$/WAR is determined based off the FA market, right?
If we all acknowledge that high WAR players are a better value than low WAR players that demonstrates solidly the futility of using an average $/WAR. This is before considering the relative value of a $ per team and the different market valuation of different WAR components in the open market. I don't think $/WAR (in the simplest sense) is even a useful rule of thumb.to a
It's certainly not a good barometer to approximate the value of a potential Joe Ross trade.
I was just about to post that tweet, Dak. To me, Boston makes the most sense. That team would absolutely stacked.
I don't see the issue in using $/WAR as an indicator. If you are saying Ross is X good (WAR) and he's getting paid x, then this is how valuable he is as a trade asset compared to another player that is getting paid more.Originally Posted by chop2chip
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The #Redsox and #Nats now in a dual battle for #WhiteSox ace Chris Sale with #Braves as dark horse
That was per Bob Nightengale......sounds good, let the Nats and Sox run up the cost on each other.
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Man, I hope the Nats pull the deal off and include both Robles and Giolito. That would be amazing.
This is terrific! Raise that price!
Cotillo: Braves "love" Chris Sale and are still trying to acquire him, baseball source tells SB Nation. Atlanta not making as much progress as others
Hope they don't "love" him like they "loved" Olivera.
$/WAR is based on the FA market because that is where $/WAR can be evaluated. If a player literally costs a certain $/WAR on the FA market, then that is, by definition, his value no matter how he was acquired.
This really isn't a complex concept to grasp. You are only questioning it because it shows Joe Ross' value is close to or greater than Julio's value, and your homerism can't handle it. Young average MLB players making the minimum are extremely valuable whether you choose to grasp that fact or not.
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Disentangling the two is fine, which is what everyone does. Obviously, Anthony Rizzo is really good and he's being paid little money. That's very intuitive.
The difference, as an economist would like to say, is at the margins. Bryce Harper in has last two years as a free agent is going to provide, by $/WAR's standard, something like $60-80 in surplus value. Are five years of Chris Archer (whose worth somewhere around $80-100 in surplus value) worth two years of Bryce Harper plus a prospect? No.
I understand the limitations of that analysis. I do understand teams do have some form of $/WAR that likely adjusts for market, position, offense/defense, etc., so this is more of a critique of using linear $/WAR. IMO, it's one of those things that's not very useful unless it's done correctly.
Got it. A $ for the Rays is the same as a $ for the Dodgers. Didn't know that.$/WAR is based on the FA market because that is where $/WAR can be evaluated. If a player literally costs a certain $/WAR on the FA market, then that is, by definition, his value no matter how he was acquired.
This really isn't a complex concept to grasp.
It all makes so much more sense now.
Sale to Redsox for Moncada Kopech and two others holy ****
I would have taken Robles/Giolito+ if I was the White Sox, but that's a great return as well.
that's a YUGE get for the Chi Sox.....good for them
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moncada is the #1 prospect in baseball right now while kopech was number 67
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This is where team specific situations come into play. A team looking to win now would trade a cheap and good for the future player for a stud player who only has a couple of years left.
WOW!!
In terms of purchasing power it is. The A's aren't given a discount on the FA market because of their small payroll.
This is a crazy deal for the Red Sox. I mean, they're easily AL favorites, but WOW.
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