beyondtheboxscore.com - 10/28/2009
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This is a question I asked on my own blog , but I thought it'd get decent play here, and it addresses an interesting about pitcher WAR. Also, I have author privilege here, but I haven't written a damn useful thing on BtB for some time now, so I'd like to contribute.
Now as most readers here ...
marlinmaniac.com - 10/28/2009
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marlinmaniac.com —
I thought it would be an interesting exercise
to calculate WAR for each Marlins player on my...
own and see how the results turned out. It was mostly a practice for me for future attempts at determining stuff like MVP awards for the BBA. On a whim, I decided to start with pitcher WAR, since [...]
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Ricky Nolasco’s value this season
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Ricky Nolasco: great season or forgettable?
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NL West in Review: 2nd Basemen
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... Before getting to the second base rankings, I thought I would touch on a peripheral discussion on the accuracy of WAR. It is important to understand that even the WAR found at Fangraphs isn't absolute. The methodology of chosen inputs can make the final numbers vary slightly, or in some cases, drastically. The best example of this is this year's season by Ricky Nolasco, who was a 4.0 WAR pitcher from Fangraphs, but just a 1.0 WAR pitcher via Rally's historical database. The quick explanation is that Fangraphs' input is FIP, while Rally's is more based on actual runs allowed ...
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