Full disclosure: I am kind of a ScFi geek. I used to watch Sliders on the SciFi channel every single time that it was on one of those 8 hour blocks that SciFi used to do from 7am to 3pm. I tried not to watch all 8 hours of it, but it may have happened a few times. I am guessing that most of you dont remember Sliders (not to be confused with the sliders that come from White Castle in a Crave Case and make you visit your most local bathroom several times in the course of the following few hours). The gist of Sliders was that there are parallel dimensions existing on a different plane than ours and that these dimensions are similar to ours, but in fundamentally different thanks to some event that altered the course of that world. For example, there was an episode where the dinosaurs had never gone extinct, another where the Nazis had won WWII, and yet another where there was a different concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere. 
The show's protagonist (Jerry O'Connell, the same Jerry O'Connell from Tomcats) finds a way to travel between these worlds and sucks 3 of his friends into it. I always appreciated the question presented by the show, "what if things had gone a small bit differently?" Sliders deteriorated quickly when Jerry O'Connell left the show but the people running it decided to go on anyways. I kinda faded out of the SciFi television genre for several years after that. Like 3 years ago or so, I was sucked into Dr. Who when I found the David Tennant Dr. on some public access channel in Winona and was intrigued by the mythos of the character (one of my grad school collegues actually presented a paper at a conference called "Dr. Who - Creating Modern Day Mythology through Television." For those of you who dont watch it, it is worth checking out. It is coming back sometime this fall, but with a new actor playing the lead (part of the show is that the Dr. regenerates so they can swap actors in and out every few years). I would suggest going back at least to the start of the Matt Smith Dr (season 5, I think), if not back to the start of the David Tennant version if youve got some time youre looking to blow.
From Dr. Who, there was a spinoff called Torchwood, about one of the Dr.'s companions who was unable to die (Capt. Jack Harkness). That show enjoyed a run on BBC for a couple of years and some crossover with the David Tennant Dr Who series, then was picked up by Starz for a mini series called "Torchwood: Miracle Day". These are also recommended viewing if youre still looking for things to watch, though Dr. Who is much better written and acted. In Miracle Day, something happens that causes the entire population to stop dying (even those involved in terrible car accidents are left in terrifying agony but unable to expire), but the previously immortal Harkness to become mortal. This is the longest introduction imaginable to say...the players of the Tater Tot league hit Miracle Week this week, and there is not a single ass hDLe amonst the starters in our league.
Because there was nothing to write about with an ahDLes, I decided to piggy back on Kyler's work from the other day and find out not only about Ballers on a Budget, but just what the players are worth/dollar spent on them. I created a pretty elaborate formula that took each players stats and normalized them to a 600 plate appearance season so that I could accurately compare all players and then readjusted that score to reflect the actual number of plate appearances so that guys who played a few dozen games wouldnt be even with guys who had played every inning of every game (though I eliminated anyone with less than 100 plate appearances due to small sample issues). I tried to do it with pitchers, but I couldnt find anywhere that has sortable quality start data that would also give me everything else that I needed in an easy to use form. I also havent quite figured out how to take both starting pitchers and relief pitchers because of the win and sv/hold descrepencies. I will keep working on that and hopefully can have that in a future post. The score shown shows how much a player is above or below league average with all 6 scoring categories combined into a single figure. I shall call them LouDAAs (Lou Dawgs Above Average).Anyways, the top 5 in total score (current score based on actual plate appearances):
| Name | PA | Score Per 600 PA | Current Score |
| Troy Tulowitzki | 313 | 243.6118211 | 105.9711422 |
| Giancarlo Stanton | 344 | 199.7965116 | 98.89927326 |
| Mike Trout | 331 | 207.7726586 | 95.92171073 |
| Michael Brantley* | 320 | 185.125 | 88.24291667 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 321 | 178.6074766 | 86.02926791 |
And that looks about right to me. I am a little surprised by Brantley, but when looking at the stats, he does EVERYTHING well (325/394/524 with 53 R 51 RBI 9SB), so it makes sense that he is as high as he is.
And the bottom 5:
| Zack Cozart | 280 | -96.85714286 | -42.29428571 |
| Will Venable* | 245 | -125.6887755 | -46.71432823 |
| Everth Cabrera# | 332 | -95.93072289 | -49.40432229 |
| Jose Molina | 123 | -266.9878049 | -50.72768293 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 221 | -156.3676471 | -53.165 |
So many Padres.... and, any stat that tells me Jedd Jerko is the worst player in the Majors is a stat that I can stand behind.
