New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox make up my all AL East team

My all American League East team for 2020 – the stats (all but Andujar from 2019).  I’ve chosen to focus on are batting average, home runs and RBIs – showing the consistency, power and production of each player.

Catchers:

1. Christian Vazquez – BOS – .276, 23 HR, 72 RBIs in 482 ABs;
2. Gary Sanchez – NYY – .232 34 HR, 77 RBIs in 266 ABs;
3. Pedro Severino – BAL – .249, 13 HR, 44 RBIs in 305 ABs;
4. Danny Jansen – TOR – .207, 13 HR, 43 RBIs in 347 ABs; and
5. Mike Zunino – TB – .165, 9 HR, 32 RBIs in 266 ABs.

First Base:

1. Luke Voit – NYY – .263, 21 HR, 62 RBIs in 429 ABs;
2. Ji-ManChoi – TB – .261, 19 HR, 58 RBIs in 410 ABs;
3. Mitch Moreland – BOS – .252, 19 HR, 58 RBIs, 298 ABs;
4. Sam Travis – BOS – .215, 6 HR, 16 RBIs, 144 ABs; and
5. Chris Davis – BAL – .179, 12 HR, 36 RBIs, 307 ABs.

Second Base:

1. DJ LeMahieu – NYY – .327, 26 HR, 102 RBIs, 602 ABs;
2. Hanser Alberto – BAL – .305, 12 HR, 51 RBIs, 524 ABs;
3. Brandon Lowe – Tampa Bay – .231, 3 HR, 19 RBIs, 238 ABs;
4. Jose Peraza – BOS – .239, 6 HR, 33 RBIs, 376 ABs; and
5. Cavan Biggio – TOR – .234, 176 HR, 48 RBIs, 354 ABs

Third Base:

1. Rafael Devers – BOS – .311, 32 HR, 115 RBIs, 647 ABs;
2. Gio Urshela – NYY – .314, 21 HR, 74 RBIs, 442 ABS;
3. Vlad Guerrero, Jr. – TOR – .272, 15 HR, 69 RBIs, 464 ABs;
4. Yandy Diaz – TB – .267, 14 HR, 38 RBIs, 307 ABs;
5. Rio Ruiz – BAL – .232, 12 HR, 46 RBIs, 370 ABs.

Shortstop:

1. Xander Bogaerts – BOS – .309, 33 HR, 117 RBIs, 614 ABs;
2. Gleyber Torres – NYY – .278, 38 HR, 90 RBIs, 546 ABs;
3. Jose Iglesias – BAL – .288, 11 HR, 59 RBI’s, 504 ABs;
4. Willy Adames – TB – .254, 20 HR, 52 RBIs, 531 ABs; and
5. Bo Bichette – TOR – .311, 11 HR, 21 RBIs, 196 ABs.

Left Field:

1. Andrew Benintendi – BOS – .266, 13 HR, 68 RBIs, 541 ABS;
2. Lourdes Gurriel – TOR – .277, 20 HR, 50 RBIs, 357 ABs;
3. Giancarlo Stanton – NYY – .288, 3 HR, 13 RBIs, 59 ABs;
4. Dwight Smith, Jr. – BAL – .241, 13 HR, 53 RBIs, 357 ABs; and
5. Hunter Renfroe – TB – .216, 33 HR, 64 RBIs, 440 ABs.

Right Field:

1.  Aaron Judge – NYY – .272, 27 HR, 55 RBIs, 378 ABs;
2. Austin Meadows – TB – .291, 33 HR, 89 RBIs, 530 ABs;
3. Kevin Pillar – BOS – .259, 21 HR, 88 RBIs, 611 ABs;
4. Anthony Santander – BAL – .261, 20 HR, 59 RBIs, 586 ABs; and
5. Randal Grichuk – TOR – .232, 31 HR, 80 RBIs, 378 ABs.

Center Field:

1. Brett Gardner – NYY- .251, 28 HR, 74 RBIs, 491 ABs;
2. Jackie Bradley, Jr. – BOS – .225, 21 HR, 62 RBIs 494 ABs;
3. Teoscar Hernandez – TOR – .230, 26 HR, 65 RBIs, 417 ABs;
4. Kevin Kiermaier – TB – .228, 14 HR, 55 RBIs, 447 ABs;
5. Austin Hays – BAL – .309, 4 HR, 13 RBIs, 68 ABs.

DH:

1. J.D. Martinez – BOS – .304, 36 HR, 105 RBIs, 575 ABs;
2. Miguel Andujar – NYY – .297, 27 HR, 92 RBIs, 573 ABs (2018);
3. Renato Nunez – BAL – .244, 31 HR, 90 RBIs, 541 ABs;
4. Yoshitomo Tsutsugo – TB – no stats available; and
5. Rowdy Tellez – TOR – .227, 21 HR, 54 RBIs, 370 ABS.

This is my all AL East team for 2020, what’s yours?

Author: Chris Northrop

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