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Player			WS	bWAR
Cody Bellinger		33.9	9.0
Alex Bregman		34.7	8.4
Mike Trout		33.5	8.3
Marcus Semien		33.2	8.1
Christian Yelich	33.0	7.1
Ketel Marte		28.2	6.9
Mookie Betts		27.0	6.8
Matt Chapman		23.9	6.7
Trevor Story		22.4	6.4
Anthony Rendon		30.4	6.3
George Springer		24.1	6.2
Josh Donaldson		25.9	6.1
DJ LeMahieu		28.9	6.0
Nolan Arenado		24.4	5.7
Max Muncy		23.2	5.7
Jorge Polanco		25.0	5.7
Ronald Acuna		27.3	5.5
Aaron Judge		17.4	5.4
Rafael Devers		23.4	5.3
Xander Bogaerts		25.5	5.2
Matt Olson		20.3	5.1
Pete Alonso		27.0	5.0
Jeff McNeil		23.5	5.0
Javier Baez		17.3	4.8
Ozzie Albies		29.1	4.8
Francisco Lindor	22.4	4.7
Kolten Wong		23.9	4.7
Juan Soto		25.3	4.7
Yoan Moncada		26.1	4.6
Michael Brantley	19.4	4.6
Nick Ahmed		16.4	4.5
Freddie Freeman		26.2	4.4
Carlos Santana		23.9	4.5
Gleyber Torres		26.0	3.9
Josh Bell		24.1	2.9
JT Realmuto		24.0	4.4
Mitch Garver	16.7		4.0
Yasmani Grandal		21.5	2.5


Pitcher 		WS	bWAR
Jacob deGrom		18.4	7.9
Justin Verlander	21.2	7.8
Mike Minor		18.2	7.6
Lance Lynn		18.1	7.6
Gerrit Cole		20.4	6.8
Stephen Strasburg	17.5	6.5
Zack Greinke		19.4	6.4
Jack Flaherty		16.3	6.0
Eduardo Rodriguez	14.3	6.0
Max Scherzer		14.9	5.8
Lucas Giolito		14.8	5.6
Mike Soroka		16.7	5.6
Sonny Gray		16.1	5.6
Patrick Corbin		15.9	5.4
Hyun-jin Ryu		17.0	5.3
Charlie Morton		17.0	5.0
Shane Bieber		18.9	4.9
John Means		 8.9	4.6
Luis Castillo		15.9	4.4
Mike Clevinger		14.3	4.2
Marcus Stroman		12.6	4.1
Zach Wheeler		10.6	4.1
Jon Gray		12.1	4.0
Aaron Nola		14.2	3.9
Kyle Hendricks		12.5	3.9
Clayton Kershaw		14.6	3.6

Liam Hendriks		16.6	3.5
Brandon Workman		15.1	3.2
Kirby Yates		13.4	2.8
Felipe Rivero		11.0	2.8
Aaron Bummer		10.1	2.8
Josh Hader		14.9	2.6
Hansel Robles		14.1	2.6
Emilio Pagan		14.6	2.4

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1. DL from MN Posted: October 10, 2019 at 11:12 AM (#5888822)

Get your prelim in before the playoffs end. Remember, ANYONE can vote in an MMP election.

2. lieiam Posted: October 12, 2019 at 03:43 PM (#5889797)

Here's my prelim ballot. I don't normally include playoffs in my ratings so it likely will stay the same. This is my usual "uber-stat blender" method and available to me for this total was WAR from baseball reference, fangraphs, and baseball gauge as well as Win Shares and WSAB.

1 BREGMAN, ALEX 9746
2 BELLINGER, CODY 9706
3 TROUT, MIKE 9504
4 YELICH, CHRISTIAN 9072
5 SEMIEN, MARCUS 8906
6 RENDON, ANTHONY 7794
7 VERLANDER, JUSTIN 7750
8 BETTS, MOOKIE 7514
9 COLE, GERRIT 7499
10 MARTE, KETEL 7438
11 DEGROM, JACOB 7410
12 LEMAHIEU, DJ 7187
13 SPRINGER, GEORGE 7006
14 ALONSO, PETE 6969
15 CHAPMAN, MATT 6953
16 LYNN, LANCE 6911
17 GREINKE, ZACK 6697
18 ACUNA, RONALD 6559
19 MONCADA, YOAN 6498
20 MINOR, MIKE 6455
21 ALBIES,OZZIE 6270
22 ARENADO, NOLAN 6244
23 BOGAERTS, XANDER 6237
24 DONALDSON, JOSH 6156
25 DEVERS, RAFAEL 6147
26 STRASBURG, STEPHEN 6119
27 SOTO, JUAN 6094
28 BIEBER, SHANE 6009
29 MORTON, CHARLIE 5955
30 MUNCY, MAX 5896

