The Baseball Scholar

2018 All-MLB Team

Dave Franks
3–5 minutes

In 2019 Major League Baseball started naming an All-MLB Team. Like all other MLB awards, the winners are voted on by media, former players, and baseball officials. Never a fan of awards being given based on the opinions of people, regardless of their voting qualifications, my list is based on the same data that I base all other rankings on this site. In most cases you’ll see the lists are similar and in some years identical. Like MLB’s official All-MLB Team, I will be listing two teams, first team and second team. Each team will consist of one catcher, one infielder at each position, three outfielders regardless of specific outfield position, one designated hitter, five starting pitchers, and two relief pitchers. To be eligible for any position hitters needed to have at least 350 plate appearance, starting pitchers needed to start at least 15 games, and relief pitchers needed to accumulate at least 30 innings pitched. For players that logged substantial time at multiple positions, they will be eligible for the position they logged the most time at.

If you think I’m wrong and the voting committee got it right, leave a comment and let me know why.

First Team

  • Catcher – J.T. Realmuto

    • J.T. Realmuto
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    4.5 127 125 531 477 74 132 30 3 21 74 3 2 38 104 .277 .340 .484 .825

  • First Base – Max Muncy

    • Max Muncy
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    4.3 162 137 481 395 75 104 17 2 35 79 3 0 79 131 .263 .391 .582 .973

  • Second Base – Javier Baez

    • Javier Báez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.4 131 160 645 606 101 176 40 9 34 111 21 9 29 167 .290 .326 .554 .881

  • Third Base – Alex Bregman

    • Alex Bregman
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.9 157 157 705 594 105 170 51 1 31 103 10 4 96 85 .286 .394 .532 .926

  • Shortstop – Francisco Lindor

    • Francisco Lindor
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.2 132 158 745 661 129 183 42 2 38 92 25 10 70 107 .277 .352 .519 .871

  • Outfield – Mookie Betts

    • Mookie Betts
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    10.7 185 136 614 520 129 180 47 5 32 80 30 6 81 91 .346 .438 .640 1.078

  • Outfield – Mike Trout

    • Mike Trout
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    9.9 188 140 608 471 101 147 24 4 39 79 24 2 122 124 .312 .460 .628 1.088

  • Outfield – Christian Yelich

    • Christian Yelich
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.3 167 147 651 574 118 187 34 7 36 110 22 4 68 135 .326 .402 .598 1.000

  • Designated Hitter – J.D. Martinez

    • J.D. Martinez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.7 170 150 649 569 111 188 37 2 43 130 6 1 69 146 .330 .402 .629 1.031

  • Starting Pitcher – Jacob deGrom

    • Jacob deGrom
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    9.5 45 32 32 10 9 1.70 217 1 0 0 48 41 46 269 32.2% 0.91

  • Starting Pitcher – Aaron Nola

    • Aaron Nola
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    9.7 59 33 33 17 6 2.38 212.1 0 0 0 57 56 58 224 27.0% 0.98

  • Starting Pitcher – Blake Snell

    • Blake Snell
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    7.1 46 31 31 21 5 1.90 180.2 0 0 0 41 38 64 221 31.6% 0.98

  • Starting Pitcher – Chris Sale

    • Chris Sale
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    6.5 47 27 27 12 4 2.11 158 0 0 0 39 37 34 237 38.4% 0.86

  • Starting Pitcher – Max Scherzer

    • Max Scherzer
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    7.9 62 33 33 18 7 2.53 220.2 2 1 0 66 62 51 300 34.6% 0.91

  • Relief Pitcher – Blake Treinen

    • Blake Treinen
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    4.4 19 68 0 9 2 0.79 80.1 0 0 38 12 7 21 100 31.7% 0.84

  • Relief Pitcher – Jeremy Jeffress

    • Jeremy Jeffress
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3.3 32 73 0 8 1 1.30 76.2 0 0 15 12 11 27 89 29.8% 1.00

Second Team

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