On the Block: The 2014 Trade Chips

One of my favorite tools here at FanGraphs is our Custom Leaderboard section, as it allows anyone to create a page to keep track of the performance of any player or group of players, whether it’s just guys on your fantasy team, upcoming free agents, or some random collection of players that you happen to care about. It’s a super helpful resource, and I have a handful of saved reports that I reference all the time.

And for the next six weeks or so, I’ll be adding another one to the list, because now that we’re just a few days away from the start of July, MLB’s trade season is upon us, and I wanted an easy way to keep track of who might be available at each position. So, I made a 2014 Trade Chip custom leaderboard. That links goes directly to the list of position players, but you can just click pitching up at the top to see the available arms as well. And the positional tabs up top will let you view players at various spots around the field.

This list is, of course, speculative, since it isn’t a matter of public record who is and who is not available for trade. To create the pool of potentially available players, I went to our Playoff Odds page included players from 10 of the 11 teams with less than a 4% chance of reaching the postseason; I didn’t include players from the Twins as of yet, as they are hanging around .500 and are unlikely to blow up their roster just yet. As teams move out of the playoff picture, we’ll go ahead and add their trade chips to the list. For instance, the Red Sox probably aren’t active sellers right now, but if their slide continues, they might be in a few weeks, and players like Jake Peavy will get added when it becomes clear what their intentions are.

But keep in mind that this list is is just my list. You can go to that link and add or remove any players you’d like, and then just save it as your own Custom Report for the future. You’re not limited to my selections; this can be the base from which you build your own list if you prefer to make different assumptions, or want to compare players who aren’t listed here. This isn’t the definitive list; it’s just one person’s guesses as to who might be available.

We’ll list the players by position below, but again, if you want to view updated numbers on a regular basis, simply use this link. And then just save it as your own custom report and you won’t even have to come back and find this page again.

For those who prefer a snapshot, though, here are the numbers of each player on the list, by position; note that players who have played 25% of their games at multiple positions will appear in each category.

Catcher	Team	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	BsR	Off	Def	WAR
Carlos Ruiz	Phillies	263	0.265	0.369	0.368	0.334	110	-1.5	1.6	3.8	1.4
Jose Molina	Rays	120	0.162	0.203	0.171	0.175	6	-0.4	-13.1	1.8	-0.8
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First Base	Team	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	BsR	Off	Def	WAR
John Mayberry	Phillies	112	0.229	0.339	0.458	0.353	124	-0.1	2.9	-0.8	0.6
Adam Dunn	White Sox	268	0.228	0.358	0.438	0.352	120	-3.5	2.6	-9.0	0.2
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Second Base	Team	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	BsR	Off	Def	WAR
Daniel Murphy	Mets	344	0.300	0.355	0.419	0.341	120	2.7	10.5	1.0	2.3
Ben Zobrist	Rays	283	0.242	0.326	0.363	0.308	98	1.5	0.9	3.3	1.5
Luis Valbuena	Cubs	237	0.266	0.359	0.425	0.348	117	0.5	5.1	0.0	1.3
Emilio Bonifacio	Cubs	261	0.261	0.307	0.340	0.287	75	2.1	-5.2	6.9	1.0
Gordon Beckham	White Sox	237	0.267	0.322	0.429	0.330	105	-0.6	0.8	-1.7	0.7
Cliff Pennington	Diamondbacks	83	0.243	0.325	0.324	0.297	81	0.7	-1.1	2.0	0.4
Didi Gregorius	Diamondbacks	61	0.196	0.300	0.333	0.289	76	0.9	-0.7	-2.2	-0.1
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Shortstop	Team	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	BsR	Off	Def	WAR
Alexei Ramirez	White Sox	320	0.302	0.335	0.425	0.335	109	0.6	3.7	0.8	1.6
Jimmy Rollins	Phillies	319	0.249	0.338	0.390	0.325	104	-0.2	1.4	3.9	1.6
Elvis Andrus	Rangers	325	0.271	0.319	0.353	0.300	82	3.6	-3.0	4.4	1.3
Cliff Pennington	Diamondbacks	83	0.243	0.325	0.324	0.297	81	0.7	-1.1	2.0	0.4
Didi Gregorius	Diamondbacks	61	0.196	0.300	0.333	0.289	76	0.9	-0.7	-2.2	-0.1
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Third Base	Team	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	BsR	Off	Def	WAR
Luis Valbuena	Cubs	237	0.266	0.359	0.425	0.348	117	0.5	5.1	0.0	1.3
Chase Headley	Padres	224	0.201	0.286	0.332	0.281	79	-0.3	-5.5	5.7	0.7
Eric Chavez	Diamondbacks	81	0.246	0.346	0.449	0.350	118	0.6	2.3	-1.1	0.4
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Outfield	Team	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	BsR	Off	Def	WAR
Seth Smith	Padres	255	0.294	0.402	0.523	0.403	163	-0.7	17.5	-3.7	2.3
Drew Stubbs	Rockies	181	0.292	0.322	0.464	0.341	102	2.5	2.9	4.4	1.4
Emilio Bonifacio	Cubs	261	0.261	0.307	0.340	0.287	75	2.1	-5.2	6.9	1.0
Dexter Fowler	Astros	326	0.273	0.380	0.399	0.351	124	2.7	11.5	-12.8	1.0
Alex Rios	Rangers	311	0.316	0.350	0.457	0.349	116	0.2	5.7	-6.7	1.0
Matt Joyce	Rays	250	0.262	0.352	0.386	0.323	108	1.2	3.6	-2.7	1.0
Chris Denorfia	Padres	197	0.253	0.303	0.346	0.290	86	1.8	-1.4	1.3	0.6
John Mayberry	Phillies	112	0.229	0.339	0.458	0.353	124	-0.1	2.9	-0.8	0.6
Marlon Byrd	Phillies	312	0.260	0.311	0.474	0.341	115	-4.0	1.4	-7.2	0.4
Bobby Abreu	Mets	103	0.281	0.359	0.416	0.343	121	0.8	3.3	-5.3	0.1
Mark Trumbo	Diamondbacks	87	0.210	0.264	0.506	0.330	104	-1.3	-0.9	-2.0	0.0
Justin Ruggiano	Cubs	106	0.220	0.321	0.352	0.305	88	-1.4	-2.9	-2.0	-0.2
Dayan Viciedo	White Sox	294	0.246	0.299	0.393	0.304	87	-0.2	-4.5	-7.4	-0.2
Will Venable	Padres	241	0.201	0.266	0.283	0.250	58	1.0	-10.4	-0.5	-0.4
Nate Schierholtz	Cubs	258	0.205	0.260	0.308	0.254	52	-0.2	-14.1	2.6	-0.4
Carlos Quentin	Padres	96	0.185	0.302	0.333	0.292	87	-2.6	-4.0	-3.9	-0.5
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Designated Hitter	Team	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	BsR	Off	Def	WAR
Adam Dunn	White Sox	268	0.228	0.358	0.438	0.352	120	-3.5	2.6	-9.0	0.2

