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2018 Top 25 Players WAR Data Model

WAR calculated by Baseball Reference.

Rank	WAR	Name	Tm	Pos
+001+	10.9	Mookie Betts	BOS	RF-CF	MVP,AS,GG
+002+	10.5	Aaron Nola	PHI	PITCH	AS
+003+	10.2	Mike Trout	ANA	CF-DH	AS
+004+	9.6	Jacob deGrom	NYN	PITCH	CY,AS
+005+	8.8	Max Scherzer	WAS	PITCH	AS
+006+	8.4	Kyle Freeland	COL	PITCH
+007+	8.2	Matt Chapman	OAK	3B	GG
+008+	7.9	Francisco Lindor	CLE	SS	AS
+008+	7.9	Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B-2B	AS
+010+	7.6	Christian Yelich	MIL	LF-RF-CF	MVP,AS
+011+	7.5	Blake Snell	TBA	PITCH	CY,AS
+012+	6.9	Alex Bregman	HOU	3B-SS	AS
+012+	6.9	Chris Sale	BOS	PITCH	AS
+012+	6.9	Lorenzo Cain	MIL	CF	AS
+015+	6.4	J.D. Martinez	BOS	DH-LF-RF	AS
+016+	6.3	Javier Baez	CHN	2B-SS-3B	AS
+017+	6.2	Andrelton Simmons	ANA	SS	GG
+017+	6.2	Justin Verlander	HOU	PITCH	AS
+019+	6.1	Mitch Haniger	SEA	RF-CF	AS
+019+	6.1	Freddie Freeman	ATL	1B	AS,GG
+021+	5.9	Corey Kluber	CLE	PITCH	AS
+022+	5.8	Trevor Bauer	CLE	PITCH	AS
+023+	5.7	Manny Machado	TOT	SS	AS
+024+	5.6	Trevor Story	COL	SS	AS
+024+	5.6	Nolan Arenado	COL	3B	AS,GG

2018 Awards

Type	Lg	Name
CY	NL	Jacob deGrom
CY	AL	Blake Snell
MVP	NL	Christian Yelich
MVP	AL	Mookie Betts
HOF	X	Vladimir Guerrero
HOF	X	Trevor Hoffman
HOF	X	Chipper Jones
HOF	X	Jack Morris
HOF	X	Jim Thome
HOF	X	Alan Trammell

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