The numbers sure say so...

no

now shove off you wanker

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He had a nice 60 games . Good for him.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

He is the MVP, but the legitimacy will have an *, just like his Green Card.

Sox on the brain!

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

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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.

He's still better than Bryant.

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can someone explain why he kept punching himself in the face after he won? Is that some kind of celebration in Cuba?

He read a bunch of your posts.

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Which is why he won the MVP.

A drunk T.LaRussa hits for a better average then Bryant.

lead the AL in RBI each of the last two years

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Not in Bryant's MVP and World Series Champion season though.

60 games in 2016
Bryant 2.73 WAR

60 games in 2020
Abreu 2.8 WAR

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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.

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.

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

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This is the asterisk season and yes, 2020 MVP are inferior to any other season. He had a great season within that context.

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All statistics are flawed if they are applied incorrectly.

Except for vote totals!!!!!

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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.

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It was not


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.

It was certainly designed for different positions.
http://m.mlb.com/glossary/advanced-stats/wins-above-replacement


The same logic would apply across different seasons especially in regards to it being pretty close in terms of years compared.

My ultimate point is that it is a deeply flawed statistic, and you just keep on adding unwritten rules about when you can and can't use it.

Ultimately though, your argument is that WAR is only good for comparing players that play the same position in the same year.

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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.

You said it can't be used to compare different positions. MLB says that's the whole point of the stat.

I still don't see why you can't compare it year to year though.

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