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| Rk | Player | Team | Lg | Age | Pos | PA | IP | WAR | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Trout | LAA | AL | 26 | CF | 1514 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 10.5 | |
| 2 | Mookie Betts | BOS | AL | 25 | RF | 1688 | 8.0 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 9.7 | |
| 3 | Corey Kluber | CLE | AL | 32 | SP | 10 | 523.1 | 8.0 | 4.1 | 8.2 | 5.9 |
| 4 | Jose Altuve | HOU | AL | 28 | 2B | 1708 | 7.9 | 3.4 | 8.3 | 7.7 | |
| 5 | Max Scherzer | WAS | NL | 33 | SP | 193 | 529.2 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Jose Ramirez | CLE | AL | 25 | 3B | 1581 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 4.1 | |
| 7 | Justin Verlander | HOU | AL | 35 | SP | 13 | 541.0 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 7.2 |
| 8 | Francisco Lindor | CLE | AL | 24 | SS | 1743 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 5.9 | |
| 9 | Nolan Arenado | COL | NL | 27 | 3B | 1671 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 7.2 | 6.6 | |
| 10 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | NL | 30 | SP | 162 | 444.2 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.5 |
| 11 | Chris Sale | BOS | AL | 29 | SP | 11 | 543.0 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 5.0 |
| 12 | Andrelton Simmons | LAA | AL | 28 | SS | 1391 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 7.1 | 4.2 | |
| 13 | Aaron Judge | NYY | AL | 26 | RF | 1083 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 8.1 | -0.4 | |
| 14 | Carlos Correa | HOU | AL | 23 | SS | 1434 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 6.3 | 6.1 | |
| 15 | Joey Votto | CIN | NL | 34 | 1B | 1697 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 7.5 | 4.0 | |
| 16 | Freddie Freeman | ATL | NL | 28 | 1B | 1529 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 6.5 | |
| 17 | Kris Bryant | CHC | NL | 26 | 3B | 1662 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 7.4 | |
| 18 | Lorenzo Cain | MIL | NL | 32 | CF | 1382 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 3.0 | |
| 19 | Paul Goldschmidt | ARI | NL | 30 | 1B | 1682 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 4.7 | |
| 20 | Giancarlo Stanton | NYY | AL | 28 | LF | 1466 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 7.6 | 2.6 | |
| 21 | George Springer | HOU | AL | 28 | RF | 1699 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 5.1 | |
| 22 | Luis Severino | NYY | AL | 24 | SP | 7 | 363.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| 23 | Brett Gardner | NYY | AL | 34 | LF | 1585 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 3.4 | |
| 24 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | NL | 30 | SP | 126 | 373.0 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
| 25 | Stephen Strasburg | WAS | NL | 29 | SP | 147 | 403.2 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 3.8 |
bWAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
Established Level Methodology
The calculation is based on the "Established Level" portion of Bill James Favorite Toy.- The metric from the current year (2018) is multiplied by 3.
- The previous year's (2017) metric is multiplied by 2.
- The metric from two years prior (2016) is added to the above totals and they are divided by 6.
- One caveat is that the final "Established Level" should not be below 75% of the current year's (2018) metric
Example:
Player X has 5.0 WAR in 2018, 7.0 WAR in 2017, and 4.0 WAR in 2016.((5.0 x 3) + (7.0 x 2) + 4.0) / 6 = 5.5 WAR