Or how to fail at roster construction. I referenced these stats in the previous post. It looks worse itemized.
| Phillies | Mets | |||||
| Core Position Players (FanGraphs WAR) | ||||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | |||
| Utley | 8 | 8.1 | Wright | 8.4 | 7.4 | |
| Rollins | 6.7 | 5.3 | Reyes | 5.1 | 5.9 | |
| Howard | 4.3 | 3.3 | Beltran | 4.9 | 6.7 | |
| Total | 19 | 16.7 | Total | 18.4 | 20 | |
| Non-Core Position Players (FanGraphs WAR) | ||||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | |||
| Rowand | 6.2 | Alou | 2.1 | |||
| Werth | 3.4 | 5.3 | Delgado | 1.5 | 2.9 | |
| Victorino | 2.9 | 4.1 | Castro | 1.5 | 0.9 | |
| Burrell | 2.3 | 3.2 | Lo Duca | 1.3 | ||
| Ruiz | 1.7 | 0.5 | Castillo | 1.3 | 0.6 | |
| Iguchi | 1.1 | Easley | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Dobbs | 1 | 0.9 | Gotay | 0.7 | ||
| Barajas | 0.7 | Chavez | 0.7 | 0.9 | ||
| Bourn | 0.7 | Green | 0.4 | |||
| Coste | 0.6 | 1.6 | Milledge | 0.4 | ||
| Nunez | 0 | Gomez | 0.2 | |||
| Helms | -0.1 | Valentin | 0 | |||
| Feliz | 1.5 | Schneider | 1.6 | |||
| Jenkins | 0.2 | Church | 1.6 | |||
| Bruntlett | 0 | Tatis | 1.6 | |||
| Taguchi | -0.7 | Anderson | -0.8 | |||
| Murphy | 0.9 | |||||
| A. Reyes | -0.2 | |||||
| Evans | 0.1 | |||||
| Pagan | 0.4 | |||||
| Total | 20.5 | 16.6 | Total | 11.4 | 10.8 | |
| Pitching (pRAA via StatCorner) | ||||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | |||
| Rotation | -25 | -23.4 | Rotation | 6.4 | 5.4 | |
| Bullpen | -37.2 | 31.9 | Bullpen | -12.8 | -22.7 | |
| Total | -62.2 | 8.5 | Total | -6.4 | -17.3 | |