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This is update 7/10. We will update approximately every 16 games.

Age
Player fWAR since last update // Season fWAR // Career fWAR

Age 20
Avg HOF Season: 0.8
Min Career: 0.0
WAR HOF Career Pace: 0.8

Eury Perez 0.0 // 0.9 // 0.9 MILB
When Eury was sent down, the Marlins had the 2^nd best record in the NL and were resting him for the stretch run. One month later, the Marlins had fallen to 8^th, and now they need Eury to help them make a desperate playoff run.

Age 21
Avg HOF Season: 1.4
Min Career: 0.2
WAR HOF Career Pace: 1.9

Ezequiel Tovar 0.0 // 1.2 // 1.1
Tovar hit .297 since the last update. No, sorry, that was his OBP. No, oops, wrong again, that was his SLG. Gulp. I mean he’s young and talented, so he’ll probably be fine overall, but he ain’t winning any awards this year.

Elly De La Cruz 0.5 // 1.3 // 1.3
Albert Pujols struck out 93 times in his rookie year in 690 plate appearances. It was his career high. Elly has struck out 83 times in 243 plate appearances. So he has some catching up to do.

Francisco Alvarez -0.1 // 2.2 // 2.2
21 homers on the season, and 21 walks. I love races like this!

Age 22
Avg HOF Season: 2.3
Min Career: 0.8
WAR HOF Career Pace: 3.8

Vaughn Grissom 0.0 // -0.4 // 0.3 AAA
Last 5 games in AAA – 9-17 with 5 walks and a homer. He’s an absolute hitting machine. On any other team, he’s starting in the majors. Just so happens he’s in the Braves organization, and they are basically an All-Star team unto their own. Awesome hitter? Nah. We don’t need him.

Zach Neto -0.4 // 0.9 // 0.9 DL
Well I don’t want him to be hurt, but I also want my victory lap as last update I pointed out something was still wrong, and now he’s back on the DL. This time for a lot longer, it looks like.

Taj Bradley 0.0 // 1.1 // 1.1 AAA
Optioned to the minors, as his FIP was going up along with his ERA

CJ Abrams 1.0 // 1.6 // 1.3 NEW TO LIST
One of the potential stars of the Soto deal, it’s nice for Washington that they now have a potential star SS – but doesn’t literally every team have a potential or current star at SS? Have you looked at the list? There have to be 15 on here, and that doesn’t include Dansby, or prospects.

Anthony Volpe 0.2 // 1.4 // 1.4
While everyone continues to wonder when Volpe’s .211 average is going to rise to respectability, remember last year he hit .236 in 99 AAA PAs and .251 in 497 AA PAs. In other words, the Yankees knew what they were getting.

Riley Greene 0.4 // 2.2 // 3.0
It’s always shocking to me to look at Greene’s metrics, because he’s one of the best hitters in the league. And I want to blame his rather pedestrian numbers on Detroit. But he’s hitting .344 at home!

Gunnar Henderson 0.3 // 2.6 // 3.4
I was going to talk about how the only thing that’s holding him back is his lack of contact, but I got scared Peter Angelos would suspend me.

Corbin Carroll 0.4 // 4.3 // 5.7
Forget statistics for a moment. Have you paid attention to this kid at all? Watch one game, one actual game, and see how many times you’re taken aback by how hard he’s playing the game every single play. He’s just awesome.

Michael Harris II 0.3 // 2.1 // 6.9
1.214 OPS so far in August, in case you were wondering if he’s really back.

Julio Rodriguez 1.0 // 3.6 // 9.0
.343 with 5 HR and 5 SB has him surging since last update. Baseball fans are so weird about sample sizes. You don’t put up that big of a rookie year without actually being good.

Wander Franco 0.6 // 4.3 // 9.0
His HOF chances may have taken a minor plunge.

Age 23
Avg HOF Season: 2.3
Min Career: 0.8
WAR HOF Career Pace: 3.8

Roansy Contreras 0.0 // 0.0 // 1.1 MILB
Sort of going through a virtual minor league rehab at this point after not appearing in games over the last month.

Matt McLain 0.7 // 2.9// 2.9
Kind of what I expected when I saw his rate stats. Impressive player of course, but:

Home 9 HR .990 OPS
Road 3 HR .774 OPS
Years of bad teams have hidden what an extreme hitters park Cincinnati is.

Nolan Gorman 0.6 // 2.4 // 2.9
There’s been a narrative that Gorman has turned himself into an average defender, but it’s not true. He’s much improved, but still has negatives in all of his run value stats, and in UZR. The Brendan Donovan injury is his best shot to get the innings the rest of the way to demonstrate if he’s playable at 2B, which would be a huge value jump over DH.

Hunter Greene 0.0 // 1.7 // 3.3 DL
2 more rehab starts until he’s thrust in the middle of a pennant race. Hard not to be excited about what he might do down the stretch.

Geraldo Perdomo -0.2 // 2.6 // 3.3
9 sacrifices are leading the league for the 2^nd year in a row, and more sacs than 14 entire teams.

Reid Detmers -0.1 // 1.9 // 4.0
The 2^nd half has been rough, the Mariners just destroyed him, and the Astros in Houston are up tonight – but Detmers has impressed with his rate stats, and looks to be almost untouchable in an Anaheim potentially post-Ohtani.

Bobby Witt 1.2 // 3.9 // 6.2
Since July 23^rd is hitting .379 with 10 xbh and 7 steals and it’s helped jump start the dreams of what everyone thought he might be.

Age 24
Avg HOF Season: 4.0
Min Career: 3.8
WAR HOF Career Pace: 9.6

Andres Munoz 0.3 // 0.9 // 3.1
Ohhhh watch out. With the Sewald trade, Munoz was made closer and has already been electric. Just as he’s likely to fall off this list – as is the eventual fate of every reliever, his actual HOF case is starting.

Jack Suwinski -0.1 // 2.1 // 3.9
3-38 with 19 strikeouts to start August. Jack! We were so excited to have you aboard the list, dude! Don’t quit on us now!

Isaac Paredes 0.4 // 3.2 // 5.2
He’s crushing his xwOBA, appears to be because he’s selling out for power, and pulling the ball more. He’s swinging more than ever (still low) but missing more than ever – so it’s not producing weak contact. He just goes from his heels and misses. And he used to pull the ball at insane rates in the minors. Detroit tried to stop that. TB has encouraged it. So now he’s hitting for power down the short LF line. Fascinating player to watch.

Dylan Carlson -0.4 // 0.5 // 5.4 DL
Hitting .145 since July 5^th, and has since hit the DL. Must have partied hard on Independence Day.

Alejandro Kirk 0.9 // 1.6 // 6.2
Let’s do some average EVs for Kirk through the years:

2020: 95.0
2021: 92.3
2022: 90.5
2023: 87.0

Spencer Strider 0.4 // 3.7 // 8.5
Absolutely tragically, Strider struck out 6 Mets in 7 innings halting his 29 start streak of striking out more batters than innings pitched. I mean, it was 7 shutout innings and a win, but still: he disappointed me.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. -0.1 // 0.2 // 9.3
Has 1 HR dating back to July 24th

Andres Gimenez 0.0 // 1.6 // 9.7
Don’t look now, but his 4-5 day with a homer over the Rays has his OPS back to league average. Oh, ye doubters.

Fernando Tatis Jr. -0.2 // 3.4 // 17.0
Hit his 100^th career HR in Colorado – and frankly his Hall case seems a lot rosier now that other young superstar SSs have worse issues, right?

Juan Soto 1.0 // 4.3 // 27.1
Soto is Soto – his OPS+ is 155, and his career OPS+ is 157. But one must wonder is the high batting average days are a thing of the past? Probably dramatic, hitting .289 since April.

Age 25
Avg HOF Season: 4.5
Min Career: 6.4
WAR HOF Career Pace: 13.1

Michael Soroka 0.0 // -0.3 // 4.6 AAA
He was never going to be great this year – but he’s been really good in AAA? 1 run over his last 12 innings, 3.38 ERA overall – wouldn’t even have expected that after his layoff. The future could actually still be bright.

Triston McKenzie, -0.1 // 0.3 // 5.6 DL
Well, he’s playing catch again! I would suspect his return will depend on the Ind – the Guardians success in their sort of playoff chase.

Alek Manoah, -0.1 // -0.2 // 5.6 AAA
Of all things about his complete disaster of a season – he had one balk in his first 300 career innings, and has 3 in 87 innings this year. It just kind of makes me tilt my head.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. 0.3 // 0.5 // 5.7
I’ll at least hand the Marlins this one – his defensive metrics in CF have progressed tremendously this year. He’s a positive OAA guy now (+3).

Trevor Rogers, 0.0 // 0.2 // 5.7 DL
It’s August 14^th, and Rogers is still not able to throw. Considering the Marlins need for arms for the chance they could make the playoffs, I’m sure they are going to keep pushing for this season to happen. But…it’s not happening.

Emmanuel Clase, 0.3 // 1.4 // 6.4
Officially passed the 30 save mark for the 2^nd consecutive year. And hey, he’s 25, so that’s a good thing. Still leading the league in saves, in spite of some bad luck.

Steven Kwan, 0.5 // 2.4 // 6.5
Back to back games with standup triples in Tampa, he’s just a guy who is fun to watch and root for.

Adley Rutschman, 0.3 // 2.7 // 8.0
Has 4 0-hit games in August, and 6 2-hit games. How many 1 hit-games? Just 2. Kinda weird.

