a couple of 1.8 WAR guys

Who's been more valuable this season?

@CodifyBaseball Best hitter this season vs best defender this season, makes sense

@CodifyBaseball Please don't compare PCA to one of the best hitters in the league

@CodifyBaseball never understood why WAR overrates defense sm

@CodifyBaseball Goes to show you how little these deeper analytical numbers mean. These 2 are not close.

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@CodifyBaseball To be fair Rice is worse than league average at first and PCA is on pace to break the OAA record in a season… gotta add defensive context too

@CodifyBaseball They play different positions?

@CodifyBaseball Defensive metrics are finicky and imprecise and bbref overestimates the impact of defense by like 20%, so Ben Rice is almost certainly have a more valuable season from a Bayesian standpoint

@CodifyBaseball How many outs has each guy saved? Give me PCA every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

@CodifyBaseball This is why WAR is a laughable argument

@CodifyBaseball Generational hitter, future MVP and Ben Rice

@CodifyBaseball How bad is Ben rice on defense?

@CodifyBaseball This is the problem with WAR and why NUT exists -- only measures the value of a player for what they do at the plate and on the mound (not on the field or the base paths)

@CodifyBaseball I believe WAR over estimates defense since it is easier to find someone who can defend at a major league level than it is to find someone who hits at that level. That being said, put Rice in CF or SS and see how that works for you.

@CodifyBaseball without knowing anything about pete, i know he plays stellar defense at a premium position.

@CodifyBaseball WAR is almost as useless as my wife

@CodifyBaseball His defense skews things. Hes really not that good. Ben rice is a dog though

@CodifyBaseball Both are really fun players. Ben is better with the bat and Pete does everything else.

@CodifyBaseball When did Rice lose 0.3 WAR?

@CodifyBaseball Centerfielder vs DH/1B. Big reason why WAR is a fraud stat

@CodifyBaseball i witnessed one of those stolen bases last weekend

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@CodifyBaseball Rice has played four less games btw

@CodifyBaseball Rice has had a great start but statistically will cool off. PCA is off to a cool start and will heat up. Both these guys are quality ballers. Defensively, I want PCA.

@CodifyBaseball bWAR sucks. Rice has a 2.1 fWAR vs. PCA's 1.4

@CodifyBaseball WAR for 1B is broken. Defensive adjustment is WAY too much.

@CodifyBaseball Rice going to cool off and PCA will stick at this level and run away with WAR ofc.

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@CodifyBaseball I’ll take the one on the left.

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@CodifyBaseball Now do defense

@CodifyBaseball I'll take the better hitter

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@CodifyBaseball No

@CodifyBaseball bWAR is a junk stat