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  1. Even outstanding is pretty vague. In the old days we looked in the paper to see the top 10 in batting average, RBI etc. Now we can see who the top 10 in OPS and WAR are too - if you want. It's not really that big of deal.
  2. Major league players are all good players.
  3. Greatest relief pitcher. If he was the greatest pitcher he would have been a starter.
  4. OK, just use RAR then, if the W is an issue.
  5. Yes, it's getting near time to break out the ABY shirts and hats.
  6. Is that really a big deal? As Slasher has pointed out, 'WAA' or Wins Above Average is also calculated. So if you prefer that, it's there. WAR seems to average about 2 more than WAA for a position player for a 150 game season. But it does vary.
  7. Please. The guy seems to have a decent stick but he's an abominable outfielder. He's a DH.
  8. What a courteous gesture for you to start this for us.
  9. - 5 points, for no sense of humor.
  10. As in the defensive ratings you mean?
  11. He's doing pretty well for a 28-year old rookie. A 1.0 WAR in less than a third of a full season.
  12. Another nail in the 2019 coffin.
  13. With JBJ, WAR is almost always used to defend him against people who fixate on his batting average. That's a good thing, right?
  14. The elevated FB on an 0-2 or 1-2 can be a great pitch, as long as it's not too high, as you say. It's a low-risk pitch because even if the batter makes contact he's likely to fly out or pop it up. Plus you don't have to worry about it bouncing past the catcher. But you can never be too predictable one way or the other, right?
  15. Devers has the equally hot Bogey behind him. But Bogey has the struggling JD behind him, so how Bogey is staying hot is anyone's guess.
  16. WAR is a single number, yes, but you can also see at a glance offensive WAR and defensive WAR and all the component numbers that make it up. It's not really just one number, end of story - not if you really do want to analyze it.
  17. Yep. And the value of his 2018 postseason performance can't even be measured.
  18. FanGraphs has Price at a 2.6 WAR and $20.7 million equivalent free agent dollars for the season to date. He hasn't been earning his full salary since we got him, but he's far from a bust too.
  19. The protection thing is predicated on the idea that Mookie is now getting better pitches to hit. That's something that should be detectable in the pitch data. I don't have the data so I can't comment on that. On an 'anecdotal' basis, though, from reading game threads, what some posters were saying about Mookie when he was in a funk was that he was getting good pitches and not swinging at them, his approach was too passive. Again, that would be in the pitch data.
  20. I'm very skeptical that it has anything to do with it. Certainty either way is impossible.
  21. What you said was crap and I pointed it out. If you can't deal with it, that's your problem.
  22. That's pretty wild considering Eovaldi only has 4 starts.
  23. WAR isn't a debate-ender. That's a straw man.
  24. Yeah, this offense is so bad, it's hard to believe it leads the majors in runs per game. Sandy Leon is a defensive backup catcher. Most teams have one.
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