Luis Robert Jr., 0.3 // 4.5 // 11.1
With the trade of Jake Burger, Robert’s 31 HR is more than the next to White Sox (Vaughn 15, Jimenez 14) combined.

Bo Bichette, 0.4 // 3.4 // 15.2 DL
Blue Jays picked up Paul DeJong to cover for Bichette’s injury. He’s 3-39. So the good news is, I don’t see a Wally Pipp thing happening here.

Ronald Acuna Jr., 1.1 // 6.2 // 24.6
1990 MVP Rickey Henderson: 28 HR, 65 SB, .439 OBP
2023 MVP-elect Ronald Acuna JR: 26 HR, 55 SB, .421 OBP

Age 26
Avg HOF Season: 5.0
Min Career: 9.6
WAR HOF Career Pace: 17.1

Ke’Bryan Hayes -0.2 // 0.9 // 7.8 DL
HR by year: 5,6,7,8. Just wait until he’s 60.

Daulton Varsho 0.1 // 0.8 // 7.9
Announcers llllllllove opposite field hitting, it’s true. But if you want to point to Varsho’s struggles this year, he’s hitting to the opposite field 50% more. That means he’s hitting weaker balls, folks, and why he’s under-performing his xwOBA by 12 points.

Trent Grisham 0.7 // 1.6 // 8.8
Last 5 games: 1-17 with 10Ks. Trent’s a fine player, value-wise. But when you talk about boring baseball, they could use his at bats as a sleep aide.

Nico Hoerner 0.8 // 2.8 // 9.4
Batting .299 with 4 homers and an .857 OPS since the All-Star break, which has to make him the worst Cub in that stretch.

Luis Arraez 0.5 // 3.3 // 10.4
I love that he hit .354 in July and his batting average dropped. Hits are fun! Players who get hits are fun! Acting like errors are hits, doesn’t fool anyone! (message to Manfred)

Gleyber Torres 0.6 // 2.1 // 12.4
11 game hitting streak just ended, but hoo-boy. 1.141 OPS with 4 doubles and 2 homers.

Logan Webb 0.3 // 3.1 // 12.5
The secrets to leading the league in Innings Pitched (163) are health, and low walk rate (league leading 1.4 BB/9)

Austin Riley 0.7 // 3.0 // 13.4
125 career home runs now for Riley, don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned it, but I was there to watch his first career homer fly past me, right after telling my party that he was going to be a monster.

Julio Urias 0.2 // 0.7 // 13.7
Free Agent trackers take note, that Urias’s weird high HR rate has been gone since he returned from the DL. 3 HR in 8 starts in that time, with a 3.02 FIP. Spend the cash to get him.

Kyle Tucker 0.8 // 3.7 // 14.8
Don’t look now, but his OPS+ (145) besides being great, is only 2 points off his career high.

Yordan Alvarez 0.7 // 2.9 // 16.9
3-25 all singles in the past week, just got shut down completely

Ozzie Albies 0.3 // 2.6 // 17.8
Wish I could write a book on how weird Albies is. I think eventually teams are going to seek this out, instead of pushing against it, but who knows. He’s in the 35^th percentile for exit velocity – and currently 2HR shy of his 2^nd 30 HR season. Just yanks it down the right field line to the short porch, and then jogs around the bases.

Rafael Devers 0.9 // 2.2 // 20.3
On the other hand, Devers is a ball crushing machine playing in the absolute worst park for his swing. 26 HR this year, according to statcast if he played all of his games in Fenway he’d have 23 – lowest of any park. In Cincinnati he’d have 34.

Age 27
Avg HOF Season: 5.1
Min Career: 13.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 21.2

Willy Adames -0.5 // 1.1 // 14.8

You ever had the girlfriend who dumped you for a better guy, and then found out later, he wasn’t a better guy after all? Do you think Adames has started getting late night tests from the Rays?

Sandy Alcantara 0.5 // 2.4 // 15.6
Complete game over the Yankees, 1 run, 10Ks, gives him 3 CG on the year – after leading the league last year with 6. This may just be his category to dominate for the next half decade.

Cody Bellinger 1.1 // 3.8 // 21.0
Bellinger is hitting .387 since the All-Star break. That’s almost double his average the past few years. He proved to be too good for the Cubs to even trade – but…feel like he just may turn down that player option next year. Duh.

Age 28
Avg HOF Season: 4.9
Min Career: 17.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 25.1

Yoan Moncada, -0.3 // -0.1 // 13.5
OPS+ last year was 78. This year it’s fallen to 73. Next year he’s due to make over 24 million dollars. Good for him!

Tommy Edman, 0.1 // 1.5 // 14.6
Wife asked him to hit a homer on her birthday. He hit two. Sort of setting the bar high in the relationship category. What a jerk.

Walker Buehler, 0.0 // 0.0 // 15.1 DL
Dodger’s announced he’s coming back as a starter IF he comes back. But also, it’s August 14^th. So I’ll just…keep…finding updates…

Corbin Burnes, 0.4 // 2.3 // 16.6
Burned hasn’t been bad, but he also hasn’t been himself. And he plays for Milwaukee. And he’s about to get expensive. I wonder how likely an off-season trade might be?

German Marquez, 0.0 // 0.2 // 17.5 DL

There ain’t gonna be any Marquez news the rest of the year. But I can tell you he did retweet the Mariners honoring King Felix a few days ago, so there is proof of life.

Shane Bieber, 0.0 // 1.6 // 20.4 DL
Has started a throwing program. Could be a major piece if he can make it back by the playoffs.

Shohei Ohtani, 1.0 // 7.8 // 30.7
Did you see the video of Shohei almost crying in the dugout after losing a game he had to be pulled out of early (4 shutout innings). I’ll give you a hint this off-season – the guy wants to win.

Carlos Correa, -0.4 // 0.6 // 31.9
Before this year, the concern was about Correa not being able to play. This year the problem has been when he HAS played.

Age 29
Avg HOF Season: 4.8
Min Career: 21.2
WAR HOF Career Pace: 28.9

Byron Buxton, 0.0// 0.7 // 19.0
He’s back on the DL. Don’t know what else to tell you! At all times, he’s either hurt, or about to be hurt.

Matt Olson, 0.9 // 3.8 // 21.9
43 HR, 107 RBI. On pace for 60. Strictly from a HOF standpoint, obviously this is a major jump. If he hits 50 it’ll be one of those seasons you immediately remember when he retires.

Corey Seager, 1.5 // 4.1 // 30.3
Remember that his 31 doubles and 20 homers have been in 75 games since his injury. With his .348 average, this is like watching a peak Nomar season.

Alex Bregman, 0.5 // 2.2 // 33.3
The hope was last year’s surges meant that the MVP candidate version of Bregman was back – his current 113 OPS+ isn’t a bad number, but it is his career low, and he’s in his age 29 year.

Francisco Lindor 0.9 // 4.0 // 46.0
Always strange to me to hear what a supposed disappointment he’s been to the Mets. His 116 OPS+ this year is exactly 1 point below his career average. Lindor’s batting average might be low, but that’s not where his value comes from.

Avg HOF Season: 4.6
Min Career: 25.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 32.6

Trevor Story, 0.0 // 0.0 // 23.7
Forgive me as he wasn’t technically off the DL when I pulled his numbers, but HOLY CRAP TREVOR STORY WOKE UP! 7 hits and 4 doubles in 19 at bats since his return. Amazing what a little year-long rest can get you!

Javier Baez, 0.0 // 0.0 // 24.5
In his last 10 at bats he’s struck out 8 times. His OPS+ is 60. How much worse can his stay in Detroit possibly get?

Matt Chapman, 0.4 // 3.5 // 27.5
11 DRS is the most since he was an elite 3B back in 2019 (had 28 that year…won’t be catching that)

Aaron Nola, 0.0 // 2.3 // 32.2
His home run rate is the highest of his career, and his K/9 is the 2^nd lowest. I think he’s been running on fumes all year, especially since the playoffs last year, but something for FA bidders to think about.

Trea Turner, -0.3 // 1.3 // 33.0
Last 10 games his OPS is 1.207, and his OPS on the season has gone up almost 50 full points. Perhaps the funk is over.

Xander Bogaerts, 0.3 // 2.7 // 36.9
I got nothing on Bogaerts. He’s have a slightly down, but very typical year. 500^th career walk! There you go. He got his 500^th career walk. You’re welcome.

Jose Ramirez, 0.5 // 4.0 // 45.2
Ramirez pretty clearly jumped his HOF chances the moment Tim Anderson hit the ground.

Bryce Harper, 0.4 // 1.2 // 45.4
If you’re still baffled at his power outage – his 27.8% fly ball % is by FAR the lowest of his career. The question is, will it rebound with health? Or was the surgery a career delineation point?

Manny Machado, 0.6 // 2.8 // 49.4
Sits 1 hit short of career #1,700, If he has a super hot final 6 weeks, could approach 1750.

Mookie Betts, 0.7 // 5.3 // 55.4
30 year old Mookie Betts and his 154 wRC+ is the 2^nd highest of his career. Can we call him a legend yet?

Age 31
Avg HOF Season: 4.3
Min Career: 28.9
WAR HOF Career Pace: 36.1

Kris Bryant, 0.0 // -0.5 // 31.8 DL
Broken finger. Back on the DL. Says the Rockies don’t want him to move the finger at all. Kind of sounds like a ploy to make sure he doesn’t play again.

