Posnanski's response to James's piece:
http://joeposnanski.com/more-on-war/
(I believe they're friends, and Posnanski always writes favorably about James.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 19 November 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
Doddering old guy makes the case for Charlie Blackmon (and, by implication, Arenado):
http://www.billjamesonline.com/mvp_followup/
― clemenza, Monday, 20 November 2017 12:27 (six years ago) link
cameron: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/putting-war-in-context-a-response-to-bill-james
― mookieproof, Monday, 20 November 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
I hardly think the consideration of Pythagorean win-loss in James' article was being suggested as a "simple proposed fix." It was just illustrating a point.
― timellison, Monday, 20 November 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link
Players have flukey great seasons all the time, for example, because of a high BABIP that never levels out, even though it should, probabilistically speaking.
Are we also allowing for the possibility that a high BABIP over the course of a season is not always flukey, though, in the way that Joey Votto's high lifetime BABIP is presumably not flukey? (I know this post was from three days ago...)
― timellison, Monday, 20 November 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link