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Originally Posted by MarkVIIIMarc
I dunno about the WAR chart or curve.
Here is my thinking. On an average major league tea. There are what, 13, position players? 8 play on any given day. That makes about 5 just below average or 4 below average and one or two developing. Another 3 or 4 will be Johnny Peralta types. Despite the hype in St Louis he is just an average starting shortstop. The remaining 3 or 4 are your studs. Molina, Holliday, Craig, whoever. It just seems like an even distribution to me.
The lowest guys have a negative Wins Above Replacement level. The middle of the pack is average and Molina types are positive.
In my opinion any WAR talk without negative numbers is missing an element. If my fantasy team starts Adrian Chambers all year instead of searching the waiver wire for an AVERAGE outfielder we are throwing away points same as the Cardinals would be throwing away wins.
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Replacement level is across an entire league, not focused on one team. It is possible (and expected by most fans, I think
) to have every player on a single team have positive WAR.