We’ve been doing this every month. We’re going to keep doing it. We enjoy it.
Here’s a roster, for each league, constructed of the most productive players at each position, to-date. This isn’t necessarily an “All-Star” roster—there are pieces of stardom that are independent of how well players have played—and it isn’t the best roster each league could produce—a three-month stretch isn’t the most accurate predictor available of future performance—but it’s fun! Again, we enjoy it. Let’s give some guys some credit, using fWAR and FanGraphs’s position assignments for the sake of simplicity.
American League
C: Mike Zunino (2.3 fWAR)
1B: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (4.6 fWAR)
2B: Marcus Semien (3.4 fWAR)
SS: Xander Bogaerts (3.7 fWAR)
3B: Rafael Devers (3.0 fWAR)
OF: Cedric Mullins II (3.7 fWAR)
OF: Joey Gallo (2.8 fWAR)
OF: Byron Buxton (2.7 fWAR)
DH: Shohei Ohtani (4.6 fWAR)
Bench (C): Sean Murphy (2.1 fWAR)
Bench: Carlos Correa (3.6 fWAR)
Bench: José Altuve (3.0 fWAR)
Bench: José Ramírez (2.8 fWAR)
SP: Nathan Eovaldi (2.9 fWAR)
SP: Carlos Rodón (2.9 fWAR)
SP: Gerrit Cole (2.8 fWAR)
SP: Tyler Glasnow (2.5 fWAR)
SP: Sean Manaea (2.5 fWAR)
RP: Matt Barnes (1.7 fWAR)
RP: Ryan Pressly (1.4 fWAR)
RP: Jonathan Loaisiga (1.3 fWAR)
RP: Scott Barlow (1.2 fWAR)
RP: Taylor Rogers (1.2 fWAR)
RP: Emmanuel Clase (1.0 fWAR)
RP: Paul Fry (1.0 fWAR)
RP: José Cisnero (1.0 fWAR)
National League
C: Buster Posey (3.0 fWAR)
1B: Max Muncy (3.2 fWAR)
2B: Jake Cronenworth (2.8 fWAR)
SS: Fernando Tatís Jr. (4.0 fWAR)
3B: Nolan Arenado (2.3 fWAR)
OF: Ronald Acuña Jr. (3.7 fWAR)
OF: Nick Castellanos (3.6 fWAR)
OF: Bryan Reynolds (3.2 fWAR)
Bench (C): Will Smith (2.8 fWAR)
Bench: Trea Turner (3.6 fWAR)
Bench: Jesse Winker (2.9 fWAR)
Bench: Starling Marte (2.8 fWAR)
Bench: Ozzie Albies (2.6 fWAR)
SP: Jacob deGrom (5.0 fWAR)
SP: Zack Wheeler (3.9 fWAR)
SP: Corbin Burnes (3.9 fWAR)
SP: Clayton Kershaw (3.1 fWAR)
SP: Kevin Gausman (2.9 fWAR)
RP: Josh Hader (1.9 fWAR)
RP: Craig Kimbrel (1.7 fWAR)
RP: Edwin Díaz (1.3 fWAR)
RP: Giovanny Gallegos (1.3 fWAR)
RP: Richard Rodriguez (1.2 fWAR)
RP: Aaron Loup (1.2 fWAR)
RP: Will Smith (0.9 fWAR)
RP: Tejay Antone (0.8 fWAR)
