Smells Like Pujols-Spring Training

If you need a refresher in the SLP concept, look back (but pretend you don’t see the hideous cut-and-paste stat lines).

Today I’m going to go ahead and put up the names I’ve collected so far. It’s going to be a bloated list early on, but it should diminish by Opening Day, because I’m dropping anyone off the list who doesn’t make the roster for his team. He’d just start out in too much of a jol.

I also suspect I’ll have to invent some kind of “Mendoza Line” for removal during the season. If a guy spends a month in the minors, his numbers will probably drop far enough that he won’t be able to recover. This is a beta-testing season, so we’ll fine-tune as we go.

Here are the prime rooks, compiled from only two sources so far:

Suggested by Mr. Thursday, who will be tracking pitchers via the GoodEnough For Me method:

Devil Rays prospects:

B.J Upton – DH
Evan Longoria – 3B
Delmon Young – OF
Elijah Dukes – OF

Kansas City:

Alex Gordon – 3B
Billy Butler – OF

Cincinnati Reds:

Jay Bruce – OF

Listed by The GNUru, who will rank anyone, any time, anywhere:

Chris B. Young – Arizona OF
Troy Tulowitzki – Colorado Rockies SS
Chris Iannetta – Rockies C
Kevin Kouzmanoff – Cleveland 3B
Akinori Iwamura – Tampa 3B
Adam Lind – Toronto OF
Jason Botts – Rangers OF
Jeff Baker – Rockies OF
Miguel Montero – Arizona C
Dustin Pedroia – Red Sox 2B
Jeff Mathis – Angels C
Josh Fields – White Sox 3B
Hunter Pence – Astros OF
Brandon Wood – Angels SS
Andy LaRoche – Dodgers 3B
Kory Casto – Washington Nationals OF
James Loney – Dodgers 1B
Ryan J. Braun – Brewers 3B

I’m going to add one more name, which I first read over at Babes Love Baseball:

Cooper Brannan – Padres P

He’s a pitcher, so he doesn’t qualify for my little game, but as a former Marines Corporal who is missing a finger on his left hand due to action overseas, I think his citizenship score is roughly three times the perfect 100 that Pujols scored on a recent exam. So we’ll spot Corporal Coop 300 points for the duration.

I’ll take any additional suggestions you have, but I’m definitely hoping this list gets whittled down some before the season starts.

I will hopefully find a way to make this feature amusing by digging up personal details about the participants as the season goes on.

Thanks for the input!