A year ago, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman were both MVP finalists and combined to produce one of the better seasons for a set of teammates in recent history. Entering the 2024 season, thanks to some major player movement in the winter, the potential was there for a duo to be even greater — and two separate tandems are on track to do just that.
The Yankees‘ Juan Soto and Aaron Judge are currently the top two hitters in MLB, while the Dodgers‘ Shohei Ohtani and Betts aren’t far behind.
But they haven’t just been great in the context of this season. Both duos are on track to place among the best of all time. Just look at their respective wRC+ marks, which is FanGraph’s metric for measuring a player’s entire batting value:
Judge 201 wRC+ and Soto 190 wRC+ = 195.5 wRC+ average
Ohtani 178 wRC+ and Betts 166 wRC+ = 172 wRC+ average
How likely are they to continue at their current…
