02-23-2010, 04:10 AM
<!--quoteo(post=80236:date=Feb 21 2010, 08:22 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Feb 21 2010, 08:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I wish there was a catch-all stat that we could use to rank players with, but one doesn't exist.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
One can't exist. Different types of players are valuable in different ways. It would be impossible to have a stat that is good at evaluating one type of player also be good at evaluating others. A lot of evaluating energy is spent on the best players, and therefore, most of the catch-all stats work best at evaluating better hitters.
OPS is great at comparing players with high OPSs. Players with lower OPSs are not in baseball because too many GMs don't understand modern stats, but because their value is in other aspects of their game. I am not trying to say, other aspects of the starting 1bman's game can make up for a low OPS. If you could pick between 2 starting 1bman, one with a .900 OPS and another 10% better, you don't need any more information to know one of them is an MVP candidate.
If I tell you to pick between a SS with a .650 OPS or one with a .715 OPS, you will need more information. There are a lot of factors that can make the guy with the .650 OPS a lot more valuable
One can't exist. Different types of players are valuable in different ways. It would be impossible to have a stat that is good at evaluating one type of player also be good at evaluating others. A lot of evaluating energy is spent on the best players, and therefore, most of the catch-all stats work best at evaluating better hitters.
OPS is great at comparing players with high OPSs. Players with lower OPSs are not in baseball because too many GMs don't understand modern stats, but because their value is in other aspects of their game. I am not trying to say, other aspects of the starting 1bman's game can make up for a low OPS. If you could pick between 2 starting 1bman, one with a .900 OPS and another 10% better, you don't need any more information to know one of them is an MVP candidate.
If I tell you to pick between a SS with a .650 OPS or one with a .715 OPS, you will need more information. There are a lot of factors that can make the guy with the .650 OPS a lot more valuable
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