Each was allowed to become free agents, Cano after the 2013 season, Murphy after 2015. Each is replaced with new players in 2016 and those new players were acquired by trading a pitcher.
Yankees Adam Warren: 3-0, 1.35 ERA, 13 innings for Cubs
December 8, 2015: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for Starlin Castro. The New York Yankees sent Brendan Ryan (December 17, 2015) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
Mets Jon Niese: 3-1, 5.94 ERA, 33 innings for Pirates
December 9, 2015: Traded by the New York Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Neil Walker.
Both Castro and Walker are hitting well for New York but not as well as Cano and Murphy for Seattle and Washington.
For 2016, Played 50% of games at 2B, (Qualified for league batting title), sorted by greatest Adjusted OPS+
| Rk | Player | HR | Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Altuve | 199 | 9 | 2016 | 26 | HOU | AL | 32 | 142 | 123 | 30 | 40 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .325 | .415 | .659 | 1.074 | *4/H |
| 2 | Robinson Cano | 180 | 12 | 2016 | 33 | SEA | AL | 31 | 138 | 128 | 20 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .305 | .355 | .633 | .988 | *4/D |
| 3 | Daniel Murphy | 179 | 4 | 2016 | 31 | WSN | NL | 30 | 123 | 114 | 20 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .395 | .439 | .640 | 1.079 | *4 |
| 4 | Logan Forsythe | 162 | 4 | 2016 | 29 | TBR | AL | 28 | 121 | 106 | 16 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .311 | .397 | .528 | .925 | *4/D |
| 5 | Brett Lawrie | 138 | 4 | 2016 | 26 | CHW | AL | 32 | 130 | 112 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .277 | .377 | .455 | .832 | *4 |
| 6 | Ben Zobrist | 134 | 5 | 2016 | 35 | CHC | NL | 28 | 129 | 101 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .277 | .406 | .475 | .881 | *4/9 |
| 7 | Ian Kinsler | 134 | 6 | 2016 | 34 | DET | AL | 29 | 134 | 125 | 25 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .304 | .343 | .488 | .831 | *4 |
| 8 | Chase Utley | 130 | 1 | 2016 | 37 | LAD | NL | 27 | 111 | 94 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .298 | .405 | .436 | .842 | *4/H5 |
| 9 | Rougned Odor | 126 | 6 | 2016 | 22 | TEX | AL | 32 | 131 | 125 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .296 | .328 | .512 | .840 | *4/H |
| 10 | Dustin Pedroia | 126 | 5 | 2016 | 32 | BOS | AL | 30 | 142 | 134 | 21 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .345 | .485 | .830 | *4 |
| 11 | Jean Segura | 124 | 4 | 2016 | 26 | ARI | NL | 30 | 136 | 130 | 16 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .338 | .368 | .508 | .875 | *4/6H |
| 12 | Starlin Castro | 122 | 3 | 2016 | 26 | NYY | AL | 29 | 114 | 108 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .296 | .333 | .463 | .796 | *4 |
| 13 | Brandon Phillips | 119 | 6 | 2016 | 35 | CIN | NL | 28 | 112 | 105 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .286 | .313 | .533 | .846 | *4 |
| 14 | Neil Walker | 114 | 9 | 2016 | 30 | NYM | NL | 30 | 118 | 112 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .259 | .297 | .509 | .806 | *4/H |
| 15 | Joe Panik | 104 | 3 | 2016 | 25 | SFG | NL | 27 | 117 | 105 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .257 | .325 | .438 | .763 | *4/H |
| 16 | Jonathan Schoop | 103 | 5 | 2016 | 24 | BAL | AL | 30 | 109 | 105 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .284 | .457 | .742 | *4 |
| 17 | Josh Harrison | 103 | 1 | 2016 | 28 | PIT | NL | 30 | 125 | 116 | 14 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .319 | .347 | .414 | .761 | *4 |
| 18 | Jed Lowrie | 98 | 0 | 2016 | 32 | OAK | AL | 31 | 122 | 112 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .344 | .348 | .692 | *4/DH6 |
| 19 | Brian Dozier | 94 | 4 | 2016 | 29 | MIN | AL | 28 | 124 | 109 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .220 | .309 | .385 | .694 | *4/H |
| 20 | DJ LeMahieu | 94 | 2 | 2016 | 27 | COL | NL | 29 | 118 | 106 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .302 | .353 | .434 | .787 | *4/H |
| 21 | Jason Kipnis | 92 | 3 | 2016 | 29 | CLE | AL | 28 | 123 | 111 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .261 | .309 | .396 | .705 | *4 |
| 22 | Cesar Hernandez | 75 | 0 | 2016 | 26 | PHI | NL | 29 | 114 | 105 | 8 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .267 | .313 | .343 | .655 | *4 |
| 23 | Omar Infante | 70 | 0 | 2016 | 34 | KCR | AL | 25 | 96 | 89 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .284 | .326 | .610 | *4 |
| 24 | Dee Gordon | 69 | 0 | 2016 | 28 | MIA | NL | 21 | 97 | 94 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .266 | .289 | .340 | .629 | *4 |
Their batting ranks among 24 second basemen in 2016:
2. Cano (leads American Conference in HR, RBI
3. Murphy (leads National Conference in Hits)
13. Castro (replaced by Cubs with Ben Zobrist, #6 and 9 years older)
14. Walker (9 HR)
Cano: $24 million for each season 2014-2023 (age 40)
Murphy: $8, $12, $17.5 million (age 33)
Castro: $7.9, $9.9, $10.1, $10.9, $11.9, $16 (team option) million (age 30)
Walker: $10.6 million (age 30); free agent after 2016
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