Baseball Hall Of Fame.....

HesCalledDyer said:

tempo_n_groove said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Cliffy6745 said:

I like war a lot in general. You should hope all of your teams give out contracts based on it.

That said, casual fans should be able to look at the triple slash line and tell exactly what a hitter is

WAR is only a theory, not a statistic. It's not even a unified theory as different sources use different methods of calculation. I have no problem using it to scout players and make decisions on signing them, but to base their contract from it alone is silly. To give awards and have it be the only metric you use is silly (see: any Jeff Passan article about Mike Trout).

Simply put, there is NO WAY you can measure a player and say "if we replaced Kris Bryant with Miguel Sano, the Cubs would lose 7 more games." You CAN'T do it.

It IS a formula that has been working. Watch Money Ball. Redsox, A's and Cubs have been models of this so far.

Oh yeah, like I mentioned, I don't mind it being used as a tool for scouting. But that's A tool, not THE tool. Plenty more has gone into what the Red Sox and Cubs have done than just WAR alone. Too many just think it's the end all, be all on how a player should be awarded/rewarded. WAR can't measure a player's attitude, teamsmanship, and work ethic.