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Originally Posted by whitmm
Going off the dictionary definition of the word deserve, I think there's a legit 3 players you could say are deserving. Ronald, Mookie, and Freddie.
Fangraphs in its explanation of WAR says that it should be used to seperate groups and not to be used as a precise number. The numbers they use in the example are actually close to the current numbers, saying that a 6.4 fWAR and a 6.1 fWAR cannot be distinguished from each other over the course of a season.
That said, the 3 I mentioned are in a class above the rest, all at 6+. Lindor is 4th at 5.3. Matt Olson if he could get that average above .280 I think could start pushing his way into the conversation. There's a lot of season left for things to shake out.
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If Seager had not gotten hurt (oh, and if Ohtani didn't exist), he would make a strong MVP case. The fact he's put up 5.5 WAR in just 83 games played is insane. I know you're not supposed to really extrapolate WAR like you can other counting stats, but if he were healthy all season and you projected his WAR out, he'd be close to 8 WAR.