This season the AL MVP race was won when the day the season started. Shohei Ohtani currently sits at 10 WAR even with all his injuries. That race is over. The MLB community is buzzing about the NL MVP race, and frankly, I'm bewildered by the prevailing sentiment. Since the mid-2010s, Wins Above Replacement (WAR) has emerged as the go-to metric for not just the sabermetrics community, but also casual fans. Yet, in my recent Twitter polls concerning Ronald Acuña Jr. and Mookie Betts, the voting leans heavily in favor of Acuña, despite some compelling numbers on Betts' side.
This NL MVP Race Is An Analytic Nerd's Nightmare
This NL MVP Race Is An Analytic Nerd's…
This NL MVP Race Is An Analytic Nerd's Nightmare
This season the AL MVP race was won when the day the season started. Shohei Ohtani currently sits at 10 WAR even with all his injuries. That race is over. The MLB community is buzzing about the NL MVP race, and frankly, I'm bewildered by the prevailing sentiment. Since the mid-2010s, Wins Above Replacement (WAR) has emerged as the go-to metric for not just the sabermetrics community, but also casual fans. Yet, in my recent Twitter polls concerning Ronald Acuña Jr. and Mookie Betts, the voting leans heavily in favor of Acuña, despite some compelling numbers on Betts' side.