Monday, July 16, 2018

2018 First-Half MLB WAR-Stars


The following are mock MLB All Star rosters created based on Baseball-Reference.com Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Players in bold were selected to this year's roster.

American League:
C: Wilson Ramos, TBR – 2.4
C: Austin Romine, NYY – 1.4
1B: Matt Olson, OAK – 2.5
1B: Justin Smoak, TOR – 2.2
2B: Jose Altuve, HOU – 4.4
2B: Jed Lowrie, OAK – 3.5
SS: Francisco Lindor, CLE – 5.5
SS: Andrelton Simmons, LAA – 4.6
3B: Jose Ramirez, CLE – 6.6
3B: Alex Bregman, HOU – 4.8
OF: Mike Trout, LAA – 6.8
OF: Mookie Betts, BOS – 6.3
OF: Aaron Judge, NYY – 5.0
OF: Eddie Rosario, MIN – 4.3
OF: Mitch Haniger, SEA – 3.5
OF: Andrew Benintendi, BOS – 2.9
DH: J.D. Martinez, BOS – 4.3
DH: Shin-Soo Choo, TEX – 3.3
Bench: Manny Machado, BAL – 2.9
Bench: Whit Merrifield, KCR – 2.8
SP: Chris Sale, BOS – 5.6
SP: Luis Severino, NYY – 4.9
SP: Trevor Bauer, CLE – 4.5
SP: Corey Kluber, CLE – 4.3
SP: Blake Snell, TBR – 4.1
RP: Craig Kimbrel, BOS – 2.3
RP: Blake Treinen, OAK – 2.3
RP: Lou Trivino, OAK – 2.2
Pitcher: Justin Verlander, HOU – 3.8
Pitcher: Gerrit Cole, HOU – 3.2
Pitcher: Mike Fiers, DET – 2.3
Pitcher: Reynaldo Lopez, CHW – 1.7

National League:
C: J.T. Realmuto, MIA – 3.8
C: Wilson Contreras, CHC – 2.7
1B: Freddie Freeman, ATL – 3.9
1B: Paul Goldschmidt, ARI – 3.2
2B: Javier Baez, CHC – 3.7
2B: Ozzie Albies, ATL – 3.4
SS: Trevor Story, COL – 2.9
SS: Brandon Crawford, SFG – 2.9
3B: Nolan Arenado, COL – 3.8
3B: Eugenio Suarez, CIN – 3.6
OF: Lorenzo Cain, MIL – 4.4
OF: Nick Markakis, ATL – 3.1
OF: Brian Anderson, MIA – 2.8
OF: Starling Marte, PIT – 2.7
OF: Christian Yelich, MIL – 2.5
OF: Harrison Bader, STL – 2.5
Bench: Matt Carpenter, STL – 3.5
Bench: Brandon Belt, SFG – 3.1
Bench: Scooter Gennett, CIN – 3.1
Bench: Max Muncy, LAD – 3.0
SP: Jacob deGrom, NYM – 6.0
SP: Aaron Nola, PHI – 5.9
SP: Max Scherzer, WSN – 4.9
SP: Kyle Freeland, COL – 4.6
SP: Tyler Anderson, COL – 3.7
RP: Adam Ottavino, COL – 2.4
RP: Jared Hughes, CIN – 2.3
RP: Sean Doolittle, WSN – 2.1
Pitcher: Ross Stripling, LAD – 3.2
Pitcher: Jon Lester, CHC – 2.8
Pitcher: Miles Mikolas, STL – 2.8
Pitcher: Kirby Yates, SDP – 1.5