It is with great pleasure that we continue the third annual Notinhalloffame MLB Regular Season Cup, and let us explain how this works:
With every single regular season game, we anointed the best five players in the game with descending points, 5-4-3-2-1.
We knew the following:
- The top players for the MLB NIHOF Cup are not always the best in the league, as injuries keep players out of games, and a premium on staying healthy can help pile up points. It also does not hurt to be a top player on an average or mediocre team, as they can amass Cup points easier that elite players on loaded squads.
- In Baseball, it is more common than in Basketball and Hockey for a player to accrue points with a single Home Run in a game, and overall favors position players. Starting Pitchers have a hard time with approximately 30-35 Starts and throwing less innings than in previous generations. This also is true for closers, which is not made for this process.
- Please remember, that this is NOT necessarily who we think were the best players this year, and does not reflect overall consistency. Treat this the way did, as a fun process and more of a compilation of temporary statistical domination.
At present 979 (up from 963 last week) players have generated at least one Cup Point.
So, MLB players! Get your agents to work winning this into your contracts!
This is the twelfth update, with standings as of the morning of August 7.
1. Shohei Ohtani: Los Angeles Angels, Designated Hitter & Pitcher: (Ranked #1 last week)
175 Cup Points, 111 Games, 1.58 Cup Points per Game, 40 Home Runs, 82 Runs Batted In, 12 SB, .306/.409/.672, 8.4 bWAR & 9-5, 3.32 ERA, 160 SO, 1.067 WHIP.
The Notinhalloffame Cup is built for Ohtani, who can compile points in two different avenues; the only one who can do so. Ohtani continues to grow the gap between himself and his nearest competition, and we can’t see him losing the Cup. After cooling off on the mound, Ohtani is still the American League leader in H/9 (5.9), and is third in Strikeouts (160). With his bat, Ohtani is the current AL leader in Home Runs (40), Triples (7), Walks (71), OBP (.409), Slugging (.672), OPS (1.081), OPS+ (188) and Total Bases (279), while also being second in RBIs (82), Runs (86) and fifth in Batting (.306). The AL MVP is his to lose, and we don’t think he will.
2. Ronald Acuna: Atlanta Braves, Outfield: (Ranked #2 Last Week)
144 Cup Points, 109 Games, 1.32 Cup Points per Game, 25 Home Runs, 67 Runs Batted In, 53 SB, .343/.425/.589, 5.8 bWAR.
Acuna leads all National League batters in Stolen Bases (53), Runs Scored (99), OBP (.425), OPS (1.014) and bWAR (5.8). He is also second in Batting (.343) and third in Slugging (.589). Acuna is also eighth in Home Runs (25).
3. Freddie Freeman: Los Angeles Dodgers, First Base: (Ranked #3, Last Week)
135 Cup Points, 110 Games, 1.23 Cup Points per Game, 23 Home Runs, 80 Runs Batted In, 16 SB, .339/.416/.595, 5.2 bWAR.
Freeman has the NL lead in Doubles (40), OPS+ (169) and Total Bases (262), while also currently placing second on Slugging (.595) and OPS (1.011), third in Batting (.339) and fourth in (.407). He also has moved into second in Runs (97), Hits (149) and Runs Batted In (80).
4. Juan Soto: San Diego Padres, Outfield: (Ranked #4, Last Week)
130 Cup Points, 112 Games, 1.16 Cup Points per Game, 24 Home Runs, 72 Runs Batted In, 6 SB, .276/.421/.526, 4.4 bWAR.
Soto is the National League leader in Walks (97) and is second in OBP (.421), fifth in OPS (.947) and seventh in Slugging (.526). He is also seventh in RBIs (72).
5. Matt Olson: Atlanta Braves, First Base: (Ranked #5 Last Week)
125 Cup Points, 109 Games, 1.15 Cup Points per Game, 39 Home Runs, 97 Runs Batted In, 1 SB, .264/.370/.605, 4.1 bWAR.
Olson has the National League lead in both Home Runs (39), RBIs (97) and Slugging (.605). He is also third in OPS (.975) and Total Bases (250).
6. Mookie Betts: Los Angeles Dodgers, Outfield: (Ranked #5, Last Week)
120 Cup Points, 99 Games, 1.12 Cup Points per Game, 30 Home Runs, 71 Runs Batted In, 8 SB, .285/.386/.579, 5.2 bWAR.
Betts has had a great summer, where he made his seventh All-Star Game. In the National League, he is currently third in bWAR (5.2), fourth in OPS (.965) and Slugging (.579) and seventh in OBP (.386). Betts has also moved into third in Home Runs (30) and seventh in RBIs (71).
7. Kyle Tucker: Houston Astros, Outfield: (#10, Last Week)
115 Cup Points, 104 Games, 0.97 Cup Points per Game, 19 Home Runs, 77 Runs Batted In, 23 SB, .295/.375/.505, 3.3 bWAR.
Tucker has been on fire lately and had moved up to fifth in OBP (.375) and OPS (.880), and seventh in Batting (.295) and Slugging (.375). He is also in the top ten in RBIs, Hits, Extra Base Hits and is third in Power/Speed # (20.8).
8. Rafael Devers: Boston Red Sox, Third Base: (Ranked #7 Last Week)
114 Cup Points, 105 Games, 1.09 Cup Points per Game, 26 Home Runs, 79 Runs Batted In, 2 SB, .267/.337/.521, 2.1 bWAR.
Devers remains a surprise being so high as he was not in the All-Star Game, nor was considered a significant snub. He and is currently third in the AL in RBIs (76), fourth in Home Runs (726 and fifth in Slugging (.521).
9. Corbin Carroll: Arizona Diamondbacks, Outfield: (Ranked #8, Last Week)
111 Cup Points, 108 Games, 1.03 Cup Points per Game, 21 Home Runs, 59 Runs Batted In, 36 SB, .277/.358/.523, 4.4 bWAR.
Carroll is running away with the National League Rookie of the Year Award, despite some solid competition. At present, the young Outfielder is seventh in the National League in bWAR (4.4), and is in the top ten in Slugging (.523), OPS (.882), OPS+ (139), Runs Scored (78) and Stolen Bases (36).
10. Luis Arraez: Miami Marlins, Second Base: (Ranked #8, Last Week)
109 Cup Points, 107 Games, 1.02 Cup Points per Game, 3 Home Runs, 52 Runs Batted In, 1 SB, .375/.420/.458, 4.6 bWAR.
Arraez is the runaway leader in Batting Average (.375) and is also the National League leader in Hits (157), while recently slipping to second in On Base Percentage (.429). He also has a very impressive Slugging Percentage (.458) for a player with only three Home Runs.
Nobody fell out of the top ten.
Our next update will be the afternoon of August 14.
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