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Originally Posted by bnorth
Good luck on the loan Scott. 
Now if someone could explain WAR to me with out using words like "theoretical replacement" and "approximation" I would really appreciate it. Even when doing a google search all I come up with is what sounds like a bunch of ifs and buts with no real hard stats. Even baseball reference says "There is no one way to determine WAR". Sounds like a made up stat people use to say my favorite player was better than yours if we theoretically replace this approximation.  |
Ben, I started to do the same search, especially when he brought up the Mattingly example, but decided that it didn't really matter. Buying that Trout card isn't just a gamble that he will have a full career. It's much less than that.