He had a nice 60 games . Good for him.

Sox on the brain!

I'd rather be the worst MVP than everyone else who lost to the worst MVP in that season.

He had a nice 60 games . Good for him.

Probably doesn't keep it up for a full season but it wasn't a full season. It was a 60 game season that we was the MVP.

Not much to argue about.

can someone explain why he kept punching himself in the face after he won?

He read a bunch of your posts.

He's still better than Bryant.

He's still better than Bryant.

60 games in 2016
Bryant 2.73 WAR

60 games in 2020
Abreu 2.8 WAR

60 games in 2016
Bryant 2.73 WAR

60 games in 2020
Abreu 2.8 WAR

If replacement levels were always the same year to year and position to position you'd have a point. And if the physical toll and evening out of 60 games was the same as 162.

But alas....

Damn, soldier. Way to put down the insurrection.

I love ya, RPB, but I dunno about this argument of yours.

If replacement levels were always the same year to year and position to position you'd have a point. And if the physical toll and evening out of 60 games was the same as 162.

But alas....

WAR is a flawed statistic. You seem to see it now.

I love you too. What I wrote is accurate and apt.

But Im a big Abreu fan so congrats to him. Good guy, probably buys drinks.

All statistics are flawed if they are applied incorrectly.

]It was designed to compare different positions and different years.

What's the point of the baseline of "replacement player" if you can't compare them if they aren't in a different year or a different position in any year. You are saying that WAR is simply a ranking of a person at the position they play in that year. Nothing carries over to any other position or year. Using WAR, you can only figure out who is the better player compared to the players who play that position during the same year.

It was not

Why it's useful
WAR quantifies each player's value in terms of a specific numbers of wins. And because WAR factors in a positional adjustment, it is well suited for comparing players who man different defensive positions.

You can use it across years, it's just not a perfect comparison. 2.8 as a LF in one year is not necessarily better than 2.7 as a SS 3 years later

But if a guy is consistently putting up 3+ WAR, hes a good player. It can be used as a comparison just not the way you want to use it.

No, that's not my argument. My argument is context is necessary just like with any stat.

But I've never said it was perfect or used it like a definitive number so I'm not sure what you're getting at.

It's a fine stat with context just like every other stat.