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Why do baseball scouts use a 20-80 scale?
In baseball, scouting is everything. That is obviously said within every sport, but baseball is the most drastic. The reason for this is because players are being drafted right outside of high school. Players are even being signed internationally younger than 16 years old. So how do these scouts view…
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What is a Replacement Level Player?
WAR. It seems to be the most used statistic in baseball media, but why? WAR stands for wins above replacement and it compiles specific offensive and defensive metrics. It defines a player by a single number relative to the output of that year. Players are valued by how many more…
