Respect, in terms of baseball fans and media, is a tricky thing.
If a player is having a good year on a lousy team, he’s a candidate to be overlooked.
If a player started off the year slowly only to rebound when the national media stopped making daily appearances in his clubhouse, flying under the radar is possible.
Yet in an era of social media and tremendous baseball-statistics websites like Baseball-Reference and Fangraphs, players in the midst of big seasons really shouldn’t be overlooked in 2013.
For the following five players, that has transpired.
Here’s Bleacher Report’s best take at unearthing those respective seasons to ensure proper respect.
*All statistics valid through the start of play on September 6. WAR via Fangraphs.