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Yeah that’s why I’m wondering if the think about moving NA. Unless they think Walker will grow into it

It’s not often you guys use any logic, so I’m a little shell shocked atm

That’s a solid retort. I think I’ve read they concede it’s better to take a larger sample size than one season though

It’s not an attack. I mean, I think wRC+ is a great stat. I just pointed out to times it can use more interpretation. I think you’ll always have casual pushback with defense though. You can’t be all over the map like that, +16 one year, -1 the next. I mean, you can take an average over a few years to get a better idea, but then you have a guy that a “6 WAR” season one year, when really it was probably 4.

It’s not an economic question. I laid it out. There’s not a good response A good 1b is penalized because they stick some bad ones there sometimes

It never hurts to hear feedback, meat. Elon Musk takes feedback. It doesn’t mean he’s going to change anything or agrees, but he’s always listening.

And they can ban anyone that doesn’t fall in line

Even if it’s calculated, the fact is that 1b are devalued as playing a less important position, and this affects their WAR totals. I simply gave my grievance on it per tutu-wearing Laila’s challenge, and that’s that. I understand there’s not a question in there. We can move on

Definitely can respect that answer as well. There’s anecdotal evidence from former players saying they either did, or didn’t, change their approach based on lineup protection. I can understand you can quantify what you can quantify.

Well, I thought that’s what kicked it all off. Anyways, I respect this guy. Most of you guys would be like “you’re a dumbass”, with nothing else. I can respect there’s a reason for formulas and it seems like this guys know you can’t be a slave to a number and there’s room for interpretation

I could, mate. That’s a condensed, “I’m going to the beach”, version

Bro, my CORE (patent pending) are all blue blood thoroughbreds. Don’t look too hard at roster fill that will get dropped at some point.

Alright, let’s get back to why it was started in the first place. I will present the most basic sense of reasoning of why 1b is unfairly devalued off the rip. Most baseball plays that aren’t a hit are “routine” outs. Or at least, there aren’t a ton of hits where you’re left wondering if Player B could’ve made the play, when Player A doesn’t make it. There’s really a handful of balls like that any given game, that can go to any position. These plays can obviously impact a game greatly. Positioning is going to determine a lot in terms of if a play gets made. But even balls that aren’t “routine” are again, still going to be made by most players at a position. So if a LF has to cover 30ft of a fly ball and stays in a jog, yeah he’s moving around and so you value it more, but it’s still a play most of his peers make. Over time it will become more apparent who’s making extra outs and all that, so of course advance statistics will tell a story, or at least try to lol. There’s some pretty wild fluctuation in many cases year-to-year that point out to a better formula being needed… But anyways, one position that gets as many of those challenging plays is 1b in terms of picks, stretches, coming off the bag to make a play, a throw across the diamond etc…. All of these actions you can kind of directly relate to a player at another position needing to make a dive in the field (actually 1b do that too), or make a spectacular catch on the run. A made-or- missed pick can be just a critical as any on-the-field event. So this notion that it’s a position that’s far less important because you can just stick the old fat guy there bc all he has to do is stand there and catch the ball is wrong. Also, an athletic 1b can help your IF positioning by allowing him to cover some ground. I’ll keep it to that basic point for now.

Don’t forget everyone’s favorite old school/new school debate. Lineup protection. What say ye on that? It exists, or no?

Thank you. Essentially this is what I was saying. I can totally understand what it’s doing with a broad brush, but there will be cases where you need to take a closer look at how park factor influenced an individual players numbers

Who did Roy Firestone mess with by calling him the wrong name repeatedly? That just came to mind.

Very well. Rephrased: My board nemesis, Spanky, and others took objection when I said wRC+ can be flawed in the circumstance where a players runs created get yielded down by park factor in cases where they play their home games in an + offensive environment but their splits actually show they hit poorly at home, and better on the road. Do you think there is an error in my thought process on that?

Are you guys new to this? It’s always been like that. Andrew Vaughn and Adley Top 4 prospects off the rip as an example Austin Martin was Top 20

The nuances of 1b will take longer to cover. These are snipe posts for now. Also, others blew off course. Selective enforcement

Then, maybe he can clear up my gripe on wRC+ that was made recently. Say Player A plays for the Rockies. Say he has reverse extreme splits and hits ways better on the road and bad at home. Don’t you think it would be disingenuous to negatively yield down the runs he creates based on park factor?

If this is truly a sabr wizard, I’d like to know: 1) Is he in any fantasy leagues 2) if so, is he any good in them? Ie: does this advanced knowledge help other than selling some articles:) I’ll present the “old school 1b” quandary later

Very well. Your transparent goading has been accepted. It’s a day off for me and I’ll humor you in a bit

Feels sort of like when you’re forced to interact normally with a character Roger the alien is playing in American Dad.

It has to be in the heat of the moment for me. My attention span is short and I get bored with things quickly

You’re promoting Dogg-like thread starters now? May as well promote the Bali time shares popping up