The Wheelhouse: Value Earned

A few weeks ago, we looked at the results of a draft conducted June 1 to get a better feel for the player market following the first two months of the regular season. Admittedly, I am a stubborn evaluator and in most instances was reluctant to significantly upgrade or downgrade healthy players based on 50 games worth of a data, or a dozen starts in the case of pitchers.

Still, as we inch closer to the halfway point in the season, the value earned by players to this point is becoming a more legitimate measure of performance given the increasing size for sample at hand.

For our baseline, we'll asume it's a 15-team mixed league format using the tradition five hitting and five pitching categories. Essentially, we're working with an NFBC Main Event style league. Entering play Friday, 25 hitters are on track to earn $25 or more this season:

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