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Baseball Prospectus top ten WARP -- pitchers.
1. Stephen Strasburg 8.3
2. Justin Verlander 7.9
3. Gerrit Cole 7.9
4. Jacob deGrom 7.8
5. Jack Flaherty 7.1
6. Max Scherzer 6.2
7. Yu Darvish 6.0
8. Lance Lynn 5.9
9. Charlie Morton 5.9
10. Patrick Corbin 5.9
Strasberg isn't just at the top of this list, he's at the top with some to spare.
Darvish and Corbin crash the party.
Fangraphs top ten WAR -- pitchers:
1. Gerrit Cole 7.4
2. Jacob deGrom 7.0
3. Lance Lynn 6.8
4. Max Scherzer 6.5
5. Justin Verlander 6.4
6. Charlie Morton 6.1
7. Stephen Strasburg 5.7
8. Shane Bieber 5.6
9. Zach Greinke 5.4
10. Lucas Giolito 5.1
Cole is the biggest gainer (compared to Baseball-Reference) while a teammate is the biggest loser. One Ranger stays at No. 3 while the other drops off the list.
Baseball-Reference top ten WAR -- pitchers:
Park context gives the the Rangers two of the three best starting pitchers this year? I can't think what else explains it.
Fangraphs top ten WAR for position players (fielding included):
1 Trout 8.6
2 Bregman 8.5
3 Yelich 7.8
4 Bellinger 7.8
5 Semien 7.6
6 Marte 7.1
7 Rendon 7.0
8 Bogaerts 6.8
9 Betts 6.6
10 Springer 6.5
Biggest difference from Baseball-Reference is Bellinger.
Starting a new thread... First up: a comparison of two WAR rankings at Baseball-Reference:
Wins Above Replacement for position players
A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.
1.Bellinger LAD 9.0
2.Bregman HOU 8.4
3.Trout LAA 8.3
4.Semien OAK 8.1
5.Yelich MIL 7.1
6.Marte ARI 6.9
7.Betts BOS 6.8
8.Chapman OAK 6.7
9.Story COL 6.4
10.Rendon WSN 6.3
Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding)
The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded.
1.Trout LAA 8.3
2.Bregman HOU 7.7
3.Semien OAK 7.5
4.Yelich MIL 7.3
5.Bogaerts BOS 7.1
6.Marte ARI 6.6
7.Bellinger LAD 6.6
8.Rendon WSN 6.4
9.Alonso NYM 5.8
10.Devers BOS 5.7