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Originally Posted by
ShotgunDawg
I agree to some extent. WAR is great for value & determining what you would pay a free agent or trade for a player. However, there is a value to relief pitchers that is not calculated in WAR & thus it's a fuzzy stat for them.
I don't agree with that, at least not over a full season, which is when WAR becomes useful. I don't think there is extra value to relief pitchers at least until you actually get into the postseason and they're facing the highest leverage situations.
One inning in May is basically the same as any other, generally speaking. Obviously a guy like Davies might not even make a team's postseason rotation, so in that case, a high-leverage RP will be more valuable. But is a late-inning RP more valuable than a guy in the rotation even in a playoff series? I can't say they are. Both become extremely valuable at that point.
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