I shouldn't have left Machado off this list--gave in to the having-an-off-year fallacy.
― clemenza, Sunday, 13 May 2018 23:22 (five years ago) link
(That is, the fallacy that someone his age having an off year has something to do with his actual ability.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 13 May 2018 23:24 (five years ago) link
Right now, after Trout, I might put Lindor. If you look at his career box on Baseball Reference, he's never had an oWAR or dWAR less than 1.2, or a WAR less than 4.6. He's got power, hits for average, draws a decent number of walks, steals bases at an 80%+ success rate, gold-glove defense...I can't see a weakness anywhere. Betts or Yelich is probably #2 among position players, but Lindor's so good.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
I'm biased here but Yelich since the 2018 ASB has basically been Barry Bonds
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
If first-half Mike Trout and second-half Mike Trout were separate players they'd arguably be 1 and 2
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:09 (four years ago) link
In WAR its got to be Scherzer over the last 3 seasons.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 8 August 2019 03:44 (four years ago) link