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It's a prejudice I should probably overcome, but I just can't take defensive WAR at face value. It feels off kilter.

Kiermaier just doesn't feel like a 5 win player.

Honestly, that probably has to do with the fact that you don't watch Kiermaier on a daily basis. So you just see his offensive numbers and a defensive highlight here and there. But Simmons and Andruw, for me, absolutely felt like they were worth what their defensive numbers suggested they were worth, and I would guess fans of other teams probably felt like dWAR overrated them. You can't truly appreciate a player's defensive value until you see them on a game-by-game, AB-by-AB basis.
 
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