And now for the pitchers. For this breakdown, only innings thrown as a starter or a reliever are included in their respective total, so a pitcher’s overall line won’t match either if he’s split time between SP and RP.

Starters	Team	IP	ERA-	FIP-	xFIP-	WAR	RA9-WAR
David Price	Rays	115.2	101	83	67	2.5	0.9
Jeff Samardzija	Cubs	103.0	67	74	86	2.3	2.3
Jason Hammel	Cubs	96.1	79	79	88	2.0	2.5
Cliff Lee	Phillies	68.0	86	70	77	1.7	0.7
Ian Kennedy	Padres	97.0	112	85	84	1.7	0.9
Bartolo Colon	Mets	100.2	105	98	98	1.2	1.0
Edwin Jackson	Cubs	84.1	135	100	98	1.0	-0.4
Erik Bedard	Rays	63.2	116	99	115	0.8	0.0
Brandon McCarthy	Diamondbacks	97.0	141	105	80	0.8	-0.5
John Danks	White Sox	93.1	106	113	127	0.7	1.0
Kyle Kendrick	Phillies	94.1	114	113	117	0.7	0.5
A.J. Burnett	Phillies	104.0	106	113	114	0.5	0.6
Carlos Villanueva	Cubs	17.2	255	93	112	0.3	-0.8
Daisuke Matsuzaka	Mets	22.2	91	96	128	0.3	0.5
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Relievers	Team	IP	ERA-	FIP-	xFIP-	WAR	RA9-WAR
Joakim Soria	Rangers	25.2	42	19	49	1.4	1.0
Neal Cotts	Rangers	31.0	83	56	80	1.0	0.6
Joaquin Benoit	Padres	31.2	41	51	75	0.9	1.2
Jonathan Papelbon	Phillies	30.1	40	70	118	0.8	1.4
Chad Qualls	Astros	26.1	52	67	66	0.6	0.8
Ronald Belisario	White Sox	37.0	130	79	86	0.5	-0.7
Tony Sipp	Astros	19.0	48	57	51	0.5	0.7
Huston Street	Padres	28.0	28	74	77	0.5	1.6
Carlos Torres	Mets	46.2	94	81	85	0.5	0.5
Mike Adams	Phillies	17.0	57	73	79	0.4	0.3
Oliver Perez	Diamondbacks	30.2	62	82	109	0.3	0.4
Antonio Bastardo	Phillies	35.0	77	88	112	0.3	0.4
Matt Belisle	Rockies	32.0	107	85	96	0.2	0.1
Wesley Wright	Cubs	21.0	68	82	95	0.2	0.5
LaTroy Hawkins	Rockies	27.0	64	91	119	0.2	0.4
Scott Downs	White Sox	23.2	139	88	101	0.2	-0.5
Carlos Villanueva	Cubs	23.2	90	94	105	0.2	0.1
Brad Ziegler	Diamondbacks	40.1	64	94	90	0.2	1.0
Dale Thayer	Padres	32.2	55	107	96	0.0	0.6
Juan Oviedo	Rays	27.0	62	109	130	0.0	0.6
Erik Bedard	Rays	2.0		124	167	0.0	0.0
James Russell	Cubs	20.1	58	106	116	0.0	0.5
Daisuke Matsuzaka	Mets	24.1	63	110	123	-0.1	0.3
Grant Balfour	Rays	29.1	147	117	121	-0.1	-0.6
Matt Lindstrom	White Sox	19.0	81	117	121	-0.2	0.1
Addison Reed	Diamondbacks	32.1	109	119	82	-0.3	-0.3

From the custom leaderboard, you can expand the view to look at more than just 2014 performance, or evaluate them based on split-type, or any other number of fun ways to view the available players. Have fun!