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Originally Posted by injury log
I'm curious to know who you think you're disagreeing with when you say this. Is there someone you've heard state the opinion that sabermetrics is the "say all be all"? I've never heard any sabermetrician say that, and there are no front offices in baseball that use sabermetrics "exclusively". Even the most ardent devotee of sabermetrics will acknowledge the importance of scouting in evaluating baseball players.
Obviously using sabermetrics appropriately is not going to allow you to win "ALL the time", because (among many reasons) there is luck in baseball, just as knowing the math of poker won't let you win at poker all the time. But it will sure help you win more often, and if you feel otherwise, let's please play poker some time.  |
Disagreeing with the idea of clinging to 1 or two stats as a be all, not a poster
Nowadays it is Flyball rate, WAR(highly inaccurate) and ERA+
ERA+ is very flawed in that ANY exception to the rule of a certain type of pitcher is dismissed...such as Jack Morris
Use many stats to evaluate and take into account the player is a person with other attributes
And I am not talking Front Office personnel, I am speaking of the new type of baseball "fan"