Now, I did this off of this week's rosters, so some of the guys might not be on the right team any more, but I dont really care because it would have taken a ton more time to track down who had moved and...its my blog and I will do what I want to. If you dont like it, maybe you should create your own formula. The purpose of this isnt to show which team is better than the others, the purpose is to look at who is getting more for the dollars they spent on their offense. For example, the Dust Bunnies (love the name Kyler, I am definitely stealing it) have by far the best offense in the league, but he also paid the most for it. As you'll see here shortly, Dusty is actually getting less than 1 of my magical points for every dollar that he spent on his starters. That isnt to say that Dusty's offense is bad or is going to get worse or that he should change his name to Croc Peterson and start turning people into fucking trees, its just a comparison that I found interesting. There are flaws...I am treating every player as through they have been on the team since the start of the season and I am looking at players as though they have been in the lineup every week (with the exception of where it has starters listed in the heading...those are for this week's starters), so obviously waiver wire guys are going to have a higher per $ number because they have been so cheap. It is no surprise that Charlie Blackmon has the highest pts/$ at 64.64 because he only cost $1 for Kyler to pick up where as a guy like Tulo, who has the most LouDAA points in MLB, only is worth 2.04 pts/$ because it cost Dusty $52 to get him.
Here is a quick table to show the average starter pts, the average starter pts/$, the high point and low point getter for each team (all players, not just starters) as well as the best and worst value (also all players, not just starters). Again, some of these guys havent actually played for a team yet or are doing so for the first time this week.
TEAM
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Avg Str
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Str Pts/$
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High Pts
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Low Pts
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Best Value
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Worst Value
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BySs
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38.24
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14.09
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C Blackmon*
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Ev Cabrera*
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C Blackmon*
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E Cabrera*
|
Bob's Aters
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40.28
|
4.13
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E Encarnacion
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W Rosario
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J Abreu
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E Andrus
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Dust
Bunnies
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51.92
|
0.68
|
T Tulowitzki
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C Headley*
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M Napoli
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A Pierzynski*
|
Les Moles
|
26.06
|
7.91
|
A McCutchen
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B Revere*
|
C Crisp*
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J Mauer*
|
MBHB
|
27.93
|
3.88
|
P Goldschmidt*
|
O Taveras*
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M Montero*
|
O Taveras*
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MWP
|
15.12
|
5.27
|
F Freeman*
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B Zobrist*
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E Gattis*
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B Zobrist*
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Huckleberries
