It is with great pleasure that we have brought back the Notinhalloffame MLB Regular Cup, and let us explain how this works:
For every regular-season game, we anointed the best five players with descending points, 5-4-3-2-1.
We know 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 more easily than 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, which favors position players. Starting Pitchers have a hard time with approximately 30-35 Starts and throwing fewer innings than previous generations. This is also true for closers 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 we did: as a fun process and more of a compilation of temporary statistical domination.
Here is the current top ten after games concluded on June 9.
1. Aaron Judge, New York Yankees: 109 Cup Points in 54 Games. (#1 Last Week). 5.2 bWAR, 62 Runs, 95 Hits, 23 Home Runs, 55 Runs Batted In, .396/.493/.771 Slash Line, 1.264 OPS & 250 OPS+.
2. Pete Alonso, New York Mets: 105 Cup Points in 60 Games. (#2 Last Week). 2.9 bWAR, 41 Runs, 75 Hits, 17 Home Runs, 61 Runs Batted In, .301/.396/.594 Slash Line, .990 OPS & 182 OPS+.
3. Francisco Lindor, New York Mets: 83 Cup Points in 64 Games. (#3 Last Week). 2.4 bWAR, 42 Runs, 73 Hits, 14 Home Runs, 38 Runs Batted In, .283/.354/.488 Slash Line, .842 OPS & 141 OPS+
4. (TIE) Rafael Devers, Boston Red Sox: 79 Cup Points in 68 Games. (#5 Last Week). 2.4 bWAR, 45 Runs, 71 Hits, 14 Home Runs, 57 Runs Batted In, .280/.409/.516 Slash Line, .925 OPS & 157 OPS+.
4. (TIE) Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers: 79 Cup Points in 65 Games. (#4 Last Week). 3.1 bWAR, 67 Runs, 76 Hits, 23 Home Runs, 39 Runs Batted In, .291/.387/.628 Slash Line, 1.015 OPS & 184 OPS+.
6. Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners: 77 Cup Points in 64 Games. (#6 Last Week). 3.4 bWAR, 44 Runs, 63 Hits, 26 Home Runs, 53 Runs Batted In, .266/.373/.641 Slash Line, 1.014 OPS & 192 OPS+.
7. (TIE) Jacob Wilson, The Athletics: 73 Cup Points in 64 Games. (Not in the Top Ten Last Week). 2.7 bWAR, 36 Runs, 93 Hits, 8 Home Runs, 38 Runs Batted In, .366/.402/.520 Slash Line, .922 OPS & 159 OPS+.
7. (TIE) Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals: 73 Cup Points in 66 Games. (#6 Last Week). 3.4 bWAR, 35 Runs, 75 Hits, 8 Home Runs, 37 Runs Batted In, .291/.349/.492 Slash Line, .842 OPS & 135 OPS+.
7. (TIE) Manny Machado, San Diego Padres: 73 Cup Points in 65 Games. (Not in the Top Ten Last Week). 2.6 bWAR, 45 Runs, 78 Hits, 10 Home Runs, 34 Runs Batted In, .320/.382/.516 Slash Line, .899 OPS & 150 OPS+.
10. Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles Dodgers: 72 Cup Points in 56 Games. (#9 Last Week). 2.3 bWAR, 36 Runs, 73 Hits, 9 Home Runs, 41 Runs Batted In, .351/.418/.591 Slash Line, 1.009 OPS & 185 OPS+.
Detroit’s Spencer Torkelson and Washington’s James Wood fell out of the Top Ten.
Notably, 888 baseball players have earned at least 1 point, up from 857 last week.
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