Welcome to the second edition of Baseball Prospectus’ in-season valuations for AL-only and NL-only hitters and pitchers. In the linked document, you will find values through games of Saturday for:
- American League Hitters
- American League Pitchers
- National League Hitters
- National League Pitchers
The formulas used to derive these valuations are not based on last year’s statistical formulas but rather on 2017 statistics year-to-date. Average salaries are based on the auction rosters for the CBS, LABR, and Tout Wars AL and NL-only expert leagues. The formulas are SGP-based off the auction rosters for CBS, LABR, and Tout.
There is plenty of data to look at in all four of the charts. If you’re just curious to know who the best players have been year to date and what they have earned, you can find that below.
American League hitters
1) Aaron Judge $41
2) Mike Trout $39
3) Jose Altuve $37
4) Elvis Andrus $37
5) Corey Dickerson $32
6) Xander Bogaerts $30
7) Avisail Garcia $30
8) Aaron Hicks $30
9) Starlin Castro $30
10) Justin Smoak $28
National League hitters
1) Charlie Blackmon $43
2) Paul Goldschmidt $42
3) Ryan Zimmerman $39
4) Bryce Harper $34
5) Joey Votto $33
6) Mark Reynolds $32
7) Marcell Ozuna $32
8) Daniel Murphy $31
9) Jake Lamb $30
10) Trea Turner $30
American League pitchers
1) Dallas Keuchel $43
2) Chris Sale $42
3) Ervin Santana $41
4) Craig Kimbrel $37
5) Lance McCullers $32
6) Jason Vargas $31
7) Luis Severino $30
8) James Paxton $26
9) Carlos Carrasco $26
10) Yu Darvish $26
National League pitchers
1) Clayton Kershaw $45
2) Max Scherzer $44
3) Zack Greinke $35
4) Stephen Strasburg $33
5) Carlos Martinez $32
6) Robbie Ray $31
7) Kenley Jansen $29
8) Alex Wood $29
9) Greg Holland $29
10) Raisel Iglesias $28
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