WAR stat HATES Kyle Schwarber!

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

just noticed he was still mangling left field for 100+ games in 2023 (-2.8) also looking into his base running, his percentage of taking an extra base when someone gets a hit with him on base hovers around 30%. Freddie Freeman (I tried not to pick an obvious speed demon) is usually in the 40%+ neighborhood even cracking 50% a couple times. That makes a big difference to a team, and both those facts make a big difference in WAR

[Peter_Spaeth]

His BA is up this year along with his power numbers, and he even has 10 steals, so not surprisingly his WAR is pretty good, 4.4 to date. I wonder how he is doing in some of the even more advanced metrics that Fangraphs uses.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

just noticed he was still mangling left field for 100+ games in 2023 (-2.8) also looking into his base running, his percentage of taking an extra base when someone gets a hit with him on base hovers around 30%. Freddie Freeman (I tried not to pick an obvious speed demon) is usually in the 40%+ neighborhood even cracking 50% a couple times. That makes a big difference to a team, and both those facts make a big difference in WAR

Right. Schwarber was playing the outfield a lot in 2023 because Harper was DHing when he came back from his elbow surgery before finishing up the season at 1B. From what I remember, Schwarber also had some knee issues in 2023 even though he played through them, but his baserunning was definitely not as good in 2023 as it had been in 2023 or is this year. While he's still not going to be confused with Rickey Henderson, he did steal 10 bases in 2022 and has that many again this year but had 0 in 2023. I'm not sure about the taking the extra base stat, but from watching most Phillies games, he doesn't seem to be a total liability on the bases that he was a few years ago.