[md40022]

I personally have no use for OPS. Like someone already said on this thread, OPS seems like it would be a valuable thing for MVP voting or picking All-Stars maybe, but when it comes to being a stat to tell you about a player, it's very vague when used by itself. A little slap hitting, walk taking scrappy guy and a big "all or nothing" strikeout or homer guy could have an identical OPS since one of them puts up OBP and the other puts up SLG, but at the end of the day they couldn't be any farther from being the same type of player. All of the value in OPS, at least IMO, is just as an overall barometer. Personally,I could do without it.

But here's the other thing that bugs me about it..... It is literally just the sum of OBP and SLG. Meaning anyone with half a brain can calculate it within a second or two. So, to post it on the TV screen seems like a waste to me since I can figure it out on my own if I really want it. Seems like you could fill that screen space with a different stat, because anyone who really wants OPS can get it with 2 seconds worth of addition. It's like posting hits allowed by a pitcher, walks issued by a pitcher, and then total guys put on base by a pitcher. It's kind of overkill. I can add those 2 numbers together on my own if need be. Fill that slot in the screen with something different.