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Originally Posted by MathBandit
On a broader note, it is impossible to ever compare any two baseball players and have an opinion on which player is better without using WAR. In order to determine if the Jays should trade Bo Bichette to the Padres straight-up for Michael King, you need to have a valuation for how many games you will win with Bichette and compare that to your valuation for how many games you will win with King instead. Doing that requires knowing how many games Bichette helps a team win relative to a given baseline, as well as how many games King helps a team win relative to the same baseline.
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You forget the most important comparison/valuation of all: who has the more luscious hair?