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Message: [QUOTE="donniesyracuse, post: 4365032, member: 101"] I am inclined to give it to Ohtani every year. Judge actually leads Ohtani in combined WAR this season, which illustrates how remarkable Judge’s season has been. Data heads suggest current WAR formulas don’t adequately capture the value of a two-way player. Simply adding pitching WAR to position player WAR might not be good enough. Ohtani’s position player WAR takes a huge hit because he is treated as a DH most of the time. Judge has an edge in base running. Ohtani is among the fastest guys in the league, but he has been a disaster on the bases. I guess my answer is “I don’t know.” I won’t be outraged either way. Judge is having an all-time great season. If a position player could ever be more valuable than a great two-way player, it might look like this. [/QUOTE]