3. progrockfan Posted: October 16, 2019 at 03:24 PM (#5891130)

Mike Trout in 2019:

April OPS - 1.052
May OPS - 1.032
June OPS - 1.081
July OPS - 1.214
August OPS - 1.034
September OPS - 1.117

League leads in OBP, slugging, OPS and OPS+, intentional walks (of course), adjusted batting runs & wins, offensive win percentage - plus 85% base stealing just for laughs.

To me this seems like a no-brainer, and a test case for why blind adherence to any given 'uber-stat' is likely to produce nonsensical results. But that's just me - YMM of course V.

4. progrockfan Posted: October 17, 2019 at 02:53 PM (#5891375)

Y'know, I can be quite tone-deaf at times... Please note that no offense whatsoever was or is intended by my last post, to @lieiam or indeed to any adherent to uber-stats. I may differ with a given methodology, but I always appreciate the analytical rigor - and, of course, the contribution to the general debate.

5. kwarren Posted: October 18, 2019 at 12:44 AM (#5891506)

Staying healthy is a skill, which uber-stats take into account, but obviously the Post #3 & #4 do not. It is pretty clear that inferior could "have more merit" simply by playing more games. Like I said staying healthy is a big deal, and was not mentioned in either of these posts. Trout did not do so well in this metric this season. That should count for something and both Win Shares, WAR, runs created, defensive runs saved all take his lack of playing time into account. I do not believe that this is a weakness or problem with "uber stats". It is certainly not nonsensical to think that Bellinger and Bregman had more merit than Trout in 2019.

Something else the the "uber stats" take into account that the preceding posts haven't is defense:

Bregman 4.8 RS
Bellinger 3.4 RS
Trout -0.3 RS

Trout trails significantly here

6. bjhanke Posted: October 20, 2019 at 06:53 AM (#5892274)

Wait. DL - Did you mean that everyone has to put up a prelim before the playoffs ended? Because the playoffs ended tonight, before I read this, and there are almost no prelims up now. Do long-term veterans of the project, like me, have to put up prelims? If so, and for everyone else who'd like to join the project, can the deadline be extended to the end of the World Series? I'm probably getting anxious over nothing, but sometimes it's danger to not get anxious. Thanks for whatever the procedure actually is - Brock

7. DL from MN Posted: October 21, 2019 at 09:59 AM (#5892459)

No, I meant that people had the opportunity to post a prelim based on just the regular season stats. The election won't end until December 4.

8. Qufini Posted: October 22, 2019 at 09:29 AM (#5892722)

2019 Prelim- AL only

1. Alex Bregman, 3B/SS, Houston Astros
2. Mike Trout, CF, Los Angeles Angels: one of the closest finishes, Bregman needs every bit of his games played advantage plus defensive credit for filling in at short to surpass Trout's big lead in OPS+
3. Justin Verlander, P, Houston Astros
4. Gerrit Cole, O, Houston Astros: even closer than Bregman & Trout with Verlander's small IP advantage outweighing Cole's ERA+ lead
5. Marcus Semien, SS, Oakland Athletics
6. Xander Bogaerts, SS, Boston Red Sox: huge defensive disparity as Semien is +5 fielding while Bogaerts is -21
7. Mookie Betts, RF, Boston Red Sox
8. DJ LeMahieu, 2B/3B, New York Yankees
9. Nelson Cruz, DH, Minnesota Twins
10. Jorge Polanco, SS, Minnesota Twins
11. George Springer, CF/RF, Houston Astros
12. Rafael Devers, 3B, Boston Red Sox: with Bogaerts, Betts and Devers, the offense wasn't the problem in Boston
13. Shane Bieber, Cleveland Indians: for all the talk about Lynn, Minor and Morton, Bieber ended the season as the third best pitcher in the AL
14. Carlos Santana, 1B, Cleveland Indians
15. Mike Minor, P, Texas Rangers

9. Qufini Posted: October 22, 2019 at 09:30 AM (#5892723)

Wait. DL - Did you mean that everyone has to put up a prelim before the playoffs ended? Because the playoffs ended tonight,

The playoffs aren't over, Brock. We still have this whole World Series thing to go yet.