Aaron Judge, 0.0 // 2.8 // 39.0
Did you know Judge was originally drafted by Oakland? Wouldn’t that change some history? Maybe not this year, probably would have ended up signing with the Yankees anyway.

Christian Yelich, 0.3 // 4.0 // 40.7
His brief power renaissance appears to be over. 0 HR and 2 2B so far in August.

Mike Trout, 0.1 // 3.0 // 85.2 DL
Starting hitting off a machine again – have to get back to see the last time Trout and Shohei will be teammates.

Age 32
Avg HOF Season: 4.0
Min Career: 32.6
WAR HOF Career Pace: 39.2

J.T. Realmuto, 0.3 // 1.3 // 31.0
Nice August power surge – 3 HR in 8 games – has him sitting 1 short of 150 for his career.

Gerrit Cole, 0.7 // 3.3 // 42.0
10 wins on the year has him up to 140 for his career. By next year he might be at 150 – at age 33. The new 300!

Nolan Arenado, 0.4 // 2.7 // 48.4
3 double plays in the last 4 games has him leading the league with 17. First black ink as a Cardinal!

Age 33
Avg HOF Season: 3.4
Min Career: 36.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 42.0

Anthony Rendon, 0.0 // 0.2 // 34.3 DL
I spent way too long with someone who argued the Cardinals should trade Arenado for Rendon in part because Arenado was due to be hurt, and Rendon was not. I’ve wasted a good chunk of my life. In other news, Rendon is back on the DL and shut down from baseball activities for a few weeks.

Jason Heyward, 0.0 // 1.6 // 34.9
This year Heyward is homering ever 20.5 at bats, the best pace of his career. And he is doubling every 15 at bats…the best pace of his career. Crazy.

Anthony Rizzo, -0.1 // 0.9 // 35.9 DL
So Rizzo is a walking corpse on the field for months at a time, and then the Yankees are like – oops! Cracked skull.

Giancarlo Stanton, 0.2 // 0.0 // 42.7
Fly ball rate is a very low – but easily highest for him – 29.1%. He can still hit home runs. It’s basically all he can do. But as long as that Fly ball rate isn’t a mirage, he’s going to keep homering at high rates even as he ages.

Jose Altuve, 0.7 // 1.9 // 50.4
200^th career HR – last year, at freaking age 32, tied his career high OPS+ at 160. This year, at 33 his OPS+ is…160.

Freddie Freeman, 1.5 // 5.7 // 56.1
Insane 43 doubles already means that he might be going for 60. The all-time record is 67. The all-time NL record is 64.

Age 34
Avg HOF Season: 3.0
Min Career: 39.2
WAR HOF Career Pace: 44.3

Yasmani Grandal, -0.1 // 0.0 // 37.5
No truth to the rumor that he added Jose Ramirez to his will.

Chris Sale, 0.1 // 1.3 // 46.8
Well, he’s active again. And he tired, but realistically he was great. 7 strikeouts and 0 walks in 4.2 innings, only gave up one hit. Just so happens he hit a guy, and the 1 hit was a homer, so 2 earned runs.

Age 35
Avg HOF Season: 2.6
Min Career: 42.0
WAR HOF Career Pace: 46.4

Jacob deGrom, 0.0 // 1.5 // 42.6 DL
I just think it’s insanely awesome that deGrom left the Mets for the Rangers, and said it was because he wanted to win. Then a few months later, Scherzer is traded from the sucky Mets to join him on the good Rangers.

Paul Goldschmidt, 0.1 // 2.9 // 56.9
Got his 1,100^th RBI. At this age, every little milestone counts.

Clayton Kershaw, 0.0 // 2.1 // 75.6 DL
He’s baaaaaaaaaaack. Also, beware of: His baaaaaaaaaaaack.

Age 36
Avg HOF Season: 2.0
Min Career: 44.3
WAR HOF Career Pace: 48.1

Andrew McCutchen, 0.0 // 1.1 // 52.0
Didn’t homer in July, hasn’t homered in August, and still sits 3 below 300. Gotta be worried here.

Age 37
Avg HOF Season: 1.6
Min Career: 46.4
WAR HOF Career Pace: 49.3

Josh Donaldson, -0.1 // -0.1 // 46.1 DL
Hoping to return to action this season. Yankees fans hoping otherwise.

Evan Longoria, 0.0 // 0.6 // 55.1 DL
Has back stiffness that isn’t improving. Have to wonder if we’ve seen the last of him, too.

Age 38
Avg HOF Season: 1.1
Min Career: 48.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 50.2

Max Scherzer, -0.1 // 1.1 // 71.4
Calling out the Mets front office for saying they didn’t plan on competing next year, has to be the highlight of news leaks for the year.

Age 39
Avg HOF Season: 0.9
Min Career: 49.3
WAR HOF Career Pace: 51.0

Joey Votto, 0.5 // 0.5 // 58.4
The Reds are winning, and an up and coming team for the first time in forever. Votto is actually playing pretty well and has an OPS over .800. Could he decide this is fun and come back next year?

Zack Greinke, -0.2 // 0.4 // 65.9
He’s on the DL and is 1-12 on the year. I cannot believe it, but he’s not going to get the TWO wins he needed this year for 225. Thanks ROYALS.

Age 40
Avg HOF Season: 0.7
Min Career: 50.2
WAR HOF Career Pace: 51.5

Miguel Cabrera, 0.0 // -0.3 // 68.3
I just realized that Cabrera has only DHd this year, save for a few PH appearances. That’s 248 plate appearances from your DH – and 1 home run. Tell me that’s not an easy record.

Justin Verlander, 0.5 // 1.9 // 80.0
Last time I asked if Verlander would win 250 as a Met. The answer was YES!!!! And then he was dealt off to the Astros.

For the 2022 Hall of Fame Tracker, with a lengthy analysis of each player’s case, click HERE.

For update 1 (and an explainer of how this works) click HERE
For update 2 click HERE
For update 3 click HERE
For update 4 click HERE
For update 5 click HERE

This is update 6/10. We will update approximately every 16 games.

Age
Player fWAR since last update // Season fWAR // Career fWAR

Age 20
Avg HOF Season: 0.8
Min Career: 0.0
WAR HOF Career Pace: 0.8

Eury Perez -0.3 // 0.9 // 0.9 MILB
Eury was sent to the minors as a strategic way to keep his arm fresh for the stretch run. The Marlins immediately started losing. Wonder how long until they suddenly decide ok! That’s enough rest!

Age 21
Avg HOF Season: 1.4
Min Career: 0.2
WAR HOF Career Pace: 1.9

Elly De La Cruz 0.0 // 0.8 // 0.8
If you haven’t watched the De La Cruz steals of 2^nd, 3^rd, and home in succession, you’re just not a baseball fan. Or, I apologize for your coma, and now you have some research to do.

Ezequiel Tovar 0.0 // 1.2 // 1.1
I know, I know, Coors effect and all, but how do you even start to play a guy with a .260 OBP on the road? I guess the answer is the entire team sucks. Which bodes really well for Tovar accumulating a lot of stats when he’s young.

Francisco Alvarez 1.3 // 2.3 // 2.3
Set the Mets catcher rookie home run record with a 467 ft blast. Lord. He’s hit 5 more since then, 19 for the year. He’s legit, even if the Mets aren’t.

Age 22
Avg HOF Season: 2.3
Min Career: 0.8
WAR HOF Career Pace: 3.8

Vaughn Grissom 0.0 // -0.4 // 0.3 AAA
Has his walk rate in AAA up to 10%, first time it’s been double digits since A Ball. I have no idea what his defense is like, but he’s ready to star in the bigs. Maybe for another team?

Taj Bradley 0.0 // 1.1 // 1.1
The belief around Taj is not to believe his 5.29 ERA. Has an incredible .351 BABIP – which makes his FIP 3.95. Even crazier is his xFIP is 3.30

Anthony Volpe 0.1 // 1.2 // 1.2
He’s so much better than this, potential-wise, but was clearly called up at least a year early. His rate stats nearly look like exact MLE equivalents from his not great bout in AAA last year. So will he still naturally improve as he gets older and become a superstar? Or did the Yankees royally screw up his development. Kind of fun to watch!

Zach Neto 0.5 // 1.3 // 1.3
He’s not Mr. Strikeout, so the fact that he’s K’d in every game since his return – including back to back hat tricks, suggests either the timing or the health ain’t there yet.

Riley Greene 0.2 // 1.8 // 2.6
BABIP this year is .413. You read that right. And this isn’t weird for him, he’s always had insanely high BABIPs. Imagine if he cut down on the strikeouts, and played somewhere besides Detroit.

Gunnar Henderson 0.7 // 2.3 // 3.1
6 game hitting streak – but only 1 hit per game – but only one of THOSE was a single. Weird, man.

Corbin Carroll 0.3 // 3.9 // 5.3
19 HR and 29 SB, are we just going to pretend we’re not watching a rookie go for a 30-50 campaign? Like some sort of Eric Davis redux.

Michael Harris II 0.5 // 1.8 // 6.6
Had 27 hits all season 5 weeks ago. He’s had 40 since then on an insane .370 run. Phew. The Braves really needed someone to come through, right?

Julio Rodriguez 0.5 // 2.6 // 8.0
I know fans went from thinking Julio was the 2^nd coming to the 2^nd going, but I’ll remind everyone again, xwOBA last year – .337. xwOBA this year? .334. Whatever he actually was last year, he still is this year.

