Projected 2010 Starting Third Basemen and Their Benchwarmer Salaries

A bit of a motley crew. The first top dog who looks like a bargain, a lot of older guys on the way down, enigmas wrapped in riddles, and a zombie new guy in Oakland.

Updated 3/20/10 - Cantu sticking at 3B? Chone moves J Lopez, for now

*Note: Polanco, Tejeda and J Lopez are penciled in as their team's starting 3B, but will not qualify in BWB until they play 5 consecutive or 10 total games at 3B in 2010.

Team	Starter	2010 Salary	Career OPS	2009 OPS	Bang	Other Pos
NYY	Alex Rodriguez	4096	965	933	.235596
Atl	Chipper Jones	2354	947	818	.402294
SF	Pablo Sandoval	3286	924	943	.312659	1B
NYM	David Wright	4866	907	837	.186395
TB	Evan Longoria	4102	883	889	.215261
Cin	Scott Rolen	1731	868	766	.501444
ChC	Aramis Ramirez	2262	847	902	.374447
Ari	Mark Reynolds	3875	839	892	.216516	1B
StL	David Freese	100	837	837	8.370000	C, 1B
Mil	Casey McGehee	917	829	859	.904035	2B
Was	Ryan Zimmerman	4529	825	888	.182159
Bal	Miguel Tejada*	3938	810	798	.205688	SS
Tex	Michael Young	3281	798	892	.243219
Tor	Edwin Encarnacion	1071	790	729	.737628
LAD	Casey Blake	2202	788	832	.357856
Col	Ian Stewart	1194	783	785	.655779	2B, OF
Fla	Jorge Cantu	3341	780	788	.233463	1B
Bos	Adrian Beltre	2014	779	683	.386792
Phi	Placido Polanco*	3422	761	727	.222385	2B
Cle	Jhonny Peralta	3044	756	690	.248357	SS
ChW	Mark Teahen	1888	749	734	.396716	OF, 1B
KC	Alex Gordon	697	746	703	1.070301
Oak	Kevin Kouzmanoff	2076	743	722	.357900
SD	Chase Headley	1793	740	734	.412716	OF
Min	Brendan Harris	1104	720	672	.652174	SS, 2B
Hou	Pedro Feliz	2386	715	694	.299665
Sea	Jose C. Lopez*	3488	715	766	.204989	2B, 1B
Det	Brandon Inge	2301	699	720	.303781
Pit	Andy LaRoche	1250	666	731	.532800
LAA	Brandon Wood	120	535	559	4.458333	1B, SS