06-16-2010, 09:40 AM
<!--quoteo(post=101574:date=Jun 15 2010, 08:52 PM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Jun 15 2010, 08:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Just a brief moment to do what BT was offering we could do: I take issue with any "stat" that says Jason Marquis' performance with the Cubs was worth more than $7 million per year. His ERA plus in those two years was 100 and 102. That makes him almost perfectly average. Is an average starting pitcher worth $7 million? I say no.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's got nothing to do with what "BT was offering we could do". I have nothing to do with Fangraphs valuations. They are based on WAR, which is about a billion times better stat than ERA.
You think his ERA makes him an average pitcher? Fine. WAR says in 2008 Marquis was more valuable than Marmol, even though Marmol's ERA was much better. You don't have to accept that, I can't make you accept that, but the fact is virtually every sabremetrician on the planet accepts that.
It's got nothing to do with what "BT was offering we could do". I have nothing to do with Fangraphs valuations. They are based on WAR, which is about a billion times better stat than ERA.
You think his ERA makes him an average pitcher? Fine. WAR says in 2008 Marquis was more valuable than Marmol, even though Marmol's ERA was much better. You don't have to accept that, I can't make you accept that, but the fact is virtually every sabremetrician on the planet accepts that.
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