With the season about to commence, it’s a good day to see where the batters rank in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings. The idea is to rank the batters in such a way that recent history combined with a weighted past identifies the best hitters in the game right now.
The value of the player declines as they are inactive, so over the winter everyone’s value fell a bit from the end of the season. Note that post-season games count, so hitters on playoff teams had a bit less decay. The Athletics and Mariners, having played two games, stopped their decay which is why we see a couple of them ranked high on the list.
Here is how the season opens. NL MVP Christian Yelich tops the list, followed by Astros third baseman Alex Bregman, Washington third baseman Anthony Rendon, Mr. Money Mike Trout, and Seattle’s own Mitch Haniger. Haniger is off to a good start this season with two hits, a double and a home run, a walk, a hit by pitch, and a sacrifice fly.
We’ll follow this daily.
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