10. Qufini Posted: October 25, 2019 at 06:12 PM (#5894674)

2019 Prelim- NL only

1. Cody Bellinger, RF, Los Angeles Dodgers: a clear #1 thanks to +26 fielding
2. Christian Yelich, RF, Milwaukee Brewers: not bad for a follow-up campaign
3. Anthony Rendon, 3B, Washington Nationals
4. Ketel Marte, CF/2B, Arizona Diamondbacks: was not expecting this kind of year from Marte
5. Trevor Story, SS, Colorado Rockies: 118 OPS+ and +17 fielding
6. Jacob deGrom, P, New York Mets: 3rd in ERA+, 2nd in IP
7. Hyun-Jin Ryu, P, Los Angeles Dodgers: led the NL in ERA+ with 179
8. Nolan Arenado, 3B, Colorado Rockies
9. Josh Donaldson, 3B, Atlanta Braves
10. Mike Soroka, P, Atlanta Braves
11. Jack Flaherty, P, St. Louis Cardinals
12. Freddie Freeman, 1B, Atlanta Braves
13. Pete Alonso, 1B, New York Mets
14. Ronald Acuna Jr, CF, Atlanta Braves
15. Juan Soto, LF, Washington Nationals

11. Qufini Posted: October 25, 2019 at 06:17 PM (#5894676)

2019 Prelim- Combined

1. Alex Bregman, 3B, Houston Astros
2. Cody Bellinger, RF, Los Angeles Dodgers
3. Mike Trout, CF, Los Angeles Angels: one of the closest finishes, Bregman needs every bit of his games played advantage plus defensive credit for filling in at short to surpass Trout's big lead in OPS+ while Bellinger's amazing defense pushes him into second
4. Christian Yelich, RF, Milwaukee Brewers: not bad for a follow-up campaign
5. Justin Verlander, P, Houston Astros
6. Gerrit Cole, O, Houston Astros: even closer than Bregman & Trout with Verlander's small IP advantage outweighing Cole's ERA+ lead
7. Marcus Semien, SS, Oakland Athletics
8. Anthony Rendon, 3B, Washington Nationals
9. Ketel Marte, CF/2B, Arizona Diamondbacks: was not expecting this kind of year from Marte
10. Trevor Story, SS, Colorado Rockies: 118 OPS+ and +17 fielding
11. Xander Bogaerts, SS, Boston Red Sox: -21 fielding drops him below Semien and Story
12. Jacob deGrom, P, New York Mets: 3rd in NL ERA+, 2nd in IP
13. Hyun-Jin Ryu, P, Los Angeles Dodgers: led the NL in ERA+ with 179
14. Nolan Arenado, 3B, Colorado Rockies
15. Mookie Betts, RF, Boston Red Sox

16. DJ LeMahieu, 2B/3B, New York Yankees
17. Nelson Cruz, DH, Minnesota Twins
18. Jorge Polanco, SS, Minnesota Twins
19. George Springer, CF/RF, Houston Astros
20. Josh Donaldson, 3B, Atlanta Braves

12. progrockfan Posted: October 28, 2019 at 10:49 AM (#5895395)

Wow...! I'm 100% out-voted (at least so far) on Trout for MMP. Fair enough.

I agree with this:
"It is certainly not nonsensical to think that Bellinger and Bregman had more merit than Trout in 2019."

And this:
"Staying healthy is a big deal."

And also, curiously, this:
" It is pretty clear that inferior could 'have more merit' simply by playing more games."
This exactly summarizes my opinion on Bellinger and Bregman's candidacies. It's not that they're not worthy, because they are, but rather that they accumulated more value specifically because they played more games. I regard Trout as much the greater player on a per-game basis, and thus, in my view, the MMP.

But this, I cannot agree with:
"Staying healthy is a skill."

To a certain extent, the possibility of injury can be ameliorated through exercise, diet, stretching, etc. (Just ask Ichiro.) But you can't tell Mantle's drain cover, or Oliva's knees, or Koufax's elbow, or Puckett's glaucoma that health is a "skill". It's the same, in my view, wth Trout's foot.

