2014 NL WAR-Stars at the Quarter Pole

C: Devin Mesoraco, CIN; Jonathan Lucroy, MIL; Yadier Molina, STL
1B: Joey Votto, CIN; Paul Goldschmidt, ARI
2B: Chase Utley, PHI; Brandon Hicks, SFG
SS: Troy Tulowitzki, COL; Jhonny Peralta, STL
3B: Todd Frazier, CIN; Nolan Arenado, COL
OF: Giancarlo Stanton, MIA; Charlie Blackmon, COL; Andrew McCutchen, PIT;
       Yasiel Puig, LAD; Seth Smith, SDP; A.J. Pollock, ARI;
       Jason Heyward, ATL; Juan Lagares, NYM; Carlos Gomez, MIL;
       Angel Pagan SFG
SP: Johnny Cueto, CIN; Jeff Samardzija, CHC; Zack Greinke, LAD;
      Adam Wainwright, STL; Tim Hudson, SFG; Tanner Roark, WSN;
      Tom Koehler, MIA; Jason Hammel, CHC; Wily Peralta, MIL;
      Julio Teheran, ATL
RP: Francisco Rodriguez, MIL; Jean Machi, SFG; Will Smith, MIL

2014 AL WAR-Stars at the Quarter Pole

C: Derek Norris, OAK; Salvador Perez, KCR
1B: Miguel Cabrera, DET; Mike Napoli, BOS
2B: Howie Kendrick, LAA; Brian Dozier, MIN; Ben Zobrist, TBR;
      Ian Kinsler, DET
SS: Alexei Ramirez, CHW; Erick Aybar, LAA; Asdrubal Cabrera, CLE
3B: Josh Donaldson, OAK; Yangervis Solarte, NYY
OF: Mike Trout, LAA; Joe Bautista, TOR; Collin Cowgill, LAA;
       Brett Gardner, NYY; Alex Gordon, KCR; Desmond Jennings, TBR
DH: David Ortiz, BOS
SP: Max Scherzer, DET; Yu Darvish, TEX; Mark Buehrle, TOR;
      Masahiro Tanaka, NYY; Dallas Keuchel, HOU; Hisashi Iwakuma, SEA;
      Sonny Gray, OAK; Scott Feldman, HOU; Garrett Richards, LAA;
      Scott Kazmir, OAK; Jason Vargas, KCR
RP: Darren O'Day, BAL; Adam Warren, NYY; Zach Britton, BAL

Sabes vs. Sandy

This post can be considered an addendum to this and this.

Just an observation regarding the careers of Sandy Koufax and Bret Saberhagen:

This table shows Koufax's WAR for each of his twelve seasons (through his final, age 30 season) and Saberhagen's WAR for his first twelve seasons (through his age 31 season):

Koufax	Saberhagen
10.7	9.7
10.3	8.0
8.1	7.3
7.4	5.5
5.7	5.1
4.4	3.8
2.1	3.6
1.5	2.7
1.3	2.2
1.1	2.0
0.9	1.5
-0.3	1.5

As you can see, Koufax wins out for each of the top six seasons. However, Saberhagen is best for each of the bottom six. Overall, thus, Koufax totals 53.2 WAR and 30.7 WAA in 2324 1/3 IP; Saberhagen totals 52.6 WAR and 33.6 WAA in 2227 2/3 IP.

For their careers, Koufax went 165-87 with 53.2 WAR in 2324 1/3 IP, while Saberhagen went 167-117 with 59.1 WAR in 2562 2/3 IP. These totals are not terribly different. Nonetheless, Koufax received 86.9% of the Hall of Fame vote in 1972 and was inducted on the first ballot; Saberhagen received just 1.3% (7 votes) in 2007.

Final 2014 MLB Standings Projections

American League East				American League Central				American League West
Boston Red Sox	96-66	–		Detroit Tigers	94-68	–		Oakland Athletics	86-76	–
Baltimore Orioles	87-75	9		Cleveland Indians	84-78	10		Texas Rangers	82-80	4
Tampa Bay Rays	86-76	10		Kansas City Royals	83-79	11		Los Angeles Angels	82-80	4
New York Yankees	81-81	15		Minnesota Twins	72-90	22		Seattle Mariners	75-87	11
Toronto Blue Jays	80-82	16		Chicago White Sox	66-96	28		Houston Astros	67-95	19
National League East				National League Central				National League West
Washington Nationals	88-74	–		St. Louis Cardinals	94-68	–		Los Angeles Dodgers	88-74	–
Atlanta Braves	82-80	6		Pittsburgh Pirates	87-75	7		Colorado Rockies	85-77	3
Philadelphia Phillies	74-88	14		Milwaukee Brewers	81-81	13		Arizona Diamondbacks	84-78	4
Miami Marlins	72-90	16		Cincinnati Reds	81-81	13		San Diego Padres	79-83	9
New York Mets	70-92	18		Chicago Cubs	66-96	28		San Francisco Giants	78-84	10

2014 MLB Standings Projections

American League East				American League Central				American League West
Boston Red Sox	95-67	–		Detroit Tigers	94-68	–		Texas Rangers	89-73	–
Baltimore Orioles	87-75	8		Cleveland Indians	86-76	8		Oakland Athletics	86-76	3
Tampa Bay Rays	86-76	9		Kansas City Royals	82-80	12		Los Angeles Angels	77-85	12
Toronto Blue Jays	81-81	14		Minnesota Twins	71-91	23		Seattle Mariners	73-89	16
New York Yankees	78-84	17		Chicago White Sox	63-99	31		Houston Astros	66-96	23
National League East				National League Central				National League West
Washington Nationals	89-73	–		St. Louis Cardinals	97-65	–		Los Angeles Dodgers	94-68	–
Atlanta Braves	83-79	6		Pittsburgh Pirates	87-75	10		Colorado Rockies	84-78	10
Philadelphia Phillies	72-90	17		Cincinnati Reds	80-82	17		Arizona Diamondbacks	84-78	10
Miami Marlins	71-91	18		Milwaukee Brewers	80-82	17		San Diego Padres	80-82	14
New York Mets	69-93	20		Chicago Cubs	69-93	28		San Francisco Giants	77-85	17

2014 MLB Standings Projections (Early Edition)

American League East				American League Central				American League West
Boston Red Sox	96-66	–		Detroit Tigers	97-65	–		Oakland Athletics	92-70	–
Tampa Bay Rays	86-76	10		Cleveland Indians	84-78	13		Texas Rangers	86-76	6
Baltimore Orioles	82-80	14		Kansas City Royals	83-79	14		Los Angeles Angels	80-82	12
Toronto Blue Jays	79-83	17		Minnesota Twins	66-96	31		Seattle Mariners	76-86	16
New York Yankees	78-84	18		Chicago White Sox	61-101	36		Houston Astros	65-97	27
National League East				National League Central				National League West
Atlanta Braves	87-75	–		St. Louis Cardinals	96-66	–		Los Angeles Dodgers	94-68	–
Washington Nationals	87-75	–		Pittsburgh Pirates	86-76	10		Colorado Rockies	89-73	5
Philadelphia Phillies	74-88	13		Cincinnati Reds	85-77	11		Arizona Diamondbacks	86-76	8
Miami Marlins	70-92	17		Milwaukee Brewers	77-85	19		San Diego Padres	77-85	17
New York Mets	66-96	21		Chicago Cubs	68-94	28		San Francisco Giants	77-85	17

My Personal Hall of Fame

The following is a list of all the players I would enshrine in Cooperstown, starting from scratch. The years represent the year of final season.