You might not need metrics to know guys who lead the league in multiple offensive categories are great, but they sure do highlight the impact of a player like Andrelton Simmons, despite his .265 BA and 7 HRs per year.
And they help make it way to see why the Red Sox do think Jackie Bradley is an upgrade over Renfroe, despite the disparity in RBIs…
You do realize the Sox still have Groome, Mata, Seabold, etc, right?
If Hill doesn’t work out or gets hurt, then we give those guys a chance.
What would be dumb would be just counting on the younger guy and hoping it all worked out…
We could have brought Martin Perez back!!! Or Vince Velasquez!! Or Danny Duffy!!
I’m guessing you haven’t seen what $5mill buys these days.
(Also, younger doesn’t always mean better. Do you think 29yo Chad Kuhl is better than 38yo Max Scherzer?)
This is all not a new concept.
One of the most basic formulas in physics is F=ma. I am willing to bet you learned it but have never seen it proven. Does this mean all of Newtonian physics should be doubted?
Oh I admit I don’t understand all aspects of WAR and DRS and numerous other metrics, but that doesn’t mean I think they should be invalid or whatever. I also don’t understand how my cell phone works, but I can accept that it does…
They also yell at Belichick when he makes a questionable play call on third and long, apparently thinking his headset links directly to microphones at Clancy’s…
Ditto. I might feel differently if I actually knew Barnes and knew he was a stress case. But I don’t.
I do think most of the players who can’t handle the mental aspect get weeded out in the minors...
There was nothing mathematically incorrect in 694. The same cannot be said about 706.
And “on average” isn’t always best applied to every individual. Me, you and Bill Gates have an average net worth of over $10 billion. That’s a true statement (assuming I correctly guessed his net worth). Does it feel accurate when applied to just you?
It could have just as easily been the increased workload over his ridiculously light 2020. Fans like to label every slump as mental far too fast, like we did with Price until it suddenly didn’t apply any more...
The formula that I (tried to) write is total bases times the sum of hits and walks. Etc.
The point is “hits” alone don’t equate to runs and ultimately wins. Total bases are a very big factor...
Let me correct this.
You’re looking at team numbers and applying them to a single player This is not true. One hit per week from Vlad Guerrero is worth more than one hit per week from Sergio Espinal, because Vlad’s hits are for more total bases based on each player’s SLG. Team data involves a distribution of hits not every player is capable of achieving.
There are many formulas for Runs Created. The most basic one they are all derived from is Total Bases*(hits +walks)/PA. So a blanket statement that one hit per week = 2 more wins (an increase of 20 RC) is entirely dependent on the total bases involved with those extra hits...