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Originally Posted by G1911
I never said the mathematicians were in their right mind  . I agree with you, Verlander is obviously the #1, an incredible season at age 39 after missing almost all of the last 2 years. I see no reasonable argument that Nola had a better year, but I’m pretty sure it’s primarily those 2 figures the advanced stats love being almost even that can lead to Nola winning their equation. |
The people on that site aren't mathematicians or statisticians.
If you want a better example look at 1965 NL Pitchers. Fangaphs thinks Bob Veale was better than Juan Marichal and B-Ref thinks Jim Maloney was better than Sandy Koufax. B-Ref thinks Veale is only worth half of what Fangaphs does. Is either one right? Probably not, the emperor has no clothes.