A look at the Orioles team leaders in bWAR this season is a bit embarrassing. Three of the top five players were traded away in July. One didn’t appear in a game after June 13 due to injury. And the final player wasn’t even acquired until July 31. This fact makes two things quite clear; the 2018 Orioles were just as bad as you thought, and Jonathan Villar is now the best player on team.
Way back on Opening Day, Villar found himself as the starting second baseman of the Milwaukee Brewers.