It was the best of seasons... It was the worst of seasons... Well, no: it wasn't actually either. But it had its moments.
The highs
We should be used to it by now. Paul Goldschmidt surpassing expectations: it's what he does. But by bWAR, Goldy gave us the greatest season ever by an Arizona Diamondback position player. Yes, better even than Luis Gonzalez's 57-homer 2001 campaign. [Oh, yeah: ans A.J. Pollock's campaign is #3 on the same list] How good was Goldschmidt? Only one 1B in the entire history of the National League has posted a higher bWAR figure: Albert Pujols in 2008-2009, and he was earning about $14 million each of those years.