Judge or Raleigh for MVP?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Judge's WAR is 2.5 higher. There's really nothing to discuss here, although of course Raleigh is the hip/cool/contrarian/anti Yankee choice.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Judge's WAR is 2.5 higher. There's really nothing to discuss here, although of course Raleigh is the hip/cool/contrarian/anti Yankee choice.

Depends on which WAR. If you use fWAR, which apparently captures catcher framing, Cal is only 1.0 win behind Judge and only 0.3 behind Ohtani.

The fact that different versions of WAR can yield such different results leads me to believe that WAR shouldn't be the be all and end all, particularly if you are a journalist who actually watches the game, as opposed to being the proverbial 400-pound guy in New Jersey who sits at his computer and just models the game in a statistical vacuum.

How many people can actually explain the components of a WAR calculation in any level of detail?

I was actually thinking that catchers may not get enough of a premium -- don't they have to prepare for opposing hitters in a way that is analogous to how starting pitchers need to prepare for opposing hitters? Doesn't that, plus the obvious physical and mental demands of the position, make them more akin to pitchers than to, say, right fielders?

[rand1com]

Raleigh is a good story. Judge is the MVP. Not even close!

[SyrNy1960]

Originally Posted by rand1com

Raleigh is a good story. Judge is the MVP. Not even close!

Agree!