Now, Andruw Jones's weight, sure, that's a legitimate issue - or Mantle's drinking, as opposed to his drain cover - those are related to behavioural choices. Trout's foot is not. I've seen no evidence that Trout is anything less than 100% dedicated to his health and longevity.

None of this means, of course, that Trout is more valuable than Bregman or Bellinger. That part is just my opinion. But I can't countenance the view that Trout somehow lacks a 'skill' because he needed foot surgery.

13. Qufini Posted: October 28, 2019 at 12:35 PM (#5895434)

There's a football maxim (at least I first heard it from football commentators): the greatest ability is availability. Whether staying healthy is a skill or not, Bregman and Bellinger's extra games made them more valuable for this season. I still like Trout's chances of being better than either of them next year.

14. DL from MN Posted: November 01, 2019 at 11:51 AM (#5897739)

2019 prelim

1) Cody Bellinger - terrific glovework
2) Alex Bregman - filling in at SS helps a lot
3) Mike Trout - best hitter
4) Mike Minor - best regular season pitcher by a small margin
5) Justin Verlander - no postseason credit in the prelim for anyone
6) Jacob deGrom - basically tied with Lynn
7) Lance Lynn
8) Ketel Marte - didn't really follow him all year so this was a surprise for me
9) Christian Yelich
10) Gerrit Cole
11) Trevor Story
12) Matt Chapman
13) Stephen Strasburg - got to see him pitch live in person this year
14) Mookie Betts
15) Anthony Rendon

16-20) George Springer, Josh Donaldson, Jack Flaherty, Eduardo Rodriguez, Max Scherzer
21-25) Zack Greinke, DJ LeMahieu, Mike Soroka, Jorge Polanco, Sonny Gray

15. MrC. Posted: November 02, 2019 at 04:07 PM (#5898143)

2019 Prelim Ballot

post season adjustments have been included

1. Alex Bregman 9.19 WARR
2. Gerrit Cole 7.95 WARR
3. Mike Trout 7.80 WARR
4. Anthony Rendon 7.47 WARR
5. Marcus Semien 7.46 WARR
6. Cody Bellinger 6.98 WARR
7. Zack Greinke 5.06 WARR (NL) + 1.72 WARR (AL) = 6.78 WARR
8. Max Scherzer 6.74 WARR
9. Mookie Betts 6.67 WARR
10. Cristian Yelich 6.42 WARR
11. Justin Verlander 6.20 WARR
12. Nolan Arenado 6.14 WARR
13. Juan Soto 6.14 WARR
14. Stephen Strasburg 6.02 WARR
15. George Springer 5.93 WARR

Rest of the top 25
16. Matt Chapman
17. Jacob deGrom
18. Kolten Wong
19. DJ LeMahieu
20. Lance Lynn
21. Hyun-Jin Ryu
22. Ketel Marte
23. Pete Alonso
24. Jonathon Villar
25. Eugenio Suarez

16. DL from MN Posted: November 25, 2019 at 10:50 AM (#5903693)

2019 NL Wild Card

Player Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E WPA
Anthony Rendon 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 -0.01
Juan Soto 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 0 0.52

Yasmani Grandal 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 0 0 0 0.14

Pitcher Name G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H R ER BB SO WHIP WPA
Max Scherzer 1 1 5.40 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 3 3 6 1.400 -0.06
Stephen Strasburg 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 0.667 0.12

Josh Hader 1 0 18.00 0 1 0 0 1.0 2 3 2 1 2 3.000 -0.64

17. DL from MN Posted: November 25, 2019 at 11:00 AM (#5903699)

2019 AL Wild Card

Player Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E WPA
Matt Chapman 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0 0 0 0.03
Matt Olson 1 3 01 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 0 0 0 -0.05
Marcus Semien 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 0 0.04

Pitcher Name G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H R ER BB SO WHIP WPA
Charlie Morton 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 0 34 1.600 0.17
Emilio Pagan 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.01

Liam Hendriks 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.00

18. DL from MN Posted: November 25, 2019 at 12:52 PM (#5903735)

2019 NLDS1

Player Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E WPA
Kolten Wong 5 20 3 5 3 0 0 4 26 .250 .318 .400 .718 0 0 1 -0.21 

