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I thought that this was worth a thread given how often WAR is used around here, and how often it leads to disagreements within threads, in particular because of how it handles defense. In particular, this will help address one of the main complaints about it, which is how credit assigned/taken away on a given play handles the shift. Overall, using the Statcast positional data is a pretty big change for one of the 'premiere' advanced metrics out there, and I will be interested to see whether it leads to more or less agreement with bWAR, as well as discussion/perception of Red Sox players like X and Devers who have received poor grades in the past, while being highly impacted by shift adjustments.
I thought that this was worth a thread given how often WAR is used around here, and how often it leads to disagreements within threads, in particular because of how it handles defense. In particular, this will help address one of the main complaints about it, which is how credit assigned/taken away on a given play handles the shift. Overall, using the Statcast positional data is a pretty big change for one of the 'premiere' advanced metrics out there, and I will be interested to see whether it leads to more or less agreement with bWAR, as well as discussion/perception of Red Sox players like X and Devers who have received poor grades in the past, while being highly impacted by shift adjustments.