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Originally Posted by Caged Great
Bautista thus far as a WAR of 4.9 (Wins above a replacement level player)
The next highest batter has a WAR of 3 (Howie Kendrick)
The highest pitcher is Halladay at 3.6
In terms of value, Bautista's WAR has provided about 22 million dollars in value. So if he didn't play another game this year, he'd still be a bargain by 7 million dollars.
The highest WAR in any single season of any player in MLB history was Babe Ruth who had a WAR of 15.4. Bautista is on pace to come extremely close to matching that.
For comparison, only 29 batters last year had a WAR over 4.9 (Bautista was 8th) and the highest was 8.7 (Josh Hamilton)
Bonds 73 HR season, he had a WAR of 12.9. Bautista is on pace to break that in September.
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Good post but one error. He's not a 7 mil bargain if he didn't play another game. WAR assumes a full season. Not 50 games. So his WAR if he stopped playing right now I believe is 4.9 * (50/162).