Wander Franco 0.0 // 3.7 // 8.4
Franco is hitting .225 with a .292 OPB since his strange 2 game “you’re kind of a dick” suspension. Think of that what you will.

Age 23
Avg HOF Season: 2.3
Min Career: 0.8
WAR HOF Career Pace: 3.8

Roansy Contreras 0.0 // 0.0 // 1.1 MILB
His 6.59 ERA got him transferred to the Florida Complex League – which is a pretty fitting name for whatever he’s going through. Not sure how a 23 year old loses 2MPH on their fastball in two years.

Matt McLain 0.4//2.2//2.2 NEW ADDITION
His .710 SLG in AAA got him called up to the majors, and over performing his xwOBA by 40 points gets him on this list. He’s in the perfect park, he’s already over performing his expected home runs by 3. He’s only hit 8!

Nolan Gorman 0.6 // 1.8 // 2.3
A lot of talk early in the season about Gorman laying off high pitches more. And it’s true. High and inside pitches he’s swinging at 13% less. Oh, but when he does swing, he’s missing them 11% more. So, that’s not helping.

Hunter Greene 0.0 // 1.7 // 3.3 DL
Greene has started throwing off the mound again. He’s the proverbial “getting him back is just LIKE making a big trade!” for the Reds.

Geraldo Perdomo 0.1 // 2.8 // 3.5
Perdomo is in the 1^st percentile for: exit velocity, hard hit %, xSLG, and barrel percentage. His xAVG is .207. But his actual average? Well that’s .278.

Reid Detmers 0.0 // 2.0 // 4.1
Detmers was on the roll of his life with 4 (almost 5) quality starts- and good ones. Only one game did he allow as many as 2 runs. Then the Dodger’s blew him out of the water, and the Astros weren’t kind either. So, you know, baseball.

Bobby Witt 1.0 // 2.7 // 5.0
.940 OPS in July is the best in his career by over 100 points. I mean, there’s still 10 days left in July but…we’re desperate for positives here, people.


Age 24
Avg HOF Season: 4.0
Min Career: 3.8
WAR HOF Career Pace: 9.6

Andres Munoz 0.1 // 0.6 // 2.8
Munoz is striking out 13.5 batters per nine innings, which, you know, doesn’t even lead the Mariners bullpen. Not close, really.

Jack Suwinski 0.6 // 2.2 // 4.0 NEW TO LIST
Suwing-and-a-misski has taken the Joey Gallo route of solid defense and extreme 3-true-outcomes to make it on this list. Gallo was here for a while too! But this type of player doesn’t exactly age well, post-steroid era.

Isaac Paredes 0.5 // 2.8 // 4.8
Readers of past updates will note I’ve spend all year waiting for Isaac Parades to play like Isaac Parades. It’s here. BB% back above 10%, K rate back down, like makes sense again.

Alejandro Kirk 0.0 // 0.7 // 5.3
Kirk has 10 DRS and an 89 wRC+, go ahead and collect your prize if you expected Kirk to be a defense first catcher.

Dylan Carlson 0.4 // 0.9 // 5.8
Dylan has had an all-around better year than last year, but has found himself the odd-man out of the starting lineup once again. And, well, if you can’t start for what might end up being a 90-loss team, your HOF prospects aren’t your biggest problem.

Spencer Strider 1.1 // 3.3 // 8.1
Strider has started 20 games this year, and in every single one he has more strikeouts than innings. Every. Single. One. That has to be a record, right?

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. -0.2 // 0.3 // 9.4
Vlad’s ordinary season looks just like last year, until you consider he’s underperforming his xwOBA by 50(!) points.

Andres Gimenez 0.7 // 1.6 // 9.7
Everyone has long talked about Gimenez’s lack of EV this year, including me. Only I told you not to worry. He’s not exactly Giancarlo Stanton, but it is creeping back up, and with results. .801 OPS with 3 homers in July. That’s the Gimenez they want.

Fernando Tatis Jr. 0.6 // 3.6 // 17.2
.960 OPS with a .326 average since June 1^st, the season plus layoff spider webs are officially shaken’ off. Now we get 15 years of arguing if his PED suspension means he’s not a HOF.

Juan Soto 1.1 // 3.3 // 26.1
On July 21^st, he hit a 447 ft homer off of Reese Olson. In his next at bat he hit a 463 ft homer off of Reese Olson. In his next at bat, Reese Olson walked him.

Age 25
Avg HOF Season: 4.5
Min Career: 6.4
WAR HOF Career Pace: 13.1

Michael Soroka 0.0 // -0.3 // 4.6
Yeah, he’s been a disaster, but I find it hard to insult the guy. He’s pitching for the first time in years, and I wouldn’t expect him to be his old self all year long. Whatever he is now, isn’t likely to be what he is a year from now.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. 0.3 // 0.2 // 5.4 DL
Every update I have to check if Jazz is still on the DL from something that’s just not getting better, or if he has an all new injury. In this case it’s all new!

Triston McKenzie, -0.1 // 0.3 // 5.6 DL
He’s in the situation everyone hates for pitchers. His team is in the running. So can he sit around and get better, and help at the end of the year? Or is he going to need Tommy John? And if it is the latter, how much time to they get to waste waiting on him?

Alek Manoah, 0.2 // -0.1 // 5.7
I think at this point, the strangest part of the season is that he had a legitimately good game against the Tigers, because he looks like the soul of a baseball player just completely left his body.

Trevor Rogers, 0.0 // 0.2 // 5.7 DL
He was supposed to start throwing again, but he did not begin throwing again, and at some point this is going to be a completely lost cause.

Steven Kwan, 0.6 // 1.9 // 6.0
2022 Kwan has shown up in July – .300 average, OBP over .350, 7 slashing doubles. Good to see again.

Emmanuel Clase, -0.1 // 1.1 // 6.1
Clase got bombed by the Cubs, but has been great in every other game over the last 2 months. More importantly, he continues to lead the league in saves and he earned his 2^nd All-Star appearance, which are the most important for his HOF track

Adley Rutschman, 0.5 // 2.4 // 7.7
June swoon looks to be over. OPS back over .800 in July, and the Orioles have taken 1^st place. Not a coincidence.

Luis Robert Jr., 0.6 // 4.2 // 10.8
Robert has 28 home runs. His best two seasons combined before this year were 25.

Bo Bichette, 0.0 // 3.0 // 14.8
Had a 7-11 two game stretch, on the road, which started with the 2^nd game of a double header after he played the entire first game. So I guess Bo Bichette, who has played in 98/99 games this year, simply does not get tired.

Ronald Acuna Jr., 0.5 // 5.1 // 23.5
His K Rate is almost exactly half what it is last year, and Acuna is streaming towards an MVP award. MLB needs to have him go on a team by team tour talking about the benefits of actually making contact occasionally.

Age 26
Avg HOF Season: 5.0
Min Career: 9.6
WAR HOF Career Pace: 17.1

Daulton Varsho -0.2 // 0.7 // 7.8
7 hits and 16 strikeouts in July, but at least he has absolutely no value as a catcher anymore.

Ke’Bryan Hayes -0.3 // 1.1 // 8.0 DL
Hayes and Cruz make a pretty killer “ALL DL” left side of the infield for the Pirates.

Nico Hoerner -0.1 // 2.0 // 8.6
Don’t get me wrong, he’s clearly a fantastic defender, but that’s basically where all of his value lies, and curiously he has a negative UZR at both 2B/SS this year. Must be spectacular at the routine plays!

Trent Grisham 0.7 // 1.6 // 8.8
After winning the GG with 14 OAA last year, Grisham has 3 this year. His hitting has gone back up to league average, but if the Padres are going to have Juan Soto in Right Field, they need Bugs Bunny playing center.

Luis Arraez 0.1 // 2.8 // 9.9
Since the last time Arraez was hitting .400 on June 21^st, he’s only hit .292. What a bum.

Gleyber Torres 0.6 // 1.5 // 11.8
Torres has dropped his K% over 8% this year to a career low 14.3. And he’s still, as always, putting up a career average season. So maybe don’t have him do the Acuna tour.

Logan Webb 0.7 // 2.8 // 12.2
Webb is leading the league in innings – even after only making it 1.1 against the Nats. Come to think of it, perhaps the workload is WHY a crappy team destroyed him.

Austin Riley 0.6 // 2.3 // 12.7
Home runs in 5 games, including a multi-homer 7 RBI evening. Remember when his season was just OK? What a superstar.

Julio Urias 0.5 // 0.5 // 13.5
Urias’s ERA is above 5 on the year because he’s giving up HR left and right. I can’t tell you exactly why – I imagine injuries and a significantly slower fastball are a big part of it. Certainly that’s a part of the K decrease. But for his future I do wonder what sort of contract he might get – and if the Dodgers will care where it is.

Kyle Tucker 0.9 // 2.9 // 14.0
Look, 3-homer games still count, even if it’s off Oakland pitching.

Yordan Alvarez 0.5 // 2.2 // 16.2 DL
Currently on a rehab assignment, with hits in all 3 games, and his MLB return is imminent.

Ozzie Albies 0.6 // 2.3 // 17.5
He’s on a 1-21 stretch, which is weird, because I didn’t think the Braves were allowed to be bad.

Rafael Devers 0.6 // 1.9 // 20.0
I still don’t think people understand how often he hits the ball super hard. MLB average for hard hit % is 36.1, for the 3^rd straight years, Devers is over 50%. The problem is Fenway is the worst park for his swing. Oh well!

