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| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | From | To | Signed | 2018 | EstLvl | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorenzo Cain | CF | 32 | KCR | MIL | Jan 26 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 7.2 |
| 2 | Jake Arrieta | SP | 32 | CHC | PHI | Mar 12 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 8.6 |
| 3 | Zack Cozart | SS | 32 | CIN | LAA | Dec 15 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 4 | J. D. Martinez | RF | 30 | ARI | BOS | Feb 26 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| 5 | Todd Frazier | 3B | 32 | NYY | NYM | Feb 07 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 6 | Andrew Cashner | SP | 31 | TEX | BAL | Feb 15 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | -0.6 | -1.0 |
| 7 | Eric Hosmer | 1B | 28 | KCR | SDP | Feb 19 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| 8 | Carlos Santana | 1B | 32 | CLE | PHI | Dec 20 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 1.0 |
| 9 | Jason Vargas | SP | 35 | KCR | NYM | Feb 18 | -0.3 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| 10 | Yu Darvish | SP | 31 | LAD | CHC | Feb 13 | -0.2 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Logan Morrison | 1B | 30 | TBR | MIN | Feb 28 | -0.3 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| 12 | Jarrod Dyson | CF | 33 | SEA | ARI | Feb 19 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
| 13 | CC Sabathia | SP | 37 | NYY | NYY | Dec 26 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 |
| 14 | Curtis Granderson | CF | 37 | LAD | TOR | Jan 23 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 5.0 |
| 15 | John Lackey | SP | 39 | CHC | 2.3 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 5.6 | |||
| 16 | Lance Lynn | SP | 31 | STL | MIN | Mar 12 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| 17 | Addison Reed | RP | 29 | BOS | MIN | Jan 15 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 0.6 |
| 18 | Tyler Chatwood | SP | 28 | COL | CHC | Dec 07 | -0.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Mike Minor | RP | 30 | KCR | TEX | Dec 06 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Jhoulys Chacin | SP | 30 | SDP | MIL | Dec 21 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 21 | Jay Bruce | RF | 31 | CLE | NYM | Jan 16 | -0.4 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| 22 | Anthony Swarzak | RP | 32 | MIL | NYM | Dec 15 | -0.4 | 2.1 | 2.8 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| 23 | Pat Neshek | RP | 37 | COL | PHI | Dec 15 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| 24 | Wade Davis | RP | 32 | CHC | COL | Dec 29 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 3.5 |
| 25 | Alex Avila | C | 31 | CHC | ARI | Jan 31 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.0 | -0.1 |
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