It appears Baseball Reference has made their annual tweaks to their WAR calculations, and Bobby Witt Jr. has surged from 9.4 to 10.0 bWAR, clearly moving him past George Brett's 1980 for the best season in history by a Royals hitter. Even in the offseason, Witt keeps excelling.— Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) October 25, 2024
It appears Baseball Reference has made their annual tweaks to their WAR calculations, and Bobby Witt Jr. has surged from 9.4 to 10.0 bWAR, clearly moving him past George Brett's 1980 for the best season in history by a Royals hitter. Even in the offseason, Witt keeps excelling.