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jaa36 · 07-12-2024, 11:24 PM

Thanks for your thoughtful response on this!

It's interesting that C arm and blocking runs are wrapped up in ZR. It does seem like there would be value in separating those out.

It would be great if the developers could comment on how the game is actually calculating these things- specifically wOBA, FIP and WAR. While there's a strong correlation between in-game WAR and team wins (.57 for position player WAR and wins, .50 for pitcher WAR and wins, calculated in another study), it makes me skeptical of the validity of this implementation of WAR without knowing what goes into it. And of course, it would be great if they could zero out the things that should be zeroed out (baserunning, framing, outfield arm, pitcher ZR).

07-12-2024, 11:24 PM	#4
jaa36 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,123	Thanks for your thoughtful response on this! It's interesting that C arm and blocking runs are wrapped up in ZR. It does seem like there would be value in separating those out. It would be great if the developers could comment on how the game is actually calculating these things- specifically wOBA, FIP and WAR. While there's a strong correlation between in-game WAR and team wins (.57 for position player WAR and wins, .50 for pitcher WAR and wins, calculated in another study), it makes me skeptical of the validity of this implementation of WAR without knowing what goes into it. And of course, it would be great if they could zero out the things that should be zeroed out (baserunning, framing, outfield arm, pitcher ZR).