Ronald Acuna Jr. 5 18 1 8 3 1 1 2 4 5 .444 .565 .889 1.454 0 1 0 0.32
Ozzie Albies 5 20 3 5 0 0 1 3 2 3 .250 .304 .400 .704 0 0 2 0.07 
Josh Donaldson 5 19 2 3 1 0 1 3 2 4 .158 .273 .368 .641 0 0 0 0.00
Freddie Freeman 5 20 1 4 1  0 1 1 1 6 .200 .273 .400 .673 0 0 1 -0.46 

Pitcher Name G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H R ER BB SO WHIP WPA
Jack Flaherty 2 2 2.77 1 1 0 0 13.0 12 4 4 2 16 1.077 0.08

19. DL from MN Posted: November 25, 2019 at 01:29 PM (#5903758)

2019 NLDS2

Player Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E WPA
Anthony Rendon 5 17 5 7 3 0 1 5 3 3 .412 .455 .765 1.219 0 0 0 0.59
Juan Soto 5 18 4 5 0 0 24 34 .278 .409 .611 1.020 0 0 0 0.52 

Cody Bellinger 5 19 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 7 .211 .286 .263 .549 3 0 0 -0.17
Max Muncy 5 19 4 5 0 0 3 7 4 2 .263 .391 .737 1.128 1 0 0 0.46

Pitcher Name G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H R ER BB SO WHIP WPA
Patrick Corbin 3 1 7.88 0 2 0 0  8.0 7 8 7 7 14 1.750 -0.35
Max Scherzer 2 1 1.13 1 0 0 0 8.0 4 1 1 3 10 0.875 0.34
Stephen Strasburg 2 2 3.00 1 0 0 0 12.0 9 4 4 1 17 0.833 0.13 

Clayton Kershaw 2 1 7.11 0 1 0 0 6.1 8 5 5 1 5 1.421 -0.39
Hyun-Jin Ryu 1 1 3.60 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 2 23 1.200 0.03

20. DL from MN Posted: November 25, 2019 at 02:03 PM (#5903774)

2019 ALDS1

Player Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E WPA
Michael Brantley 5 19 3 4 0 0 1 1 1 5 .211 .250 .368 .618 0 0 0 -0.15
Alex Bregman 5 17 6 6 2 0 1 3 3 6 .353 .450 .647 1.097 1 0 1 0.18
George Springer 5 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 .143 .182 .143 .325 1 0 0 -0.17

Pitcher Name G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H R ER BB SO WHIP WPA
Gerrit Cole 2 2 0.57 2 0 0 0 15.2 6 1 1 3 25 0.574 0.83
Zack Greinke  1 1 14.73 0 1 0 0 3.2 5 6 6 1 5 1.636 -0.30
Justin Verlander 2 2 3.38 1 1 0 0 10.2 8 4 4 6 13 1.313 0.16

Charlie Morton 1 1 1.80 1 0 0 0 5.0 3 1 1 2 9 1.000 0.11 
Emilio Pagan 3 0 7.71 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 3 2 2 1 3.000 -0.14

21. DL from MN Posted: November 25, 2019 at 02:12 PM (#5903780)

2019 ALDS2

Player Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E WPA
Aaron Judge 3 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 .333 .538 .333 .872 0 0 0 0.19
DJ LeMahieu 3 14 4 4 2 0 1 4 1 4 .286 .333 .643 .976 0 0 1 0.13
Gleyber Torres 3 12 5 5 3 0 1 4 1 2 .417 .462 .917 1.378 2 0 0 0.37

Mitch Garver 3 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 .167 .231 .167 .397 0 0 1 -0.24 
Jorge Polanco 3 11 1 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 .273 .429 .545 .974 1 0 0 0.16

22. DL from MN Posted: November 25, 2019 at 02:17 PM (#5903785)

2019 NLCS

Player Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E WPA
Anthony Rendon 4 12 2 5 1 0 0 2 4 3 .417 .529 .500 1.029 0 0 0 0.11
Juan Soto  4 16 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 7 .188 .235 .250 .485 0 0 1 -0.22 

Kolten Wong 4 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .143 .250 .143 .393 2 0 1 -0.21

Pitcher Name G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H R ER BB SO WHIP WPA
Patrick Corbin 2  1 6.75 1 0 0 0 5.1 4 4 4 3 12 1.313 0.05
Max Scherzer 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 0 7.0 1 0 0 2 11 0.429 0.50
Stephen Strasburg 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 1 0 0 12 1.000 0.26 

Jack Flaherty  1 1 9.00 0 1 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 2 6 1.750 -0.19

