Quote Originally Posted by MikeThierry View Post
I'm not going to deny it has its uses. It would make sense if you're trying to analyze how a player will do going forward. It doesn't make sense though when talking about past performance and comparing it to others performance that particular year.
But you are condemning Greinke for having a decent WAR because you say his WAR doesn't measure up to his results (presumably because of bad luck, being on bad team etc.).

When signing Greinke, I believe the Angels were looking at what he was likely to do in the future, as they should.