Sometimes, the player-value models disagree, and you get to make a choice. Make that choice.
The Mike Trout-Miguel Cabrera debate reminds us why the sabermetric movement was what baseball needed.
A handy guide to understanding what WARP means without many numbers.
Ben and Sam discuss whether the second wild card has made the stretch run more exciting, then talk about why papers publish columns that criticize advanced stats without making an effort to understand them.
The Player Cards are back!
First, let me emphasize that these player cards are an ongoing project. I fully expect to be able to make future revisions to the cards themselves and the glossary without having to take everything down again. Some of these changes–like a full set of translated statistics for every player, to go with their actual statistics -are already in the works. Others -like extensions to the glossary- will follow the questions from readers.