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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
The last six years he's averaged a fan graphs dollar value of 7.1M so it's not that surprising. If 1 war is projected to be 6M then he's appropriately priced. As Duncan already pointed out though small markets can't be paying average rates on guys. We need to get above market production with our resources
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The Luke Hochevar FanGraphs thinks exists in terms of effectiveness and value does not exist in the real world.
I like a lot of what FG does and think their PitchFx is one of the coolest, most reliable advanced analysis tools out there regarding pitchers.
But their formula for figuring pitcher WAR and value is ****ed. FanGraphs had Wade Davis as nearly a 2 WAR player this past season.
As far as paying market value for production... it depends on what you're getting and how easily alternatives can be found.
The more rare the commodity and harder it is to find, the more you can afford to pay fair market value for it, based on WAR.