And looking- of those 8 pitchers- only 1(Sabathia) is a free agent after this year. The other 7 guys are due a whopping 170.5 million dollars next year.

looked at FG. The combined WAR for Sale/Kluber in FG is 10.9
the combined WAR for the top 8 guys is 8.5.

money per war in FG
Sale/Kluber- 1.807 million per war
top 8 money- 23.116 million per war

what huge bargains for the Red Sox/Indians. With whichever one of them winds up winning.

oh, and would add the #3 pitcher in the AL by BR War- Marcus Stroman. He's making only 3.4 million. (#8 in FG)
#4 in AL- Luis Severino- he's only making 550,975 this year(#3 in FG)
#4 in FG WAR- Chris Archer(#42 in BR)- is only making 4.9 million.

so top 4 pitchers in FG- making ony 25.168 million dollars this year.
top 4 pitchers in BR- making only 23.651 million dollars this year.

by comparison-
top 4 pitchers in BR for the NL- making 103.71 million(Scherzer, Gonzalez,Kershaw,Greinke)
top 4 pitchers in FG for NL- making 92.26 million(minus Gonzalez, add Nelson)

really interesting comparison there....

would add as well-
#5 in FG WAR is Strasburg. who makes 18.3 million this year.