If this were 20 years ago, this review would be simple. Thirty homeruns and over a hundred RBIs? That’s an A; thanks for reading.

But, well, it’s not 20 years ago, so we can – and should – dig into things a little bit deeper.

First, let’s check the WAR numbers. WAR isn’t the be-all, end-all of stats, but it’s always a good starting place. Baseball Reference has him at… 0.6 bWAR. OK, let’s check FanGraphs. They’ve got him at 0.5 fWAR. Often, these numbers disagree, sometimes by quite a bit, but both systems see him as barely above replacement level in 2025. Digging even deeper, Salvy had 1.3 fWAR in July, which means he had -0.8 fWAR across the remaining months of the season. If you check the offensive numbers, that was basically the only month he was an above-average MLB hitter; he did h

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