WAR is completely independent of a team's success. That's probably the chief tenet of the stat, actually. It's an individual stat. And, just like literaly every other stat in the history of mathematics, you can't "make" it "say" anything.
Also, thanks for bringing up Cano. Here's an article using him as a perfect example proving the false nature of lineup protection: http://www.lookoutlanding.com/...neup-protection-myth
I don't mind that people don't follow the statistics of the game closely. Enjoyment of baseball can happen independent of statistics very easily. But bashing something you literally have no clue about makes you look very foolish.