It's about two months into the season, so I thought I'd take a look at who is leading the majors in win shares. This is the short form version of the stat.

Player	Win Shares
Carlos Delgado	13.5
Gary Sheffield	12.0
Austin Kearns	11.9
Rafael Furcal	11.7
Alfonso Soriano	11.3
John Smoltz	10.9
Jose Vidro	10.5
Carl Everett	10.4
Jeff Kent	10.3
Marcus Giles	10.0
Todd Helton	9.9
Preston Wilson	9.9
Scott Rolen	9.8
Manny Ramirez	9.5
Esteban Loaiza	9.5
Barry Bonds	9.4
Eric Gagne	9.1
Ichiro Suzuki	9.1
Bill Mueller	8.9
Vladimir Guerrero	8.7
Edgar Martinez	8.7

Because the DH causes offensive wins to be distributed between 9 players instead of 8, it's very difficult for an American League hitter to lead the majors in win shares. That makes Carlos Delgado's wide lead even more impressive. Austin Kearns is showing that his injury shortened rookie year wasn't a fluke. It's not surprising that the Braves, with the best record in baseball have three players in the top 6, including Furcal. Most interesting, letting Jeff Kent go appears not to have been that good an idea, as he has put up more win shares than anyone on the Giants, including Barry Bonds. And maybe one of the biggest surprises on the list is Bill Mueller of the Red Sox in the top 20. Bill's already equaled his doubles total of last year.