Age 27
Avg HOF Season: 5.1
Min Career: 13.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 21.2

Sandy Alcantara 0.0 // 1.9 // 15.1
For all of Alcantara’s struggles this year, he’s only had one start where he didn’t finish 5 innings (I actually think this is part of the issue)

Willy Adames 0.6 // 1.6 // 15.3
Adames continues to fly under the radar. His offense isn’t pretty, but usually effective – he’s been unlucky this year. But on defense? Every metric loves him. He should be a Gold Glove finalist. This is an extension candidate.

Cody Bellinger 1.3 // 2.7 // 19.9
Bellinger has 0.5 more WAR this year – in a year with missed time with injuries – than he’s had the last 3 years combined. The Cubs have to be negotiating an extension, or else Cody is going to make his mark elsewhere in the playoffs.

Age 28
Avg HOF Season: 4.9
Min Career: 17.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 25.1

Yoan Moncada, -0.2 // 0.2 // 13.8 DL
7 for his last 13 on his rehab assignment. That doesn’t mean he’s going to actually be good again, but the White Sox are going to be forced to play him.

Tommy Edman, 0.2 // 1.4 // 14.5 DL
Edman has a wrist injury that just won’t feel better. Somewhat hilariously, even with that injury, the Cardinals kept using him as a late inning defensive replacement before he went to the DL.

Walker Buehler, 0.0 // 0.0 // 15.1 DL
He’s throwing bullpen sessions again. Originally his goal was a September return, but here we are a week from August, and no signs of a rehab assignment. So color me skeptical, like we all were, the day he said it.

Corbin Burnes, 0.9 // 1.9 // 16.2
Something was wrong with Corbin Burnes. Mr. Strikeout did not have a double digit K start this year through his first 19 starts. His last two: 13 and 10. Both in games where he gave up 2 hits. So I guess he pitched through it.

German Marquez, 0.0 // 0.2 // 17.5 DL
For the 2^nd time, I’ve scoured for any news about German Marquez, only to find a Dever Post writer thinks that the Rockies are going to turn down his $16 million dollar option, since he’s not pitching next year – but they are going to explore a multi-year extension instead! He threw out $10 million a year! So THAT they are willing to waste. I mean, I wouldn’t put anything past Rockies management, so sure!

Shane Bieber, 0.0 // 1.6 // 20.4 DL
Bieber, whose fastball was recovering by the start (And he was a great pitcher even with a slow one) has one week left of no throwing before he will presumably be on his way back.

Shohei Ohtani, 0.7 // 6.8 // 29.7
Ohtani is on pace for 57 home runs in his quest to be the AL single season HR record holder. I just wish there was some other pitcher turned slugger that once held that record that we could compare him to every single day for the rest of our lives.

Carlos Correa, 0.3 // 1.0 // 32.3
Picked up his 1,000^th career hit. A single. Against Kansas City. You can tell how exciting it was.

Age 29
Avg HOF Season: 4.8
Min Career: 21.2
WAR HOF Career Pace: 28.9

Byron Buxton, -0.5// 0.4 // 18.5
You gotta love that he broke an 0-25 streak with a 2 homer game. That’s very Buxton.

Matt Olson, 0.6 // 2.9 // 21.0
Well Olson leads the NL with 32 homers and 80 RBI, and thus he just needs to jump his average by 120 points to beat Arraez and win the NL triple crown.

Corey Seager, 0.0 // 2.6 // 28.8
Crossed both the 150 career homer mark, and the 500 RBI mark. Leading the AL in AVG and OBP. Dodger’s gotta regret this one.

Alex Bregman, 0.1 // 1.7 // 32.8
Since my last update, hit career homer #150 – and has added 6 more, including one in each of the last 3 games.

Francisco Lindor 0.7 // 3.1 // 45.1
5-5 day against Arizona with 2 triples and a homer. Followed it up in San Diego with a 3-5 day and a homer. That was 2 weeks ago. Pretty much nothing since then (except career hit 1,250)

Avg HOF Season: 4.6
Min Career: 25.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 32.6

Trevor Story, 0.0 // 0.0 // 23.7 DL
Good news! He’s on a rehab assignment now! He went 0-4 with 4 Ks. So I think he needs a few more days.

Javier Baez, 0.3 // 0.7 // 24.5
I admit that I am totally impressed that as much of a disaster as Baez was last year in his first year in Detroit, with his .671 OPS – he’s much, much MUCH worse this year at .605. Always was the most surprising player on the diamond!

Matt Chapman, 0.7 // 3.1 // 27.1
150^th career HR just his 12^th of the year. Power is still there, leading the league with 30 doubles. Granted, they all came in April, but still…

Aaron Nola, 0.6 // 2.3 // 32.2
Nola is still dang good, but he already has given up 2 more HRs and 1 more BB than all of last year, and this year is a FA year for him.

Trea Turner, 0.2 // 1.6 // 33.3
Last year Turner hit .298. This year his OBP is .298. I refuse to believe that this is anything more than a freak down year.

Xander Bogaerts, 0.5 // 2.4 // 36.6
Picked up career hit 1,500 in a 3 hit game against the Blue Jays. But it’s the Padres we’re talking about, so somehow they got shutout and lost. No idea how they manage to do this.

Jose Ramirez, 0.2 // 3.5 // 44.7
His “Down year” is no longer down, as his OPS+ is at 140, and he’s once again putting up what will be a peak season, with around 5 WAR projected. Of, and he got hit 1,250. Tired of arguing with people about what a future HOF he obviously is.

Bryce Harper, 0.4 // 0.8 // 45
That’s 1B Bryce Harper to you. That’s weird to say. Even weirder: given 562 PAs, he’d be on pace to hit 8 home runs this year. That used to be a month for him.

Manny Machado, 1.4 // 2.2 // 48.8
OPS+ up to 117, the slump is over, and he hit career HR #300. When he signed his contract he said at the end he’d be going to the Hall of Fame, and yeah, he’s pretty close to clinching that already.

Mookie Betts, 0.7 // 4.6 // 54.7
30 year old Mookie Betts and his 154 wRC+ is the 2^nd highest of his career. Can we call him a legend yet?

Age 31
Avg HOF Season: 4.3
Min Career: 28.9
WAR HOF Career Pace: 36.1

Kris Bryant, -0.1 // -0.5 // 31.8
When he’s been able to play – which isn’t a lot – he has an ISO of .128. And he plays for the Colorado Rockies. One has to wonder if Bryant is taking the Dale Murphy career trajectory.

Aaron Judge, 0.8 // 2.8 // 39.0 DL
This whole toe injury thing stopping the biggest monster in baseball feels a bit like a biblical story, no? Anyway, he’s ready to face live pitching again, and if Judge is on, he may make them dead pitching.

Christian Yelich, 1.1 // 3.7 // 40.4
WTF. This is like the end of Major League II when they hear ‘Wild Thing’ blaring and they all start screaming in excitement because Charlie Sheen is finally cool again.

Mike Trout, 0.1 // 3.0 // 85.2 DL
Hamate bones are frustrating, but not fatal. Timing is everything with those things, so the question is, how much do you trust the Angel’s medical staff?

Age 32
Avg HOF Season: 4.0
Min Career: 32.6
WAR HOF Career Pace: 39.2

J.T. Realmuto, 0.0 // 1.0 // 30.7
Time comes for everyone, and catchers even faster. Maybe his decline on both sides of the ball is a sign of impending doom, but I can’t get over than last year his XWOBACON was .412 and this year it’s .413

Gerrit Cole, 0.4 // 2.6 // 41.3
Now, with his All-Star starting assignment, I feel like people might realize they are watching a HOF pitcher? Albeit, a modern version?

Nolan Arenado, 1.0 // 2.3 // 48.0
I think you’d be stunned at home much the Cardinals struggles can be pinned on Nolan Arenado absolutely forgetting how to field this season. At the All-Star break he announced he was back to his old routines – and wow the payoff. +4 DRS in just that time.

Age 33
Avg HOF Season: 3.4
Min Career: 36.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 42.0

Anthony Rendon, 0.0 // 0.2 // 34.3
Came off something like his 87^th DL trip of the year to immediately hit a home run. It was his 2^nd of the year. And, ok, he’s done absolutely nothing since then – but for one glorious moment fans had to feel like he might be ok again.

Jason Heyward, 0.1 // 1.6 // 34.9
In part time duty Heyward is up to 9 home runs – that’s something he only accomplished twice over the length of his Cubs contract.

Anthony Rizzo, -0.5 // 1.0 // 36.0
1^st 46 games – 11 home runs. Last 45 games – 0 home runs.

Giancarlo Stanton, 0.0 // -0.2 // 42.5
Stanton is back to his all or nothing ways. He’s hitting just .168 since he came off the DL – but with 8 home runs. He’s 9 from 400.

Jose Altuve, 0.0 // 1.2 // 49.7 DL
The broken bone sucked because those kinds of injuries are bad luck injuries and players his age don’t need those. Why? Because the oblique injury is definitely one of those things that’s more likely as you get older. And this year he’s been lucky enough to get both.

Freddie Freeman, 0.9 // 4.2 // 54.6
Atlanta may have replaced him with the HR/RBI hitter, but Freeman is leading the league in OPS. Because he’s a freaking unstoppable monster.

Age 34
Avg HOF Season: 3.0
Min Career: 39.2
WAR HOF Career Pace: 44.3

Yasmani Grandal, -0.1 // 0.1 // 37.6
2 HR and 8 RBI over the last week, it’s always odd to me when a washed player suddenly comes through in short spurts.