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41.83
|
4.69
|
A Beltre*
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P Fielder*
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K Suzuki*
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A Jones*
|
MTMTAS
|
11.22
|
1.99
|
H Pence*
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A Simmons*
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G Polanco*
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B McCann*
|
UCCMA
|
43.38
|
5.31
|
G Stanton*
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J Segura*
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T Frazier*
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K Morales*
|
ZAttack
|
30.07
|
3.30
|
N Cruz*
|
M Machado*
|
N Cruz*
|
M Machado*
|
I'll post each team so you can peruse them if you wish.
| Team | Pts | $ | Pts/$ | |
BySs
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C
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Jonathan Lucroy | 58.40776 | $9.00 | 6.489751 |
| 1B | Joey Votto* | 15.13423 | $41.00 | 0.369128 |
| 2B | Daniel Murphy* | 33.25511 | $1.00 | 33.25511 |
| 3B | Aramis Ramirez | 36.77193 | $3.00 | 12.25731 |
| SS | Jimmy Rollins* | 8.01716 | $1.00 | 8.01716 |
| OF | Justin Upton | 41.58484 | $34.00 | 1.223084 |
| OF | Yasiel Puig* | 63.35945 | $36.00 | 1.759985 |
| OF | Melky Cabrera* | 49.35667 | $1.00 | 49.35667 |
| BN | Everth Cabrera* | -49.4043 | $9.00 | -5.48937 |
| BN | Martin Prado | -0.60662 | $16.00 | -0.03791 |
| BN | Brandon Phillips | -1.68583 | $21.00 | -0.08028 |
| BN | Charlie Blackmon* | 64.64027 | $1.00 | 64.64027 |
| BN | Lonnie Chisenhall* | 64.48639 | $2.00 | 32.2432 |
Bob's Aters
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C
|
Wilin Rosario | 1.108732 | $13.00 | 0.085287 |
| 1B | Anthony Rizzo* | 64.47917 | $20.00 | 3.223958 |
| 2B | Anthony Rendon | 41.58 | $5.00 | 8.316 |
| 3B | Edwin Encarnacion | 81.13458 | $27.00 | 3.004984 |
| SS | Dee Gordon* | 47.41319 | $3.00 | 15.8044 |
| OF | Alex Rios | 35.81021 | $36.00 | 0.994728 |
| OF | Billy Hamilton* | 30.00085 | $30.00 | 1.000028 |
| OF | Matt Holliday* | 20.71126 | $35.00 | 0.59175 |
| BN | Yan Gomes* | 5.495539 | $1.00 | 5.495539 |
| BN | Elvis Andrus | 1.472665 | $18.00 | 0.081815 |
| BN | Jose Abreu | 65.46444 | $2.00 | 32.73222 |
Dust Bunnies
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|
C
|
A.J. Pierzynski* | -15.2825 | $4.00 | -3.82064 |
| 1B | Chris Davis* | 16.60639 | $42.00 | 0.39539 |
| 2B | Ian Kinsler | 53.04597 | $26.00 | 2.04023 |
| 3B | Miguel Cabrera | 86.02927 | $76.00 | 1.131964 |
| SS | Troy Tulowitzki | 105.9711 | $52.00 | 2.037907 |
| OF | Mike Trout | 95.92171 | $89.00 | 1.077772 |
| OF | Wil Myers | -4.65536 | $33.00 | -0.14107 |
| OF | Jose Bautista | 77.70844 | $29.00 | 2.679601 |
| BN | Chase Headley* | -24.7254 | $7.00 | -3.53221 |
| BN | Nolan Arenado | 28.0902 | $5.00 | 5.618039 |
| BN | Asdrubal Cabrera* | 11.4144 | $1.00 | 11.4144 |
| BN | Mike Napoli | 23.16375 | $1.00 | 23.16375 |
| BN | Josh Willingham | 18.25101 | $1.00 | 18.25101 |
Les Moles
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|
C
|
Joe Mauer* | 0.659267 | $27.00 | 0.024417 |
| 1B | Adrian Gonzalez* | 20.76037 | $19.00 | 1.092651 |
| 2B | Chase Utley* | 35.7916 | $7.00 | 5.113085 |
| 3B | Evan Longoria | 14.04007 | $30.00 | 0.468002 |
| SS | Ian Desmond | 4.961538 | $26.00 | 0.190828 |
| OF | Andrew McCutchen | 76.87879 | $78.00 | 0.985625 |
| OF | Coco Crisp* | 44.08217 | $1.00 | 44.08217 |
| OF | Leonys Martin* | 11.28951 | $1.00 | 11.28951 |
| BN | Josh Donaldson | 44.87147 | $22.00 | 2.039612 |
| BN | Ben Revere* | -3.75709 | $1.00 | -3.75709 |
| BN | Garrett Jones* | 9.45625 | $1.00 | 9.45625 |
| BN | Eric Young# | 4.477054 | $5.00 | 0.895411 |
| NA | Chris Colabello | -1.69914 | $5.00 | -0.33983 |
MBHB
|
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|
C
|
Miguel Montero* | 17.14884 | $1.00 | 17.14884 |
| 1B | Paul Goldschmidt* | 79.92337 | $60.00 | 1.332056 |
| 2B | Brian Dozier* | 44.20223 | $6.00 | 7.367039 |
| 3B | David Wright* | 11.95362 | $36.00 | 0.332045 |
| SS | Jose Reyes* | 23.30699 | $29.00 | 0.803689 |
