2026's HOF ballot newcomers aren't quite the cream of the crop

JAWS components -- total career WAR and 7-year peak WAR -- for all newcomers to the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot since 2010, with 2026 newcomers highlighted

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JAWS, or the Jaffe WAR Score, was developed by sabermetrician Jay Jaffe to measure a player's Hall of Fame worthiness. A player's JAWS is their career WAR averaged with their 7-year peak WAR.

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