ANAHEIM, Calif. – It’s the age-old question in baseball and counterculture music: WAR, what is it good for? As opposed to Edwin Starr’s position, in baseball,...
), can’t even agree on the formula. But it is useful as a guide to compare players or positions relative to the rest of the league.
We’d suggest the actual WAR numbers don’t matter nearly as much as the ranking compared to the rest of baseball. Teams in the top 10 for WAR at a given position are above average to elite, relatively speaking. Teams in the bottom five are woeful and in need of real attention. Everything in between is pretty much interchangeable and can fluctuate a bit from year to year.
The good news for the Rangers: WAR suggests there has been significant improvement in a handful of areas, particularly where they invested big free-agent dollars. The Rangers rank in the top 10 for WAR at three different infield positions. It also reaffirms: Man, that starting rotation needs work. Here’s a look at how the Rangers stack up in a position-by-position WAR breakdown, using the Baseball-Reference formula, entering Friday with seven games remaining in the regular season:Second base : The place the Rangers made the biggest jump. After a slow start, Marcus Semien has been one of the 10 best players in the AL since May 1, according to Fangraphs WAR calculation. Last year, the Rangers ranked 18th at second base and went into the offseason knowing they had to address the position.
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