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 July 7.
1. Aaron Judge, New York Yankees: 141 Cup Points in 90 Games. (#1 Last Week). 6.6 bWAR, 80 Runs, 119 Hits, 33 Home Runs, 74 Runs Batted In, .360/.468/.734 Slash Line, 1.202 OPS & 233 OPS+.
2. Pete Alonso, New York Mets: 122 Cup Points in 91 Games. (#2 Last Week). 3.1 bWAR, 51 Runs, 98 Hits, 20 Home Runs, 73 Runs Batted In, .287/.380/.543 Slash Line, .923 OPS & 164 OPS+.
3. Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals: 109 Cup Points in 92 Games. (#10 Last Week). 4.3 bWAR, 56 Runs, 107 Hits, 13 Home Runs, 52 Runs Batted In, .296/.346/.503 Slash Line, .849 OPS & 135 OPS+.
4. Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers: 108 Cup Points in 90 Games. (#3 Last Week). 4.1 bWAR, 87 Runs, 99 Hits, 30 Home Runs, 56 Runs Batted In, .280/.382/.609 Slash Line, .991 OPS & 175 OPS+.
5. Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners: 107 Cup Points in 88 Games. (#4 Last Week). 4.6 bWAR, 62 Runs, 87 Hits, 35 Home Runs, 74 Runs Batted In, .268/.381/.640 Slash Line, 1.021 OPS & 193 OPS+.
6. Riley Greene, Detroit Tigers: 103 Cup Points in 90 Games. (#5 Last Week). 2.6 bWAR, 50 Runs, 95 Hits, 22 Home Runs, 72 Runs Batted In, .285/.340/.536 Slash Line, .876 OPS & 143 OPS+.
7. Francisco Lindor, New York Mets: 97 Cup Points in 89 Games. (#9 Last Week). 3.0 bWAR, 57 Runs, 93 Hits, 17 Home Runs, 49 Runs Batted In, .261/.333/.452 Slash Line, .785 OPS & 125 OPS+.
8. Manny Machado, San Diego Padres: 96 Cup Points in 90 Games. (Not in the Top Ten Last Week). 2.8 bWAR, 54 Runs, 101 Hits, 15 Home Runs, 53 Runs Batted In, .293/.354/.484 Slash Line, .838 OPS & 132 OPS+.
9. James Wood, Washington Nationals: 90 Cup Points in 84 Games. (#6 Last Week). 4.3 bWAR, 58 Runs, 97 Hits, 23 Home Runs, 67 Runs Batted In, .288/.391/.549 Slash Line, .940 OPS & 167 OPS+.
10. (TIE) Byron Buxton, Minnesota Twins: 92 Cup Points in 73 Games. (#6 Last Week). 3.3 bWAR, 57 Runs, 76 Hits, 20 Home Runs, 53 Runs Batted In, .270/.334/.544 Slash Line, .879 OPS & 138 OPS+.
10. (TIE) Rafael Devers, San Francisco Giants: 89 Cup Points in 79 Games. (#9 Last Week). 2.4 bWAR, 54 Runs, 92 Hits, 17 Home Runs, 67 Runs Batted In, .265/.390/.478 Slash Line, .868 OPS & 143 OPS+.
Nobody fell out of the Top Ten.
Notably, 959 baseball players have earned at least 1 point, up from 940 last week.
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