| OF | Jayson Werth* | 18.29062 | $13.00 | 1.406971 |
| OF | George Springer* | 23.78606 | $10.00 | 2.378606 |
| OF | Jason Heyward* | 4.85308 | $21.00 | 0.231099 |
| BN | Xander Bogaerts* | -7.19527 | $6.00 | -1.19921 |
| BN | Joc Pederson* | $1.00 | 0 | |
| NA | Oscar Taveras* | -9.92833 | $5.00 | -1.98567 |
MWP
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|
C
|
Yadier Molina* | 1.106071 | $24.00 | 0.046086 |
| 1B | Freddie Freeman* | 43.67226 | $40.00 | 1.091807 |
| 2B | Jason Kipnis* | 2.783631 | $41.00 | 0.067893 |
| 3B | Pedro Alvarez* | 6.032955 | $27.00 | 0.223443 |
| SS | Ben Zobrist* | -7.95562 | $26.00 | -0.30599 |
| OF | Jacoby Ellsbury* | 35.48865 | $50.00 | 0.709773 |
| OF | Evan Gattis* | 40.36116 | $1.00 | 40.36116 |
| OF | Ryan Zimmerman* | -0.50534 | $28.00 | -0.01805 |
| BN | Albert Pujols* | 29.98234 | $5.00 | 5.996468 |
| BN | Alexei Ramirez* | 29.1846 | $1.00 | 29.1846 |
| BN | Howie Kendrick* | 18.85811 | $1.00 | 18.85811 |
| BN | Angel Pagan* | 28.29144 | $4.00 | 7.072859 |
Huckleberries
|
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|
C
|
Kurt Suzuki* | 16.68788 | $1.00 | 16.68788 |
| 1B | Victor Martinez* | 85.025 | $6.00 | 14.17083 |
| 2B | Robinson Cano* | 51.28646 | $50.00 | 1.025729 |
| 3B | Adrian Beltre* | 51.98132 | $41.00 | 1.267837 |
| SS | Hanley Ramirez* | 42.73529 | $38.00 | 1.124613 |
| OF | Adam Jones* | 45.84016 | $53.00 | 0.864909 |
| OF | Josh Hamilton* | 24.11333 | $15.00 | 1.607556 |
| OF | Matt Kemp* | 16.97433 | $23.00 | 0.738014 |
| BN | Rajai Davis* | 27.47086 | $2.00 | 13.73543 |
| BN | Bryce Harper* | 3.794666 | $53.00 | 0.071597 |
| DL | Prince Fielder* | -1.44312 | $54.00 | -0.02672 |
MTMTAS
|
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|
C
|
Brian McCann* | -17.1502 | $8.00 | -2.14378 |
| 1B | Allen Craig* | -3.88711 | $25.00 | -0.15548 |
| 2B | Dustin Pedroia* | 1.529432 | $37.00 | 0.041336 |
| 3B | Kyle Seager* | 38.25857 | $8.00 | 4.782321 |
| SS | Andrelton Simmons* | -31.7572 | $15.00 | -2.11715 |
| OF | Starling Marte* | 17.15584 | $31.00 | 0.553414 |
| OF | Hunter Pence* | 46.77478 | $23.00 | 2.033686 |
| OF | Alex Gordon* | 38.81624 | $3.00 | 12.93875 |
| BN | Starlin Castro* | 34.14751 | $12.00 | 2.845626 |
| BN | Christian Yelich* | 18.86376 | $1.00 | 18.86376 |
| BN | Jay Bruce* | 21.09014 | $22.00 | 0.958643 |
| BN | Carlos Santana* | 0.806667 | $21.00 | 0.038413 |
| BN | Aaron Hill* | -13.3375 | $11.00 | -1.2125 |
| NA | Gregory Polanco* | 21.01026 | $1.00 | 21.01026 |
UCCMA
|
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|
C
|
Buster Posey* | 28.56386 | $33.00 | 0.865572 |
| 1B | Kendrys Morales* | -5.45691 | $5.00 | -1.09138 |
| 2B | Matt Carpenter* | 19.04657 | $29.00 | 0.656778 |
| 3B | Todd Frazier* | 59.21117 | $3.00 | 19.73706 |
| SS | Jean Segura* | -14.3056 | $37.00 | -0.38664 |
| OF | Giancarlo Stanton* | 98.89927 | $34.00 | 2.908802 |
| OF | Carlos Gomez* | 72.84515 | $34.00 | 2.142504 |
| OF | Michael Brantley* | 88.24292 | $5.00 | 17.64858 |
| BN | Yangervis Solarte* | 5.958081 | $5.00 | 1.191616 |
| BN | Yoenis Cespedes* | 43.73633 | $26.00 | 1.682167 |
| BN | Jed Lowrie* | -23.6282 | $7.00 | -3.37546 |
ZAttack
|
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|
C
|
Salvador Perez* | 9.545408 | $4.00 | 2.386352 |
| 1B | David Ortiz* | 27.36038 | $17.00 | 1.609434 |
| 2B | Jose Altuve* | 57.87823 | $20.00 | 2.893911 |
| 3B | Pablo Sandoval* | 6.117147 | $11.00 | 0.556104 |
| SS | Chris Owings* | 7.857592 | $1.00 | 7.857592 |
| OF | Nelson Cruz* | 79.03429 | $8.00 | 9.879287 |
| OF | Ryan Braun* | 45.68355 | $45.00 | 1.01519 |
| OF | Shin-Soo Choo* | 7.094573 | $32.00 | 0.221705 |
| BN | Manny Machado* | -25.3817 | $1.00 | -25.3817 |
| BN | Carlos Gonzalez* | 14.96503 | $60.00 | 0.249417 |
| BN | Mike Zunino* | -2.75454 | $1.00 | -2.75454 |
If any of you have a particular player that you are interested in knowing about, hit the comments and I will let you know.
Kyler--I know you will want to know about Rickie Weeks/Scooter Gennett.
Weeks - 10.77; Gennett- 31.78
Enjoy the weekend folks.
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