by past 365 day WAR, but you should click through to the entire leaderboard to look at the 63 names he came up with. From there, you can sort them however you’d like, including using multiple years of data, isolating positions, splits versus pitcher types, and all the other goodies you can find on the leaderboards here on FanGraphs.

Name	Team	PA	BB%	K%	ISO	BABIP	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	Fld	BsR	WAR
Alex Rios	White Sox	673	6%	16%	0.214	0.326	0.302	0.341	0.516	0.366	128	7.3	6.4	5.3
Jimmy Rollins	Phillies	705	10%	14%	0.171	0.265	0.251	0.323	0.422	0.324	103	6.6	5.6	4.7
Chase Utley	Phillies	552	11%	13%	0.180	0.266	0.258	0.351	0.439	0.341	114	11.0	4.2	4.6
Aramis Ramirez	Brewers	526	7%	14%	0.223	0.326	0.309	0.369	0.532	0.386	145	-1.8	-6.3	3.9
Justin Ruggiano	Marlins	513	8%	27%	0.193	0.340	0.273	0.335	0.466	0.348	119	4.6	1.1	3.5
Alexei Ramirez	White Sox	649	3%	12%	0.103	0.311	0.284	0.308	0.388	0.301	84	10.0	5.0	3.3
Giancarlo Stanton	Marlins	363	9%	30%	0.322	0.340	0.285	0.361	0.607	0.404	157	-0.4	-0.8	3.3
Norichika Aoki	Brewers	711	8%	7%	0.120	0.305	0.295	0.366	0.415	0.344	117	1.7	-1.6	3.2
Luis Valbuena	Cubs	487	13%	18%	0.132	0.268	0.228	0.331	0.360	0.307	89	18.4	-2.0	2.9
Daniel Murphy	Mets	641	5%	14%	0.137	0.323	0.290	0.329	0.427	0.327	109	-2.3	1.4	2.9
Alfonso Soriano	Cubs	637	6%	25%	0.205	0.305	0.254	0.305	0.459	0.328	103	10.7	-1.4	2.6
Hanley Ramirez	Dodgers	421	7%	20%	0.197	0.304	0.269	0.325	0.466	0.339	116	-4.8	1.6	2.3
Kevin Frandsen	Phillies	299	5%	9%	0.133	0.345	0.322	0.384	0.456	0.367	132	-0.1	-0.4	2.2
Kendrys Morales	Mariners	614	6%	19%	0.190	0.308	0.273	0.327	0.464	0.341	121	1.5	-1.9	2.1
Peter Bourjos	Angels	222	7%	20%	0.135	0.356	0.295	0.361	0.430	0.347	123	3.4	2.4	2.1
Alberto Callaspo	Angels	554	11%	10%	0.113	0.268	0.258	0.336	0.371	0.312	99	-0.4	-0.6	2.0
Andre Ethier	Dodgers	601	9%	17%	0.142	0.306	0.268	0.344	0.410	0.328	110	-0.7	-1.6	1.9
Josh Willingham	Twins	614	13%	24%	0.227	0.263	0.234	0.352	0.461	0.352	124	-10.1	-1.0	1.9
David DeJesus	Cubs	526	9%	15%	0.165	0.292	0.264	0.333	0.428	0.332	106	-3.4	2.4	1.9
Mark Ellis	Dodgers	495	6%	16%	0.100	0.296	0.258	0.315	0.359	0.299	90	6.9	-1.4	1.8
Cody Ransom	Cubs	245	10%	37%	0.255	0.330	0.236	0.315	0.491	0.348	119	2.4	0.5	1.8
Nate Schierholtz	Cubs	354	8%	14%	0.215	0.301	0.283	0.341	0.498	0.357	126	-1.2	-0.1	1.8
John Buck	Mets	456	8%	26%	0.183	0.250	0.215	0.286	0.398	0.297	87	-0.1	0.4	1.7
Darwin Barney	Cubs	568	6%	11%	0.101	0.255	0.239	0.290	0.340	0.276	68	13.7	2.1	1.5
Rickie Weeks	Brewers	631	10%	24%	0.179	0.300	0.245	0.331	0.424	0.332	108	-14.5	0.5	1.5
Carlos Corporan	Astros	190	5%	26%	0.187	0.342	0.281	0.340	0.468	0.352	123	-0.6	-1.4	1.3
Marlon Byrd	Mets	220	7%	30%	0.232	0.325	0.263	0.315	0.495	0.344	123	1.2	0.4	1.2
Juan Uribe	Dodgers	221	13%	20%	0.122	0.262	0.222	0.318	0.344	0.291	87	6.2	0.6	1.2
Ryan Doumit	Twins	572	6%	18%	0.187	0.288	0.261	0.311	0.448	0.328	107	-6.4	-3.7	1.2
Alejandro De Aza	White Sox	591	7%	22%	0.157	0.316	0.261	0.316	0.418	0.318	95	-6.3	0.8	1.1

And, because he’s awesome, he also made a similar custom leaderboard for starting pitchers. As with the position players, here are the top available options by past 365 day WAR, though we’ll just do 15 instead of 30 this time.

Name	Team	IP	BB/9	K/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR	RA9WAR
Cliff Lee	Phillies	243.2	1.15	8.42	0.89	29%	78%	9%	2.77	2.88	3.14	6.2	6.4
Ricky Nolasco	Marlins	207.2	2.08	6.59	0.74	30%	72%	8%	3.81	3.50	3.90	3.4	2.8
Jake Peavy	White Sox	187.1	1.97	8.50	1.39	30%	75%	12%	4.04	3.97	3.77	3.2	3.1
Scott Feldman	Cubs	166.2	2.32	6.91	0.97	29%	69%	11%	4.00	3.79	3.77	2.9	2.0
Kyle Lohse	Brewer	202.0	1.69	6.37	1.07	27%	78%	11%	3.21	3.78	3.88	2.7	4.1
Yovani Gallardo	Brewers	209.0	3.23	8.14	0.99	29%	76%	15%	3.62	3.82	3.47	2.4	3.3
Joe Blanton	Angels	190.2	1.79	7.88	1.32	34%	70%	15%	4.81	3.88	3.41	2.2	0.2
Bud Norris	Astros	190.1	3.26	7.09	0.95	30%	73%	9%	4.07	4.03	4.37	2.2	2.0
Jason Vargas	Angels	206.1	2.53	6.06	1.05	27%	80%	10%	3.36	4.14	4.38	2.1	4.6
Lucas Harrell	Astros	194.2	4.07	6.61	0.74	30%	77%	11%	3.56	4.11	4.10	1.9	3.4
Joe Saunders	Mariners	186.0	2.27	5.18	1.06	30%	69%	11%	4.55	4.25	4.25	1.7	1.3
Shaun Marcum	Mets	101.0	2.67	7.57	0.98	32%	63%	8%	5.17	3.81	4.29	1.6	-0.5
Kevin Correia	Twins	185.0	1.80	5.35	1.12	30%	72%	13%	4.09	4.15	3.96	1.5	1.7
Ivan Nova	Yankees	114.1	3.62	8.90	1.18	36%	68%	15%	5.51	4.28	3.84	1.3	-0.2
Aaron Harang	Mariners	163.0	3.26	6.63	1.05	28%	69%	8%	4.36	4.30	4.84	1.2	0.5

He did relief pitchers too, but I have to go pick my wife up from work, so you don’t get a table of those names. Just click the link!