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The issue with not weighting VORP like that is that there's no evidence that hitting with runners on base vs. empty is a skill that anybody really has. Most hitters hit better with runners on base, but that's because a higher percentage of ROB plate appearances occur against bad pitchers than bases empty ones. There's no documented proof that some guys over the course of their career will hit better with runners on than others, at least not any more than you'd already expect them to hit given their stats in all other categories.
One other thing to note: we all play a computerized baseball simulation. Even if VORP had no bearing on the real world (which is not a concession I'm willing to make), it for sure helps to discern who's good and who's great in a computer sim that definitely does not have magical invisible superclutch phenomenons.
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The Great American Baseball Thrift Book - Like reading the Sporting News from back in the day, only with fake players. REAL LIFE DRAMA THOUGH maybe not
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