Chris Sale, 0.0 // 1.3 // 46.7 DL
He’s throwing bullpens now, so he’s well on his way to getting back and then getting hurt again.

Age 35
Avg HOF Season: 2.6
Min Career: 42.0
WAR HOF Career Pace: 46.4

Jacob deGrom, 0.0 // 1.5 // 42.6 DL
This M-F gonna get a World Series ring this year, and it’s going to hilariously piss off Mets fans.

Paul Goldschmidt, 0.1 // 2.8 // 56.8
3 XBH in all of July, 1 double and 2 homers. Age? Apathy on a bad team? Just a bad streak?

Clayton Kershaw, 0.0 // 2.1 // 75.6 DL
Was scheduled to throw a bullpen. And then that was cancelled. And the Dodgers said nothing was wrong. And, uh, yeah. Sure. SOMETHING had to happen, right?


Age 36
Avg HOF Season: 2.0
Min Career: 44.3
WAR HOF Career Pace: 48.1

Andrew McCutchen, -0.5 // 1.1 // 52.0
Cutch disappeared in July. Injuries didn’t help. But he’s crossed the 2,000 hit plateau, and he is 3 homers from 300. When he gets there, I think he officially becomes an “eventual” Hall of Famer

Age 37
Avg HOF Season: 1.6
Min Career: 46.4
WAR HOF Career Pace: 49.3

Josh Donaldson, -0.1 // -0.1 // 46.1
Now at .142 with 10 homers on the season. Between Donaldson, Stanton, and Rizzo, it’s a little surprising the Yankees aren’t no-hit 3 or 4 times a week, and win the other games 18-4.

Evan Longoria, -0.3 // 0.6 // 55.1
Thanks to injuries, Longoria – hitting well but never playing – had a chance to get more regular time. He has responded by going 3-22 in July. So there goes that.

Age 38
Avg HOF Season: 1.1
Min Career: 48.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 50.2

Max Scherzer, -0.1 // 1.1 // 71.4
Max Scherzer, in 100 innings pitched, is leading the league in homers given up with 22. We all shall fall.

Age 39
Avg HOF Season: 0.9
Min Career: 49.3
WAR HOF Career Pace: 51.0

Joey Votto, 0.0 // 0.0 // 57.9
Votto was able to come back this year afterall, and while he’s 39 and recovering from surgery, and only hitting .186, he’s still productive thanks to walks and power. Enough power that he got the biggest milestone in reach – HR #350.

Zack Greinke, -0.2 // 0.6 // 66.1
I’m going to track this all season, obviously. Grienke is STILL 1 win short of 225. 1-10 on the year. Since May 8^th, the Royals are 1-12 in his starts. They haven’t scored more than 4 runs in any of them.


Age 40
Avg HOF Season: 0.7
Min Career: 50.2
WAR HOF Career Pace: 51.5

Miguel Cabrera, 0.1 // -0.3 // 68.3
Since my last update, Cabrera has finally hit his first home run of the season. And who was it off of? Spencer Fing Strider. I can’t believe it, honestly. It might be the highlight of the season. Since then? 77 plate appearances and 2 doubles.

Justin Verlander, 1.2 // 1.4 // 79.5
Verlander sits 2 wins short of 250 still, he only has 4 all year. The question is, will he get 250 as a Met?

For the 2022 Hall of Fame Tracker, with lengthy analysis of each player’s case, click HERE.

For update 1 (and an explainer of how this works) click HERE

For update 2 click HERE

This is update 3/10. We will update approximately every 16 games

Age
Player fWAR since last update // Season fWAR // Career fWAR

Age 21
Avg HOF Season: 1.4
Min Career: 0.2
WAR HOF Career Pace: 1.9

Francisco Alvarez 0.8 // 0.8 // 0.8 NEW ADDITION
— 4 home runs and 3 doubles since the last update put Alvarez back on the list. Embarrassing base running blunders make you remember he’s just 21.

Age 22
Avg HOF Season: 2.3
Min Career: 0.8
WAR HOF Career Pace: 3.8

Vaughn Grissom -0.1 // -0.4 // 0.3
–The good news is, he’s raking in AAA. with a 159 wRC+. But zero patience at MLB level. 13BB/12K in AAA 2BB/13K in MLB.

Anthony Volpe 0.1 // 0.9 // 0.9
— Beat Jeter to his 1st career grand slam by 10 years. Only one of Jeter’s career.

Gunnar Henderson 0.1 // 0.2 // 1.0
–His one tool this year has been walks. That’s fading. 4BB against 18 Ks since last update.

Riley Greene 0.9 // 1.2 // 2.0
–5 3-hit games this season. Had 2 all of last year, in over double the games.

Corbin Carroll 0.5 // 1.6 // 3.0
–Has now played about a half year in the majors – prorate out a full season and we’re looking at 40 doubles, 25 homers, and 30 steals. That’s several years before his prime.

Michael Harris II 0.0 // 0.0 // 4.8
–0-18 last 5 games. I spent much of last year saying he was playing over his head. Well he’s playing under now. Classic sophomore slump.

Julio Rodriguez 0.2 // 0.8 // 6.2
–He’s underperforming his xwOBA by 55 points and it’s actually 7 points higher than last year’s. Excuse me if I don’t join the panic.

Wander Franco 0.4 // 2.1 // 6.8
–A 2-21 slide has his average under .300, but only 1K in all that time. The last 8 balls he’s hit over 95MPH have all been outs. Bad luck.

Age 23
Avg HOF Season: 2.3
Min Career: 0.8
WAR HOF Career Pace: 3.8

Roansy Contreras -0.3 // 0.4 // 1.5
–Last time I said he had an unsustainably low HR rate. Last 4 starts he’s given up at least one in each. You see the results.

Nolan Gorman 1.3 // 1.9 // 2.4 NEW ADDITION
— If you’re the sort that screams about WAR not judging by situation, well, Gorman has a 1.98 WPA on the year. 5th in baseball. So his league leading 1.032 OPS is directly winning games.

Hunter Greene -0.2 // 0.9 // 2.5
–Yes, he’s given up 7 HR in last 4 starts. And that sucks. But his last 4 starts were 3 in CIN and 1 in COL. No chance for pitchers.

Geraldo Perdomo 0.3 // 2.0 // 2.7
–5-35 has Perdomo looking a lot more like himself – but 2 of those 5 hits are homers. How???

Reid Detmers 0.7 // 1.0 // 3.1
–FIP is almost a full run and a half below his ERA, and just struck out 12 Twins in 5.2 innings. The chances that he’ll become a star someday are not zero.

Bobby Witt 0.5 // 1.0 // 3.3
–His K:B ratio is over 4:1. As long as his numbers make you think “that would be a star pitcher!” it’s not going to happen for him. I wonder if anyone in KC is smart enough to realize this?

Age 24
Avg HOF Season: 4.0
Min Career: 3.8
WAR HOF Career Pace: 9.6

Andres Munoz 0.0 // 0.1 // 2.3 DL
–He’s a middle reliever who had advanced to throwing on flat ground. So he’s not exactly long for staying on a HOF tracker.

Isaac Paredes 0.4 // 1.2 // 3.2
–OBP soared from last update from .330 to .350. Thought he might be back to his walking ways. But nope! Only 4 walks, but THREE HBP. Whatever works.

Alejandro Kirk 0.0 // 0.3 // 4.9
–In the last update Kirk sat 4 games, and entered 3 other games late. His early season slump has resulted in lost playing time, and maybe a lost season..

Dylan Carlson -0.1 // 0.2 // 5.1 DL
–Thanks to injuries and other’s struggles, Dylan started getting regular playing time. And promptly got himself hurt.

Spencer Strider 0.5 // 1.8 // 6.6
–Last start he K’d 7 in 5 innings. Not bad right? It was his lowest strikeout total of the year.

Andres Gimenez -0.1 // 0.4 // 8.5
–I’ve seen a lot of commentary on how bad his EV is. It is bad. 83.8. Last year was 87.8. That doesn’t mean last year was a fluke. In the two seasons before it was 86.8 and 86.3. a 24 year old didn’t suddenly get weaker. Unless he is injured, he’s going to improve.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. -0.2 // 0.8 // 9.9
–In the Jays 6 game slide he’s 3-21 with 9 Ks

Fernando Tatis Jr. 1.1 // 1.2 // 14.8
–The Padres have been terrible, but Tatis doesn’t care. 5 HR and 3 2B since last update.

Juan Soto 0.5 // 1.5 // 24.3
–Told you last time he was heating up. .964 OPS since last update. Someone is remembering they have a payday coming.

Age 25
Avg HOF Season: 4.5
Min Career: 6.4
WAR HOF Career Pace: 13.1

Steven Kwan 0.4 // 0.6 // 4.7
–His longest safe hit of the season? 264 foot single. <–That was my update last time and I LOVED it. And he’s since destroyed it, with 4 longer hits including a home run. Jerk.

Mike Soroka 0.0 // 0.0 // 4.9 AAA
–He hasn’t looked terrible in the minors – FIP at 3.71 much lower than ERA thanks to crazy .364 BABIP. Fans seem to expect his promotion soon. But he also hasn’t looked that good yet, or durable. Just 29 innings over 7 starts. I don’t know why Braves fans feel like he’s going to add anything to the MLB team where he can’t be babied?