23. DL from MN Posted: November 25, 2019 at 02:23 PM (#5903789)

2019 ALCS

Player Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E WPA
Michael Brantley 6 23 1 7 0 0 0 1 4 4 .304 .407 .304 .712 0 0 0 -0.10
Alex Bregman 6 18 4 3 1 0 0 1 7 2 .167 .423 .222 .645 0 0 1 -0.11 
George Springer 6 25 4 4 0 0 2 4 4 10 .160 .276 .400 .676 0 0 1 0.13

Aaron Judge 6 25 3 6 0 0 1 2 3 10 .240 .321 .360 .681 2 0 0 -0.04
DJ LeMahieu 6 26 6 9 1 0 2 3 3 2 .346 .414 .615 1.029 0 0 2 0.30
Gleyber Torres 6 25 3 7 2 0 2 6 2 4 .280 .333 .600 .933 0 0 2 0.07

Pitcher Name G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H R ER BB SO WHIP WPA
Gerrit Cole 1  1 0.00 1 0 0 0 7.0 4 0 0 5 7 1.286 0.41 
Zack Greinke 2  2 3.48 0 1 0 0 10.1 10 4 4 4 11 1.355 0.05
Justin Verlander 2  2 3.95 0 1 0 0 13.2 10 6 6 2 16 0.878 -0.01

24. DL from MN Posted: November 25, 2019 at 02:28 PM (#5903793)

2019 World Series

Player Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS E WPA
Anthony Rendon 7 29 3 8 3 0 2 8 3 3 .276 .344 .586 .930 0 0 1 0.20
Juan Soto 7 27 6 9 2 0 3 7 5 8 .333 .438 .741 1.178 1 0 1 0.42

Michael Brantley 7 28 3 9 0 0 0 2 4 3 .321 .406 .321 .728 1 0 0 -0.15
Alex Bregman 7 29 3 6 0 0 3 8 2 5 .207 .258 .517 .775 0 0 1 -0.04
George Springer 7 27 6 8 4 0 2 4 7 5 .296 .441 .667 1.108 2 0 0 0.36

Pitcher Name G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H R ER BB SO WHIP WPA
Patrick Corbin 3 1  3.60 1 1 0 0 10.0 10 4 4 2 10 1.200 0.18
Max Scherzer 2 2 3.60 1 0 0 0 10.0 12 4 4 7 10 1.900 0.12 
Stephen Strasburg 2 2 2.51 2 0 0 0 14.1 12 4 4 3 14 1.047 0.50

Gerrit Cole 2 2 3.86 1 1 0 0 14.0 11 6 6 3 15 1.000 0.09
Zack Greinke 2 2 2.45 0 0 0 0 11.0 9 3 3 5 9 1.273 0.36
Justin Verlander 2 2 5.73 0 2 0 0 11.0 12 7 7 6 9 1.636 -0.09

25. Carl Goetz Posted: November 27, 2019 at 10:51 AM (#5904189)

Ok, here's my first pass. I made adjustments (mostly defense discounting) to 4 different WAR measurements and blended them into a score. Deviations to the score are typically for postseason performance. I also gave close battles to the guy who was more consistent across methods. I gave a catcher bonus that's not reflected in the score number. I'll think this over more over the weekend and respond to comments before posting to the ballot thread next week.
1) Alex Bregman (8.47)
2) Mike Trout (8.60)
3) Cody Bellinger (8.03)
4) Gerrit Cole (7.58)
5) Justin Verlander (7.93)
6) Stephen Strasburg (6.74)
7) Marcus Semien (7.66)
8) Jacob deGrom (7.61)
9) Christian Yelich (7.39)
10) Anthony Rendon (6.53)

11) Max Scherzer (6.15)
12) Lance Lynn (6.84)
13) Mookie Betts (6.60)
14) Zack Greinke (6.14)
15) George Springer (6.02)
16) Ketel Marte (6.31)
17) Matt Chapman (6.07)
18) Jack Flaherty (6.12)
19) Nolan Arenado (6.13)
20) Charlie Morton (5.94)

21) JT Realmuto (5.12)
22) Mike Minor (6.01)
23) Rafael Devers (5.63)
24) Ronald Acuna (5.66)
25) Pete Alonso (5.81)
26) DJ Lemahieu (5.56)
27) Hyun Jin Ryu (5.56)
28) Trevor Story (5.51)
29) Xander Bogaerts (5.50)
30) Yasmani Grandal (4.57)

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