Is vernon wells the 8th best player in baseball?

[Keyser Soze]

i think win shares are the best indicator of value in baseball, since they take all the contributions a player makes toward his team’s wins and distills them into a single number that represents the number of wins contributed to the team.

here are the top 15 players in baseball by win shares for 2006...

1. Pujols
2. Beltran
3. Cabrera
4. Berkman
5. Jeter
6. Wright
7. Mauer
8. Howard
9. Soriano
10. Ortiz
11. Ramirez
12. J.Reyes
13. Cameron
14. Utley
15. Bonds