Oracle of Baseball - Most Linked Active Players

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Player	Avg. Distance
Alex Rodriguez	3.8239
Karim Garcia	3.8492
Jerry Hairston	3.8597
Bartolo Colon	3.8681
Darren Oliver	3.8729
Paul Konerko	3.8749
John McDonald	3.8927
Kip Wells	3.9123
Jon Garland	3.9300
Mario Valdez	3.9375
Mark Buehrle	3.9379
Willis Otanez	3.9439
Derek Lowe	3.9445
Ismael Valdez	3.9593
Bruce Chen	3.9639
Dennys Reyes	3.9681
Jason Giambi	3.9691
Henry Blanco	3.9727
Raul Ibanez	3.9744
Miguel Batista	3.9748
Mark DeRosa	3.9817
Lorenzo Barcelo	4.0064
Andy Pettitte	4.0089
Mariano Rivera	4.0089
Derek Jeter	4.0099
Ruben Rivera	4.0258
LaTroy Hawkins	4.0297
Mark Kotsay	4.0351
Esteban Loaiza	4.0375
Octavio Dotel	4.0511
Adrian Beltre	4.0530
Juan Acevedo	4.0550
Torii Hunter	4.0554
Miguel Tejada	4.0555
Placido Polanco	4.0582
A.J. Pierzynski	4.0604
Cesar Izturis	4.0616
Dan Serafini	4.0617
Alfonso Soriano	4.0617
Randy Choate	4.0620
Luis Vizcaino	4.0622
Eric Chavez	4.0632
David Ross	4.0642
Dan Wheeler	4.0644
Jamey Wright	4.0671
Ramon Hernandez	4.0686
Tim Hudson	4.0692
Alex Gonzalez	4.0696
David Ortiz	4.0707
Chris Carpenter	4.0711
Ryan Dempster	4.0747
Kelvim Escobar	4.0749
Rick Ankiel	4.0792
Joe Thurston	4.0811
Juan Rivera	4.0816
Roy Halladay	4.0846
Carlos Beltran	4.0884
Josh Beckett	4.0919
Freddy Garcia	4.0938
Ruben Mateo	4.0943
Ted Lilly	4.0962
Lyle Overbay	4.0978
Nelson Figueroa	4.0995
Lance Berkman	4.1024
Xavier Nady	4.1031
Corky Miller	4.1051
Ramon Ortiz	4.1134
Jose Reyes	4.1143
Edwin Jackson	4.1149
Erick Almonte	4.1153
Oliver Perez	4.1183
Ty Wigginton	4.1193
Heath Bell	4.1196
Koyie Hill	4.1196
Marco Scutaro	4.1199
A.J. Burnett	4.1204
J.C. Romero	4.1213
David Wright	4.1214
Pedro Feliciano	4.1216
Kyle Farnsworth	4.1230
Jake Westbrook	4.1250
Juan Pierre	4.1251
Scott Downs	4.1255
Carlos Pena	4.1257
Kyle Lohse	4.1266
Barry Zito	4.1277
Wil Nieves	4.1280
Jose Contreras	4.1288
Ichiro Suzuki	4.1298
Brian Roberts	4.1300
Jason Vargas	4.1326
Adam Dunn	4.1330
Scott Proctor	4.1338
Aaron Harang	4.1358
Jake Peavy	4.1377
Victor Diaz	4.1383
Jeff Keppinger	4.1404
Humberto Quintero	4.1407
Johan Santana	4.1417
Jason Marquis	4.1423

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