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| Top 10 Center Fielders Under the age of 30 | ||||||||||||
| No. | Player | Pos. | Comments | Age | Org | Lvl | ||||||
| 1 | Grady Sizemore | CF | His .384 wOBA was 2nd to J. Hamilton (.385) among CFs in '08; 3rd-best CF by UZR/150 in '08 | 26.2 | CLE | MLB | ||||||
| 2 | B.J. Upton | CF | Breakout alert: huge postseason, shoulder repaired, K% down 7.2 ('07 to '08) and BB% up 3.3 | 24.1 | TB | MLB | ||||||
| 3 | Josh Hamilton | CF/RF | Elite bat + great arm + poor CF range = less value than Sizemore; will be 32 in five years | 27.4 | TEX | MLB | ||||||
| 4 | Curtis Granderson | CF | 4th-best CF by wOBA in '08 (.374) -- big BB% improvement; 10.4 UZR/150 in '07 to -11.0 in '08 | 27.4 | DET | MLB | ||||||
| 5 | Matt Kemp | CF/RF | Went .291/.340/.460 in 1st full MLB season (655 PA); BB, K rates both up slightly from '07 | 24.1 | LAD | MLB | ||||||
| 6 | Nate McLouth | CF | Worst range among CFs last season (-15.1 UZR/150); .369 wOBA was 5th-best at the position | 27.0 | PIT | MLB | ||||||
| 7 | Cameron Maybin | CF | Nearly replicated A+ (.406 wOBA) numbers in AA (.381); still K'd a ton (26.9%); .179 IsoP | 21.5 | FLA | MLB | ||||||
| 8 | Colby Rasmus | CF | After posting .397 wOBA in AA in '07, fell to .324 in AAA in '08; missed time w/ sprained knee | 22.2 | STL | AAA | ||||||
| 9 | Dexter Fowler | CF | Olympian had breakout year: career-best .401 wOBA; lots of BBs (12.9%), K's down (17.6%) | 22.6 | COL | MLB | ||||||
| 10 | Cody Ross | CF/RF | Hit .279/.328/.533 (.364 wOBA) on road in '08; very good range: 17.6 UZR/150 in RF/CF ('08) | 27.8 | FLA | MLB | ||||||
| Honorables: Shane Victorino (PHI), Lastings Milledge (WAS), and Jacoby Ellsbury (BOS). | ||||||||||||
| * Our rankings combine a player's ceiling with the odds that he'll reach it within a five-year period | ||||||||||||
| ** Ages are as of November 1st, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| *** Level is the highest level the player has reached | ||||||||||||
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