Jazz Chisholm Jr. 0.0 // 0.0 // 5.2 DL
–Yes he’s back on the DL, and yes the Marlins continue to look insane for this crazy CF experiment that is not only the reason he’s hurt, but isn’t working when he’s healthy. Metrics are mixed, and of course it’s a SSS, but the eyes and the logic tell you that his -6 DRS is the one to believe.

Triston McKenzie 0.0 5.3 DL
–3 scoreless in his first rehab start, and the Indians need him back.

Emmanuel Clase 0.2 // 0.4 // 5.4
–Had a pretty rough stretch actually, blew 2 saves bringing his season total to 5. But in that time his FIP actually dropped. He’s still leading the AL in saves. He’s still 25. And he’s still gone 21 innings without giving up a homer. If, for some reason, you’re trying to figure out what closers will make the HOF in 20 years, he’s still easily the pick.

Trevor Rogers 0.0 // 0.2 // 5.7 DL
–Well he’s scheduled to start extended Spring Training now. In late May. So, you know, if you still have faith in his comeback season – I envy your resilience.

Alek Manoah -0.3 // 0.0 // 5.8
–Last start was decent, yes. But his FIP is over 6. He has 33 BB to 40 K. And his velocity has dropped. Doesn’t he have to be hurt and idiotically pitching through it?

Adley Rutschman 0.4 // 1.4 // 6.7
–Leading the AL in walks with 38 gives him 103 for his career in 680 career PAs. Not totally out of the question that he could pass Salvador Perez this year. 187 walks in 5,216 PAs.

Luis Robert Jr. 1.4 // 2.1 // 8.7
–In the midst of the White Sox collapse, Robert has exploded. His 13 HR now ties his career high, in his career low at bats.

Bo Bichette 0.6 // 2.0 // 13.8
–Why is Bichette having a great year? His BB% year over year is basically the same (5.8 – 5.3) ISO is the same (.180-.179) his BABIP is the same (.347 – .348) But his strikeouts have dropped from 22.1% to 16.1%. Contact matters.

Ronald Acuna Jr. 0.6 // 2.6 // 21
–Same for Acuna, who’s early season power numbers are off his peak because he’s been hitting so many grounders – but he’s been hitting REALLY FREAKING HARD grounders, and his K% has gone from 23.6% to 14%. Remarkable.

Age 26
Avg HOF Season: 5.0
Min Career: 9.6
WAR HOF Career Pace: 17.1

Daulton Varsho -0.2 // 0.2 // 7.3
–It’s really difficult for me not to spend all year dunking on the dumb writer that said Varsho was going to break out because he got to hit in Toronto. I considered just saying, congrats on your 250^th hit! But I can’t help it:

10 game road swing made his season look good: 12-35 3 HR 1.054 OPS
10 game home stand: 4-37 with 1 HR
Back on the road for one game? Homered.

HIS OPS is currently FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT points higher on the road.

Anyway, no. Playing in Toronto isn’t going to suddenly make Varsho explode at the plate. Please let the paid media class know this.

Trent Grisham -0.5  // 0.1 // 7.3
–He lost half a WAR? Really? HALF A WAR in 16 games? Well since last update he’s 2-39. So at least he’s due, I guess.

Ke’Bryan Hayes 0.2 // 0.5 // 7.4
–The offense hasn’t fully come around to the metrics. But the defense? Yeah, 8 DRS already. On pace for baseball’s premier defender to have an even better year.

Nico Hoerner 0.3 // 1.3 // 7.8
–Sometimes you worry about a guy coming off the DL before their ready, and sometimes they get 3 hits and 2 doubles with 4 RBI in their first game back.

Luis Arraez 0.2 // 1.3 // 8.4
–Reminder that WAR ain’t really his thing, or his HOF path. A .383 batting average still with only 9 strikeouts? That’s his path. Really pretty numbers you expect in 1930.

Logan Webb 0.6 // 1.2 // 10.6
–Has given up 1 run in his last two starts. Both no-decisions. That the Giants lost. Where they scored a total of 1 run overall. I’m not saying Webb is a serial killer, I’m just saying he’s closer to being one than he was a week ago.

Austin Riley -0.1 // 0.3 // 10.7
Doubled against the Dodgers for his 500^th career hit. So that’s nice for him. Just ignore everything else this year.

Gleyber Torres 0.1 // 0.6 // 10.9
Has a 112 OPS+ this year, after a 114 OPS+ last year, bringing his career OPS+ to 114. Gotta say, makes him pretty boring to track.

Kyle Tucker 0.1 // 0.9 // 12.0
Tucker has continued his uninspiring stretch to make his season look pretty normal at this point. So let’s discuss something else. Did you know the only stat Tucker has ever led the league in was triples? It’s true. He somehow got his career high in 2020 of all years with 6. Sorry for making you remember 2020.

Julio Urias -0.3 // 0.2 // 13.0 DL
Got absolutely blasted by the Cardinals for 4 homers in the same inning. Then later on we discover, oh! He was hurt at the time! WHY DO BASEBALL PLAYERS DO THAT? Who couldn’t figure out after 3 homers that he was hurting his team?

Yordan Alvarez 0.8 // 1.7 // 15.7
1.019 OPS last year, 1.015 OPS this year. So he’s getting worse.

Ozzie Albies -0.1 // 0.5 // 15.7
Yes, he’s slumping. .484 OPS since last update. A lot of Braves seem to be slumping to some degree. Of course, the Braves have the best record in the NL, so I guess they don’t need half their team.

Rafael Devers 0.0 // 1.0 // 19.1
Devers has always had more power than people realize. And it’s being hidden again by his low BABIP. His ISO is .276, near-elite and the highest of his career.

Age 27
Avg HOF Season: 5.1
Min Career: 13.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 21.2

Sandy Alcantara 0.6 // 1.1 // 14.3
–Honestly, I don’t see much more than luck at play with his 5.05 ERA this season. His numbers are all pretty within norms, and a normal regression worse than his Cy Young season. But don’t you think a little rest would do the most used pitcher in baseball some good? Last 4 starts have followed the ineffective pattern of the rest of the season, and he’s thrown over 100 pitches in all of them.

Willy Adames 0.2 // 0.8 // 14.5
–100^th career HR turned out to be the GWRBI over the Giants in SF.

Cody Bellinger 0.1 // 1.5 // 18.8 DL
–I’m not really buying the Cody-of-old narrative for a guy who is over performing his xwOBA by 40 points this year. But he’s certainly better. And somewhere in between MVP and whatever he was the last 2 seasons is a pretty big win for the Cubs.

Age 28
Avg HOF Season: 4.9
Min Career: 17.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 25.1

Tommy Edman, 0.4 // 1.1 // 14.3
–Tommy has such a good glove and instincts that he can play anywhere. So the Cardinals need him in the OF for the time being, because Paul DeJong can only play SS. And as a result, because Tommy Edman is so valuable he can play anywhere, WAR says he’s less valuable because he is….playing anywhere! WAR ain’t perfect.

Yoan Moncada, 0.3 // 0.7 // 14.3
–Hasn’t homered since his return from the DL, but at least whatever pox he had last year seems to be behind him.

Corbin Burnes, 0.3 // 0.7 // 15
–2022: 9 10+ K games; 2023: 0 (max this year is 8)

Walker Buehler, 0.0 // 0.0 // 15.1 DL
–Says he wants to return September 1^st from the DL, I suppose just so he can kill someone else’s dreams of being on the playoff roster.

German Marquez, 0.0 // 0.2 // 17.5 DL
–Does anyone else think German cut his own UCL just so he didn’t have to pitch for the Rockies anymore?

Shane Bieber, 0.3 // 1.0 // 19.8
–10 starts, 8 quality starts, and just a 3-3 record. The Hall of Fame is going to lock out pitchers for a long time before it gets smart about this modern era.

Shohei Ohtani, 0.4 // 2.2 // 25.1
–His batting average (.282) is almost double what batters are hitting against him (.142)

Carlos Correa, 0.1 // 0.3 // 31.6
–Fangraphs has a new article about not worrying about Correa’s slow start – but I dunno, maybe they’ll want to withdraw that after they see his physical.

Age 29
Avg HOF Season: 4.8
Min Career: 21.2
WAR HOF Career Pace: 28.9

Byron Buxton, 0.1 // 1.1 // 19.2
–Full time DH has helped him stay on the field. He’s already played more games than 2 seasons in his career, with another one coming up. Sad, really.

Matt Olson, 0.4 // 1.4 // 19.5
–Olson has the highest K% of his career. But also the highest BABIP! And also the highest ISO of any full season. Apparently swinging from his heels is paying off.

Corey Seager, 0.4 // 0.9 // 27.1
–If you were scared Seager’s hot start was going to be ruined by his injury – his OPS has gone up 50 points in the 5 games he’s been off the DL

Alex Bregman, 0.1 // 0.3 // 31.4
–Told you last time he was underperforming his XWOBA by 40 points, no worries! Well, the gap has closed to 33 points, only it’s the XWOBA that’s dropping. So that ain’t cool.

Lindor, Francisco 0.4 // 1.6 // 43.6
–Did you see MLB network playing up the Mets playing the Indians for the first time since the trade by debating if the Mets would do the trade again? I wouldn’t say they trashed Lindor, but the question even being posed was certainly a message. That night Lindor got 3 hits, including a walk-off over the Indians. Guardians. Dammit. Guardians. That’s never going to stick. Not even gonna fix it.

