Albert Pujols Is The Worst Player In Baseball
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Albert Pujols Is The Worst Player In Baseball
...so far this year, by WAR:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/al ... -baseball/
I still like him, wish he was doing better. Still have my #5 jersey.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/al ... -baseball/
I still like him, wish he was doing better. Still have my #5 jersey.
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Re: Albert Pujols Is The Worst Player In Baseball
If you told me this, even just a few years ago when his decline was obvious, I would not have believed you. Not the guy I'd watched play for over a decade. At a minimum, I thought, is eye and on base skills would provide a floor for his value, even once the power diminished. He has a .274 OBP now.
It's sad yet impressive that he's putting up big negative WAR numbers without setting foot on the field, where negative defensive value can put you in the red. His -2 WAR is strictly from the bat alone.
It's sad yet impressive that he's putting up big negative WAR numbers without setting foot on the field, where negative defensive value can put you in the red. His -2 WAR is strictly from the bat alone.
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Re: Albert Pujols Is The Worst Player In Baseball
I guess all those scouting reports that he would get too slow to play the game were correct. They just didn't account for the 10 years before it happened.
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Re: Albert Pujols Is The Worst Player In Baseball
heyzeus wrote:If you told me this, even just a few years ago when his decline was obvious, I would not have believed you. Not the guy I'd watched play for over a decade. At a minimum, I thought, is eye and on base skills would provide a floor for his value, even once the power diminished. He has a .274 OBP now.
It's sad yet impressive that he's putting up big negative WAR numbers without setting foot on the field, where negative defensive value can put you in the red. His -2 WAR is strictly from the bat alone.
Someone smarter on WAR than me can answer this for sure, but players do get some kind of WAR penalty for being DH only.
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Re: Albert Pujols Is The Worst Player In Baseball
Correct. His -2.0 fWAR this year is currently comprised of:pioneer98 wrote:heyzeus wrote:If you told me this, even just a few years ago when his decline was obvious, I would not have believed you. Not the guy I'd watched play for over a decade. At a minimum, I thought, is eye and on base skills would provide a floor for his value, even once the power diminished. He has a .274 OBP now.
It's sad yet impressive that he's putting up big negative WAR numbers without setting foot on the field, where negative defensive value can put you in the red. His -2 WAR is strictly from the bat alone.
Someone smarter on WAR than me can answer this for sure, but players do get some kind of WAR penalty for being DH only.
-4.0 BsR runs (on the bases)
-23.3 Off runs (hitting only)
-15.1 Def runs (DH positional adjustment)
There's still a month left in the season, so the positional adjustment will end up around -17 or -18 if he plays the rest of the way. So he's potentially not actually at his lowest WAR total for the year yet.
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Re: Albert Pujols Is The Worst Player In Baseball
Hey mang... it's about R-E-S-P-E-C-T
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Re: Albert Pujols Is The Worst Player In Baseball
I get -42.4. I guess WAR doesn't work that way.Swirls wrote:Correct. His -2.0 fWAR this year is currently comprised of:pioneer98 wrote:heyzeus wrote:If you told me this, even just a few years ago when his decline was obvious, I would not have believed you. Not the guy I'd watched play for over a decade. At a minimum, I thought, is eye and on base skills would provide a floor for his value, even once the power diminished. He has a .274 OBP now.
It's sad yet impressive that he's putting up big negative WAR numbers without setting foot on the field, where negative defensive value can put you in the red. His -2 WAR is strictly from the bat alone.
Someone smarter on WAR than me can answer this for sure, but players do get some kind of WAR penalty for being DH only.
-4.0 BsR runs (on the bases)
-23.3 Off runs (hitting only)
-15.1 Def runs (DH positional adjustment)
There's still a month left in the season, so the positional adjustment will end up around -17 or -18 if he plays the rest of the way. So he's potentially not actually at his lowest WAR total for the year yet.
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Re: Albert Pujols Is The Worst Player In Baseball
runs, not wins. theres a conversionlukethedrifter wrote:I get -42.4. I guess WAR doesn't work that way.Swirls wrote:Correct. His -2.0 fWAR this year is currently comprised of:pioneer98 wrote:heyzeus wrote:If you told me this, even just a few years ago when his decline was obvious, I would not have believed you. Not the guy I'd watched play for over a decade. At a minimum, I thought, is eye and on base skills would provide a floor for his value, even once the power diminished. He has a .274 OBP now.
It's sad yet impressive that he's putting up big negative WAR numbers without setting foot on the field, where negative defensive value can put you in the red. His -2 WAR is strictly from the bat alone.
Someone smarter on WAR than me can answer this for sure, but players do get some kind of WAR penalty for being DH only.
-4.0 BsR runs (on the bases)
-23.3 Off runs (hitting only)
-15.1 Def runs (DH positional adjustment)
There's still a month left in the season, so the positional adjustment will end up around -17 or -18 if he plays the rest of the way. So he's potentially not actually at his lowest WAR total for the year yet.
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Re: Albert Pujols Is The Worst Player In Baseball
And on cue he hits two bombs to tie Thome.
I fully expected injuries to end his career. Never expected him to make it to healthy ineptitude.heyzeus wrote:If you told me this, even just a few years ago when his decline was obvious, I would not have believed you.
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Re: Albert Pujols Is The Worst Player In Baseball
David Ortiz was +4.5 fWAR the year of his retirement parade.pioneer98 wrote:heyzeus wrote:If you told me this, even just a few years ago when his decline was obvious, I would not have believed you. Not the guy I'd watched play for over a decade. At a minimum, I thought, is eye and on base skills would provide a floor for his value, even once the power diminished. He has a .274 OBP now.
It's sad yet impressive that he's putting up big negative WAR numbers without setting foot on the field, where negative defensive value can put you in the red. His -2 WAR is strictly from the bat alone.
Someone smarter on WAR than me can answer this for sure, but players do get some kind of WAR penalty for being DH only.