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:
- Christian Vazquez – BOS – .276, 23 HR, 72 RBIs in 482 ABs;
- Gary Sanchez – NYY – .232 34 HR, 77 RBIs in 266 ABs;
- Pedro Severino – BAL – .249, 13 HR, 44 RBIs in 305 ABs;
- Danny Jansen – TOR – .207, 13 HR, 43 RBIs in 347 ABs; and
- Mike Zunino – TB – .165, 9 HR, 32 RBIs in 266 ABs.
First Base:
- Luke Voit – NYY – .263, 21 HR, 62 RBIs in 429 ABs;
- Ji-ManChoi – TB – .261, 19 HR, 58 RBIs in 410 ABs;
- Mitch Moreland – BOS – .252, 19 HR, 58 RBIs, 298 ABs;
- Sam Travis – BOS – .215, 6 HR, 16 RBIs, 144 ABs; and
- Chris Davis – BAL – .179, 12 HR, 36 RBIs, 307 ABs.
Second Base:
- DJ LeMahieu – NYY – .327, 26 HR, 102 RBIs, 602 ABs;
- Hanser Alberto – BAL – .305, 12 HR, 51 RBIs, 524 ABs;
- Brandon Lowe – Tampa Bay – .231, 3 HR, 19 RBIs, 238 ABs;
- Jose Peraza – BOS – .239, 6 HR, 33 RBIs, 376 ABs; and
- Cavan Biggio – TOR – .234, 176 HR, 48 RBIs, 354 ABs
Third Base:
- Rafael Devers – BOS – .311, 32 HR, 115 RBIs, 647 ABs;
- Gio Urshela – NYY – .314, 21 HR, 74 RBIs, 442 ABS;
- Vlad Guerrero, Jr. – TOR – .272, 15 HR, 69 RBIs, 464 ABs;
- Yandy Diaz – TB – .267, 14 HR, 38 RBIs, 307 ABs;
- Rio Ruiz – BAL – .232, 12 HR, 46 RBIs, 370 ABs.
Shortstop:
- Xander Bogaerts – BOS – .309, 33 HR, 117 RBIs, 614 ABs;
- Gleyber Torres – NYY – .278, 38 HR, 90 RBIs, 546 ABs;
- Jose Iglesias – BAL – .288, 11 HR, 59 RBI’s, 504 ABs;
- Willy Adames – TB – .254, 20 HR, 52 RBIs, 531 ABs; and
- Bo Bichette – TOR – .311, 11 HR, 21 RBIs, 196 ABs.
Left Field:
- Andrew Benintendi – BOS – .266, 13 HR, 68 RBIs, 541 ABS;
- Lourdes Gurriel – TOR – .277, 20 HR, 50 RBIs, 357 ABs;
- Giancarlo Stanton – NYY – .288, 3 HR, 13 RBIs, 59 ABs;
- Dwight Smith, Jr. – BAL – .241, 13 HR, 53 RBIs, 357 ABs; and
- Hunter Renfroe – TB – .216, 33 HR, 64 RBIs, 440 ABs.
Right Field:
- Aaron Judge – NYY – .272, 27 HR, 55 RBIs, 378 ABs;
- Austin Meadows – TB – .291, 33 HR, 89 RBIs, 530 ABs;
- Kevin Pillar – BOS – .259, 21 HR, 88 RBIs, 611 ABs;
- Anthony Santander – BAL – .261, 20 HR, 59 RBIs, 586 ABs; and
- Randal Grichuk – TOR – .232, 31 HR, 80 RBIs, 378 ABs.
Center Field:
- Brett Gardner – NYY- .251, 28 HR, 74 RBIs, 491 ABs;
- Jackie Bradley, Jr. – BOS – .225, 21 HR, 62 RBIs 494 ABs;
- Teoscar Hernandez – TOR – .230, 26 HR, 65 RBIs, 417 ABs;
- Kevin Kiermaier – TB – .228, 14 HR, 55 RBIs, 447 ABs;
- Austin Hays – BAL – .309, 4 HR, 13 RBIs, 68 ABs.
DH:
- J.D. Martinez – BOS – .304, 36 HR, 105 RBIs, 575 ABs;
- Miguel Andujar – NYY – .297, 27 HR, 92 RBIs, 573 ABs (2018);
- Renato Nunez – BAL – .244, 31 HR, 90 RBIs, 541 ABs;
- Yoshitomo Tsutsugo – TB – no stats available; and
- Rowdy Tellez – TOR – .227, 21 HR, 54 RBIs, 370 ABS.
This is my all AL East team for 2020, what’s yours?