Age 30
Avg HOF Season: 4.6
Min Career: 25.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 32.6

Trevor Story, 0.0 // 0.0 // 23.7 DL
–Just started swinging a bat again. I’m honestly not sure if it’s good new or bad news that Story is swinging a bat.

Javier Baez, -0.2 // 0.3 // 24.1
–His latest 0-16 run against Pittsburgh and Nationals pitchers…yuck. Guess the brief hot streak is over.

Matt Chapman, 0.1 // 1.9 // 25.9
–Well the insane hot streak is gone, but still cool that his league leading 19 doubles are 4 more than he got in all 2021 – in 1/3 the at bats.

Aaron Nola, 0.4 // 1.2 // 31.1
–10K outing over the Cubs could be a sign that he’s rounding back into form? It’s just such a weird year for everyone with this new wacky ball that’s obviously secretly been put in to help the rule changes look like they are causing more excitement.

Trea Turner, 0.1 // 0.7 // 32.4
–It continues. Hits in 17 of last 19 games, and his average has dropped 6 points. One of the best hitters in baseball just isn’t doing it. I’m shaken to my core.

Xander Bogaerts, 0.4 // 2.0 // 36.2
–Year two of the high spending but still somehow disappointing Padres has now infected Xander, who isn’t looking too pretty lately. But at least his contract is over in 37 years.

Jose Ramirez, 0.6 // 1.5 // 42.7
–Most recent hit was just 6^th homer, but 2^nd of a double header, and 1,200^th hit of his career.

Bryce Harper, 0.3 // 0.4 // 44.6
–Just passed 300 doubles, 1 hit from 1,400. 13 homers from 300. It’s getting to be legacy padding time for Harper’s career.

Manny Machado, 0.2 // 0.4 // 47.0
–Was in a 1-20 slump before he broke his hand and STILL the Pads resisted putting him on the DL for a few days. If you want to know how their year is going.

Mookie Betts, 0.5 // 2.0 // 52.1
–Betts has stolen double figures in bases every year of his career – even 2020! – Except his partial season call up year. He’s only 1 for 2 in steal attempts this year even with the bigger bases. These are the things that keep me up at night.

Age 31
Avg HOF Season: 4.3
Min Career: 28.9
WAR HOF Career Pace: 36.1

Kris Bryant, -0.1 // 0.3 // 32.5
–He got his 1,000^th career hit – but there’s little doubt he’s fading. His SLG is .413, and that’s playing in Coors field. He was the obvious frontrunner from the 2016 Cubs to make the Hall, but now I’m wondering if that’s Rizzo?

Aaron Judge, 1.1 // 2.0 // 38.2
–Dear lord Aaron Judge. Yes, he won player of the week with 5 homers. That may not sound shocking. But remember it was all on the road. Not even taking advantage of Yankee Stadium.

Christian Yelich, 0.5 // 1.5 // 38.2
–6-13 with 3 HR and 7 RBI over the Royals, and you are trying to tell me time travel isn’t possible.

Mike Trout, 0.3 // 1.7 // 83.9
–As people start lamenting another Trout-less playoff year, and blaming him as they often do…currently the Angels would be in 1^st place in the AL Central.

Age 32
Avg HOF Season: 4.0
Min Career: 32.6
WAR HOF Career Pace: 39.2

J.T. Realmuto, 0.6 // 0.9 // 30.6
–A recent slump hasn’t helped, but Realmuto is back to his career norms – 111 OPS+, 113 for his career – still only 3 homers on the year.

Gerrit Cole, -0.2 // 1.7 // 40.4
–Tampa hit 2 homers off him in back to back starts, the only 4 homers he’s given up all year.

Nolan Arenado, 0.9 // 1.0 // 46.7
–Hit homers in 5 straight games, drove in his career 1,000^th run the next day, and then hit a homer the day after that.

Age 33
Avg HOF Season: 3.4
Min Career: 36.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 42.0

Jason Heyward, 0.0 // 0.6 // 33.9
–His shocking, power fueled hot start is over. Heyward is 4-27 since the last update, and losing playing time again. 3 hits in his last two games got him back over the Mendoza line, but I think we have to start questioning the next end of the line for Jason.

Anthony Rendon, 0.2 // 0.6 // 34.7
–It’s May 23, Rendon is on the DL, and he has 1 homer on the season. I held out hope longer than most people, but it’s time to pull the plug on any dreams he would return to anything like his former glory.

Anthony Rizzo, 0.6 // 1.7 // 36.7
–6 homers since last update, 11 on his season. Average is over .300, OPS is at .907, and he’s doing it in pinstripes. If Rizzo wanted to make a late career HOF run, this is how you would draw it up.

Giancarlo Stanton, 0.0 // 0.3 // 43.0 DL
–About to start his rehab assignment. Sitting 18 homers short of 400.

Jose Altuve, 0.1 // 0.1 // 48.6
–He’s back, and with milestones in almost every statistic you can think of that he can still easily reach this year. His rebound from injury will make a big statement about his Hall chances.

Freddie Freeman, 1.1 // 2.0 // 52.4
–Hit a grand slam for career homer #300. At this point, he’s sailing towards the Hall.

Age 34
Avg HOF Season: 3.0
Min Career: 39.2
WAR HOF Career Pace: 44.3

Stephen Strasburg, 0.0 // 0.0 // 36.6 DL
–I haven’t heard officially he’s out for the year, so I have to keep looking for damn updates all season. Nothing. No updates. Just declare him done, and I can remove him from the list. I found his official twitter on baseball-reference and…”this page does not exist” – fitting.

Yasmani Grandal, 0.0 // 0.3 // 37.8
–Well, good news is that he’s hitting .333 since the last update. But with just 1 double and 2 walks. The batting average couldn’t be more empty. It’s as empty as the soul of a White Sox fan this year.

Chris Sale, 0.5 // 0.9 // 46.3
4 straight quality starts, and against good offenses. Sale is looking like he’s back.

Age 35
Avg HOF Season: 2.6
Min Career: 42.0
WAR HOF Career Pace: 46.4

Jacob deGrom, 0.1 // 1.5 // 42.6 DL
–We laughed at him for saying he was choosing Texas because he wanted to win. As of now, the Mets are fighting for the last Wild Card spot, and the Rangers are in first place. And they’ve done it basically without: Jacob deGrom! Who has been as injury absent as ever.

Paul Goldschmidt, 0.5 // 1.8 // 55.8
–30 consecutive steals without being caught. The MLB record is 50 by another Cardinal, Vince Coleman. But Vince did his in less than a year. Paul’s streak has been going since 2019.

Clayton Kershaw, 0.4 // 1.4 // 74.9
–Age 35 season, leading the league in wins, and the only dependable starter the Dodgers have. Just sign him to a 40 year deal now, and let’s move on.

Age 36
Avg HOF Season: 2.0
Min Career: 44.3
WAR HOF Career Pace: 48.1

Andrew McCutchen, 0.3 // 0.8 // 51.6
–Has been purely a DH since April 13^th. Seems to be working OK. Has hit .333 since last update, and might get to 2,000 hits before the next one. That’s the magic number to have a Hall chance.

Age 37
Avg HOF Season: 1.6
Min Career: 46.4
WAR HOF Career Pace: 49.3

Josh Donaldson, 0.0 // -0.1 // 46.1
–last time I mocked that we were told Donaldson was almost ready for a rehab assignment, when we were told he was already supposed to be back in the first place.
Well the rehab never came. But now the word being used is IMMINENT.

Evan Longoria, 0.0 // 0.1 // 54.6
–His last hit was the 1900^th of his career, and a homer to boot. Since then he’s struck out 7 times in a row, and hasn’t played in a week. He’s back in the lineup tonight, but yeah, it’s not looking promising.

Age 38
Avg HOF Season: 1.1
Min Career: 48.1
WAR HOF Career Pace: 50.2

Max Scherzer, 0.3 // 0.2 // 70.5
–OK, but really. He’s back. He’s given up 1 run in the last 11 innings, and we shouldn’t ever doubt Max again, and he’s probably going to be taking the mound when he’s older than Moses.

Age 39
Avg HOF Season: 0.9
Min Career: 49.3
WAR HOF Career Pace: 51.0

Joey Votto, 0.0 // 0.0 // 57.9 DL
–OK, so last time I told you Votto’s shoulder was “night and day” better. And now this time I can tell you it’s “incomparable” – which I guess is a good sign. I mean, it sure sounds like his shoulder feels better than mine. Like he should be on commercials hocking shoulder products. I just don’t know how amazing his shoulder has to feel before it’s good enough to, you know, play baseball.

Zack Greinke, 0.2 // 0.4 // 65.9
–We’re now 1/3 of the season in, and Greinke still has only 1 win, and still needs 1 win to get to 225. That ain’t no guarantee on this Royals team. It might be time to focus on other milestones for him. Oooh! 1 more wild pitch and he’ll have 100 for his career!

Age 40
Avg HOF Season: 0.7
Min Career: 50.2
WAR HOF Career Pace: 51.5

Miguel Cabrera, -0.3 // -0.7 // 67.9
–Batting .177 with 0 home runs and an OPS+ of 31. From Miguel Cabrera. I kind of feel like this is a ‘Weekend at Bernies’ type of thing.

Justin Verlander, 0.2 // 0.1 // 78.2
–8 IP of 3 hits in his last start. Verlander might be back too. And he’s 40. How many pitchers under 30 have EVER thrown an 8 inning game? If he can do it, WHAT THE HELL EVERYONE ELSE? WHAT THE HELL?