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- Chase Utley, of the Phillies, is the only player in the past four seasons who played for a World Series-winning team and also ranked in the WAR top ten.
- Surveying the big-contract list of the last five MLB seasons, Albert Pujols, Adrian Gonzales, Joe Mauer, Joey Votto, Mark Teixeira, Matt Kemp, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, and Troy Tulowitzki are the only players in the top 25 in WAR.
- Only one of the 25 players on the big-dog list is in the top 20 in WAR this season: catcher Joe Mauer.
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- Since 2009, only two players from the list per year have made the top ten in WAR .
- Alex Rodriguez signed the two most lucrative MLB contracts ever, and he’s averaging a 3.9 WAR since his second blockbuster deal… that’s not good.
- It’s no surprise that the Yankees signed the most players on the list (five), but what is shocking is that the average WAR yielded from signing the prime years of Tex, CC, and Jeter, along with what still should have been A-Roid’s prime, only amounted to a 3.6 WAR average.
- Carl Crawford, Ryan Howard, Cole Hamels, Alfonso Soriano, and Barry Zito hold the five shittiest values on this list; none of them are even breaking +1 WAR. The Phillies have two of the shittiest contracts value-wise on the list.
- Albert Pujols is the oldest player to sign at 32-years-old and put up a WAR higher than the +3.9 average at +4.4. He’s probably not doing to do that when he’s 153-years-old when his contract expires.
- While A-Rod’s 2001-10 $252,000,000 contract yielded a godlike +7.8 WAR, it was also tainted by a positive test for performance-enhancers. Manny Ramirez and his +4.3 WAR is the only other known juicer on the list.
- Second on the list in WAR is Miguel Cabrera at +5.24. He’s only the second person to crack the top 25 in WAR for 2012 from the list, just missing the top 20 at 21.
- Miguel Cabrera is the best value on this list. At a little over 152 million dollars, he’s put up the second highest WAR at +5.24. He’s proved himself to be durable, and he’s also an alcoholic and fat. Sounds a lot like another pretty good player—Babe Ruth. It also sounds like Kenny Powers.