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 top five players with the most points, in descending order: 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 September 18.

1. Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers:  200 Cup Points in 150 Games.  (#1 Last Week).  7.0 bWAR, 138 Runs, 164 Hits, 51 Home Runs, 95 Runs Batted In, .283/.395/.617 Slash Line, 1.011 OPS & 179 OPS+.

2. Aaron Judge, New York Yankees: 197 Cup Points in 143 Games. (#2 Last Week).  8.7 bWAR, 127 Runs, 167 Hits, 48 Home Runs, 104 Runs Batted In, .328/.453/.676 Slash Line, 1.129 OPS & 210 OPS+.

3. Pete Alonso, New York Mets: 178 Cup Points in 153 Games. (#3 Last Week).   3.4 bWAR, 82 Runs, 159 Hits, 37 Home Runs, 121 Runs Batted In, .270/.345/.526 Slash Line, .871 OPS & 144 OPS+.

4. Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners: 171 Cup Points in 150 Games. (#4 Last Week).   6.7 bWAR, 104 Runs, 139 Hits, 56 Home Runs, 118 Runs Batted In, .247/.359/.585 Slash Line, .945 OPS & 168 OPS+.

5. Manny Machado, San Diego Padres: 158 Cup Points in 152 Games. (#9 Last Week).   3.9 bWAR, 86 Runs, 164 Hits, 26 Home Runs, 92 Runs Batted In, .279/.339/.468 Slash Line, .807 OPS & 121 OPS+.

6 (TIE). Juan Soto, New York Mets: 155 Cup Points in 151 Games. #6 Last Week).   6.1 bWAR, 115 Runs, 143 Hits, 41 Home Runs, 100 Runs Batted In, .263/.394/.528 Slash Line, .922 OPS & 160 OPS+.

6 (TIE). Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies: 155 Cup Points in 153 Games.  (#5 Last Week).  4.8 bWAR, 106 Runs, 138 Hits, 53 Home Runs, 128 Runs Batted In, .243/.370/.567 Slash Line, .937 OPS & 152 OPS+.

6 (TIE). Junior Caminero, Tampa Bay Rays: 155 Cup Points in 146 Games. (#6 Last Week).  4.2 bWAR, 89 Runs, 149 Hits, 44 Home Runs, 108 Runs Batted In, .259/.302/.537 Slash Line, .839 OPS & 128 OPS+.

9. Jose Ramirez, Cleveland Guardians:  153 Cup Points in 148 Games.  (#8 Last Week).  5.4 bWAR, 96 Runs, 157 Hits, 29 Home Runs, 80 Runs Batted In, .282/.357/.503 Slash Line, .860 OPS & 135 OPS+.

10. Francisco Lindor, New York Mets: 149 Cup Points in 151 Games. (#10 Last Week).   4.7 bWAR, 107 Runs, 161 Hits, 27 Home Runs, 78 Runs Batted In, .265/.341/.452 Slash Line, .793 OPS & 124 OPS+.

Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. fell out of the Top Ten.

Notably, 1,128 baseball players have earned at least 1 point, up from 1,115 last week.

Days after Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers announced his impending retirement, another L.A. sports icon has announced that he, too, will soon retire.

Los Angeles Kings Center Anze Kopitar announced that he will be retiring after the 2025-26 season.  The team captain has played his entire career with the Kings, where he led them to two Stanley Cup Championships and individually won three Lady Byng Trophies, two Frank J. Selke Trophies, and the coveted Mark Messier Leadership Award.  Going into this season, Kopitar has 1,278 Points in 1,454 Games.

If Kopitar maintains this pledge to retire, he will be eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2029 and should be considered a lock for the first ballot.

We here at notinhalloffame.com will gladly enjoy one more season of Anze Kopitar and wish him an excellent 2025/26 campaign.

It was long suspected, but today, Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Clayton Kershaw has announced that this season will be his last.

Kershaw debuted for L.A. in 2008, and in the 2010s, he was the most dominant Pitcher in the National League.  From 2011 to 2017, Kershaw never finished lower than fifth in Cy Young voting, with him winning the Cy Young three times, along with the MVP in 2014.  A five-time ERA leader and three-time Strikeout leader, Kershaw currently has a record of 222-96, and will finish his career under 100 Losses.  He is also a member of the 3,000 Strikeout club.

Enjoying a renaissance this year (10-2), Kershaw is already a two-time World Series Champion, though his playoff performances have been the only flaw in what will be a Hall of Fame career.

He is eligible for Cooperstown in 2031 and should be a lock to enter that year.

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