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    2017 Chicago Cubs

    2017 Chicago Cubs
    92 - 70, 1st place in the NL Central
    2016 / 2018 (Team History)

    Runs Scored/Avg Tm:
    822 / 734 (+88)

    Runs Allowed/Avg Tm:
    695 / 740 (+45)


    Home:
    48 - 33 (.593)

    Away:
    44 - 37 (.543)

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    Established Level

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    Rk Player Age Pos PA IP WAR 2017 2016 2015
    1 Jon Lester 33 SP 211 588.1 2.7 1.0 5.5 2.5
    2 Jose Quintana 28 SP 44 603.0 3.6 2.3 5.4 4.0
    3 Kyle Hendricks 27 SP 183 509.2 3.6 3.3 5.2 1.1
    4 Jake Arrieta 31 SP 217 594.2 3.9 1.9 4.5 8.6
    5 John Lackey 38 SP 200 577.0 2.3 1.1 2.5 5.6
    6 Mike Montgomery 28 SP 44 320.2 2.0 2.4 2.1 0.5
    7 Brett Anderson 29 SP 72 247.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.8 1.5
    8 Eddie Butler 26 SP 62 198.0 0.6 0.8 -1.5 -1.0
    9 Jen-Ho Tseng 22 SP 1 6.0 -0.1 -0.2
    bWAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

    Established Level Methodology

    The calculation is based on the "Established Level" portion of Bill James Favorite Toy.
    - The metric from the current year (2017) is multiplied by 3.
    - The previous year's (2016) metric is multiplied by 2.
    - The metric from two years prior (2015) is added to the above totals and they are divided by 6.
    - One caveat is that the final "Established Level" should not be below 75% of the current year's (2017) metric

    Example:

    Player X has 5.0 WAR in 2017, 7.0 WAR in 2016, and 4.0 WAR in 2015.
    ((5.0 x 3) + (7.0 x 2) + 4.0) / 6 = 5.5 WAR