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Established Level
| Rk | Player | Team | Lg | Age | Pos | PA | IP | WAR | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mookie Betts | BOS | AL | 25 | RF | 2056 | 9.2 | 10.9 | 6.4 | 9.7 | |
| 2 | Mike Trout | LAA | AL | 26 | CF | 1795 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 6.6 | 10.5 | |
| 3 | Max Scherzer | WAS | NL | 33 | SP | 235 | 649.2 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | NL | 30 | SP | 201 | 566.1 | 7.5 | 10.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 5 | Aaron Nola | PHI | NL | 25 | SP | 159 | 491.1 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 4.4 | -0.2 |
| 6 | Jose Ramirez | CLE | AL | 25 | 3B | 1961 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 4.1 | |
| 7 | Francisco Lindor | CLE | AL | 24 | SS | 2152 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 5.5 | 5.9 | |
| 8 | Corey Kluber | CLE | AL | 32 | SP | 14 | 633.2 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 8.2 | 5.9 |
| 9 | Jose Altuve | HOU | AL | 28 | 2B | 1978 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 7.7 | |
| 10 | Justin Verlander | HOU | AL | 35 | SP | 16 | 648.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 7.2 |
| 11 | Nolan Arenado | COL | NL | 27 | 3B | 2048 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 6.6 | |
| 12 | Chris Sale | BOS | AL | 29 | SP | 11 | 599.0 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.0 |
| 13 | Kyle Freeland | COL | NL | 25 | SP | 127 | 358.1 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 3.3 | |
| 14 | Matt Chapman | OAK | AL | 25 | 3B | 942 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 15 | Christian Yelich | MIL | NL | 26 | LF | 2004 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 4.2 | 5.4 | |
| 16 | Andrelton Simmons | LAA | AL | 28 | SS | 1730 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 4.2 | |
| 17 | Lorenzo Cain | MIL | NL | 32 | CF | 1699 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 3.0 | |
| 18 | Blake Snell | TBR | AL | 25 | SP | 13 | 399.0 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| 19 | Freddie Freeman | ATL | NL | 28 | 1B | 1914 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 6.5 | |
| 20 | Paul Goldschmidt | ARI | NL | 30 | 1B | 2057 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 4.7 | |
| 21 | Aaron Judge | NYY | AL | 26 | RF | 1271 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 8.1 | -0.4 | |
| 22 | Manny Machado | BAL/LAD | AL/NL | 25 | SS | 2095 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 6.9 | |
| 23 | Alex Bregman | HOU | AL | 24 | 3B | 1548 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 1.8 | |
| 24 | Giancarlo Stanton | NYY | AL | 28 | DH | 1866 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 7.9 | 2.6 | |
| 25 | Justin Turner | LAD | NL | 33 | 3B | 1591 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
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