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Adam LaRoche is trending to end the season with a fWAR of 3.6. His previous career high was 2.5 in 2006 so yeah he's definitely having a career year.
If you go LHB leadoff, Harper becomes the LHB power bat.
fWAR is a relational rating system. You're using it incorrectly.
I trust him more to grow into it than I do LaRoche to sustain multiplie career years during his decline phase.
I'd be fine bringing back LaRoche, but no more than two years, max, and I doubt LaRoche or his agent would go for that.
fWAR is just fangraph's version of the WAR stat. I'm not using it incorrectly.
I think you would be better served looking into the component pieces of fWAR.
Or maybe he would? There's something to be said for playing for a winning team. What other contenders need an everyday first baseman? (I actually have no idea - I'm asking the question) Anyway, I think a lot depends on how things turn out this year
Feel free to explain to me the inner workings that I don't understand. I understand what the math represents but I confess my understanding of how they arrive at these stats isn't as good as it could be.
fWAR is a rating system that is heavily influenced by league and position. Look at who played first in the NL in 2006 and compare them with the 2012 players.
That makes an even stronger argument for LaRoche then. In 2006 we were in the middle of the steroids era and offensive stats were better across the board. Additionally my understanding is that adjustments for position and league aren't based on who else played those positions but rather an estimated value ranking system based on expectations for the position and league.
Does anyone agree with this at this point:Qualifying offers will be worth $13MM-plus, and recent history indicates the industry doesn't view LaRoche as a $13MM player. The SFX client obtained $16MM for two years following the 2010 season. Before he signed with Washington, the Diamondbacks declined to pick up their side of a $7.5MM mutual option, another indication that teams view him as a player whose value sits somewhere south of $10MM per year. If the Nationals do make LaRoche a qualifying offer, it’d likely be advisable for him to accept. Teams probably wouldn’t want to surrender a top draft pick to sign a solid but unspectacular first baseman who turns 33 the first week of November. As a result, it seems likely LaRoche would say ‘yes’ if the Nationals extend a $13MM qualifying offer.http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/08/adam-laroches-2013-option.html
Ummmm . . . No.
The Mitchell Report came out on December 13, 2007 so ummmmm... yeah.
Testing began in 2006; so ummmm . . . . no.
And everyone stopped using immediately which is why 2006 saw no one suspended for performance-enhancing drugs.
Spin it all you want. You said, "middle of the steroids era" which most people can agree was actually mid-to-late-90's. Drug testing began in 2006 and whether all usage ceased in 2006 is immaterial. Baseball began cleaning up the sport in the spring of 2006 by testing for drugs effectively closing "the steroid era." Claiming that usage in 2006 was as rampant as in 1998 is disingenuous and you know it.
I never said those words. I said it was more rampant in 2006 than in 2012.