Daily Notes: Nerds Stats for Canadia’s Provisional WBC Team

Table of Contents
Here’s the table of contents for today’s edition of Daily Notes.

1. Nerds Stats for Canadia’s Provisional WBC Team
2. For Reference Sake: Maps of Canada
3. Video: Team Canada’s Best Reliever, Sort Of

Nerds Stats for Canadia’s Provisional WBC Team
It has come to the attention of the author that a certain number of this site’s readers are from Canada. In not entirely unrelated news, certain representatives from Canada have recently announced that country’s provisional roster for the World Baseball Classic (which itself begins in early March).

Below are the members of that roster, accompanied by various nerd stats.

Here, first, are the pitchers on the Canadian team with major-league experience (although, it should be noted that Adam Loewen is no longer a pitcher):

Name	Team	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	ERA	FIP	WAR
Jesse Crain	– – –	495.1	7.16	3.54	0.80	3.22	3.93	4.7
John Axford	Brewers	208.2	11.39	4.18	0.65	3.06	2.91	4.2
Shawn Hill	– – –	242.0	5.62	2.83	0.71	4.69	4.03	3.6
Adam Loewen	Orioles	164.0	7.35	5.82	0.77	5.38	4.78	2.0
Jim Henderson	Brewers	30.2	13.21	3.82	0.29	3.52	1.95	1.0
Chris Leroux	– – –	65.2	8.22	3.70	0.27	5.48	2.96	0.9
Phillippe Aumont	Phillies	14.2	8.59	5.52	0.00	3.68	3.23	0.2
Scott Mathieson	Phillies	44.0	6.95	4.30	1.64	6.75	5.58	0.0
Trystan Magnuson	Athletics	14.2	6.75	3.07	1.84	6.14	5.21	-0.1

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And here, the 2012 minor-league stats for Canada’s pitchers who have zero major-league experience:

Name	Team	Age	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	ERA	FIP
Andrew Albers	– – –	26	103.0	6.64	1.31	0.61	3.67	3.10
Dustin Molleken	Rockies (AAA)	27	48.2	6.66	3.33	0.92	5.18	4.47

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Now, here are the Canadian field players with major-league experience:

Name	Team	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	BABIP	wRC+	WAR
Russell Martin	– – –	3674	.260	.352	.399	.286	102	22.9
Justin Morneau	Twins	4807	.280	.351	.492	.293	119	21.4
Brett Lawrie	Blue Jays	707	.278	.336	.446	.312	114	5.7
Michael Saunders	Mariners	1188	.220	.283	.365	.279	81	2.0
Taylor Green	Brewers	154	.207	.266	.343	.239	64	0.1
Adam Loewen	– – –	39	.176	.282	.294	.250	64	-0.2
Pete Orr	– – –	716	.259	.289	.332	.318	62	-0.4

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And the ones without major-league experience, their 2012 minor-league stats:

Name	Team	Age	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	BABIP	wRC+
Jimmy Van Ostrand	Nationals (AA)	27	300	.310	.370	.465	.322	133
Tyson Gillies	– – –	23	339	.299	.369	.440	.360	127
Tim Smith	– – –	26	248	.288	.372	.386	.324	115
Chris Robinson	Orioles (AAA)	28	198	.232	.298	.311	.268	70
Cale Iorg	– – –	26	170	.163	.207	.244	.231	21

Notes
• As Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi notes, the final version of this roster might very well include first baseman Joey Votto, who has some manner of Official Document to sign before he can commit to the team.

• Reliever Phillippe Aumont and outfielder Tyson Gillies were both traded from Seattle to Philadelphia as part of the Cliff Lee trade.

• Outfielder (né pitcher) Adam Loewen recently signed with the Toronto Blue Jays, a team that is actually located in Canada.

For Reference Sake: Maps of Canada
For the sake of reference, here’s a map of Canada:

And here’s a map of Canada during the winter:

And here, on a scale of 0-100, is the quality of jokes concerning Canada’s climate:

Video: Team Canada’s Best Reliever, Sort Of
Here’s video of the Canadian pitcher with the lowest career FIP, Jim Henderson: