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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Mark Ellis v Orlando Hudson
After 100 votes, you guys think that Mark Ellis has a WAR (wins above replacement) expectation of 2.88 wins in 2009. After 52 votes, you think that Orlando Hudson has a WAR expectation of 2.95 wins in 2009.
Given that they are born months apart, play the same position, are both highly regarded glove men, entered MLB in the same year, Ellis played just 10% fewer innings in his career, the Wisdom of the Crowd (you guys) consider them virtual equals, and were set to be free agents in 2009, I don’t think you could have asked for two better comps. Ever basically.
Whatever Hudson gets, that’s what Ellis would probably have gotten, in an open market.
Here’s the original Ellis blog post that started this series of threads.
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