Reply to "Poll - Trout, Cabrera or other for AL MVP"

2013LHP10+ posts

Bball, you are right. It comes down to what value you place on each statistic.

So the choice is:

1. Use the values that people have put in countless of hours researching, using extensive sample sizes, statistics, and actual results. For these people, assigning values to statistics is their JOB. They have dedicated years to figuring out things such as how valuable a double is compared to a home run, how much a SB truly helps a team, and how on-base percentage leads to runs.

or..

2. Use your own values, made up based off of purely being a fan of the game. No research involved. You decide, based on no evidence, how valuable home runs, batting average, and RBIs are.

Is option 1 perfect? No. Is option 2 (what you're opting for) even close to how accurate option 2 is? Absolutely not.

When the choice is relying on my own limited knowledge or relying on knowledge from people who know infinitely more than us, the choice is obvious.

10/9/122:47 PM

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