Is that the chair that removed from the locker room? I now see why. Ugly.
Is that the chair that removed from the locker room? I now see why. Ugly.
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To this point in the season:
Adam Dunn WAR - 3.4
Johnny Gomes WAR - 0.0
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You do know that Dunn has been playing FIRST BASE all season, right?
In other words, the Nationals are hiding Dunn's poor defensive skills, while the Reds do not have the luxury of moving Gomes to 1B. So really, comparing Gomes and Dunn (using present WAR) is really like comparing apples and oranges.
WAR adjusts for first base (playing first is a larger deduction than LF...0.5 larger deduction). So Gomes actually gets an advantage playing LF, although the addition of moving to LF may be reduced by Dunn's poor play.
in other words, WAR is adjusted so you can compare players at different positions.
Last edited by scott91575; 08-07-2010 at 01:58 PM.
It really baffles me to think that anyone wanted rid of or wants nothing to do with a man that can easily hit .260 with 40 HR, 100 RBIs, 100 Runs scored, a very high OBP, and an intimitading factor in your lineup, you all amaze the hell outta me, but hey, lets have Jay Bruce instead, he after all has a glove.
Just look at his WAR prior to this year. In the previous four (including over 2.5 with the Reds) he averaged below 2 (that is not even considered a starter). While it's not a perfect stat by any means, it shows what many of the people on here saw outside of your numbers.
I am probably one of the few people who is in between. I would not have minded to see him stay, and I didn't mind seeing him go.
Yet there is no doubt that prior to this year he was hugely overpaid and surprise, surprise....it's a contract year.
Last edited by scott91575; 08-08-2010 at 11:19 AM.
RISP is more important than the made up stat called WAR!
Wins Above Replacement is a statistic that attempts to measure the "total value" of a player over a given season.
WAR calculates the total number of wins that any player adds to his team over the course of a season by comparing the player's performance with that of a fictitious replacement. A "replacement player" is assumed to be an average Triple-A callup who might appear in the majors only as replacement for an injured player, and whose hitting/fielding or pitching skills are far below league average. According to Baseball Prospectus, a team consisting entirely of replacement-level players would likely be historically bad, winning only 20-25 games over a full 162-game season.
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Seems to me that the REDS have had a lot more wins since replacing Adam Dunn!
Last edited by BigJohn; 08-08-2010 at 04:36 PM.
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