On a day that finds
Kris Bryant of the Cubs with 73 RBIs, FanGraphs listed him as the NL’s best
player as determined by Wins Above Replacement (WAR).
What about fellow third
baseman Nolan Arenado of the Rockies?
Somehow, Arenado’s 129 RBIs don’t add up to Bryant’s 73. And the Diamondbacks’ Paul Goldschmidt’s 120
RBIs or the Marlins’ Marcell Ozuna’s 119 or even the Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo’s
109. Nope. Something about those players the magic
formula did not like. So, Bryant it is,
although, to his credit, Bryant doesn’t seem all that impressed by his
anointing.
I pity the fans of any
team that bases player decisions on such nonsense. “Sabermetrics” can lead straight to the same
basement the Philadelphia A’s used to claim as home.
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