How does that change the value of the player? If I lost a sack of money I got nothing to show for it, but it doesn't change how valuable that sack of money was.
Barry Larkin won the NL MVP in 1995. Love Barry Larkin. But his WAR was 5.9. Greg? Maddux had a WAR of 9.6 and finished 3rd. Dante Bichette finished second with a WAR of 1.1.
"My balls feels like they're in a French press." ~ bodysnatcher
BigRedLedbetter wrote:Eck won the AL MVP in 1992 with a 2.9 WAR. Puckett who came in second with a WAR of 7.1. Just fucking ridiculous.
And Clemens led the league with an 8.8, playing for the 7th place 73-89 Boston Red Sox.
With Puckett being kind of close in WAR that year and his team contending (I wanna say they finished second) he probably should have won. Weird to me Kirby never won an MVP.
"My balls feels like they're in a French press." ~ bodysnatcher
BigRedLedbetter wrote:Barry Larkin won the NL MVP in 1995. Love Barry Larkin. But his WAR was 5.9. Greg? Maddux had a WAR of 9.6 and finished 3rd. Dante Bichette finished second with a WAR of 1.1.
Barry Bonds had a 7.5 (second overall behind Maddux and first among all everyday players) and finished twelfth.
BigRedLedbetter wrote:Barry Larkin won the NL MVP in 1995. Love Barry Larkin. But his WAR was 5.9. Greg? Maddux had a WAR of 9.6 and finished 3rd. Dante Bichette finished second with a WAR of 1.1.
Barry Bonds had a 7.5 (second overall behind Maddux and first among all everyday players) and finished twelfth.
Crazy. Just weird to me Larkin won.
"My balls feels like they're in a French press." ~ bodysnatcher
If you were to give the Cy Young Award to the pitcher with the highest WAR and the MVP to the position player with the highest WAR, Bonds would have won eleven MVPs. And seven of them would have been while he still weighed like 185 pounds.
Bammer wrote:I am pulling for the Cards on the chance they will have a home playoff game on 10/2 and I will see about scalping a ticket since I have never been to Busch stadium.
By the way anyone have a guess on what the "get in the door" price for that would be? My team hasn't been to the playoffs for a really long time.
cutuphalfdead wrote:How does that change the value of the player? If I lost a sack of money I got nothing to show for it, but it doesn't change how valuable that sack of money was.
The MVP analogy would be something like: you have $100 consisting of two$20 bills and six $10 bills. I have $80 consisting of a $50 bill, five $5 bills and a handful of change. Which bill is the most valuable?
