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Quote: Originally Posted by Twinkie12

People aren't noticing Dozier yet because they look at his position and .265 avg and go "meh." But when you hit for power, get on base at a .340 clip and play great D, you don't have to hit .300. Crazy how people still don't realize this. Also, looks like its time to sell my Dee Gordon. I have been hanging on to Kpnis and Dozier expecting them to both go up and now they make for a perfect platoon, and this is the highest I've seen Gordon selling for in a while.

Exactly!
This really bothers me that they do not look at advanced statistics (even extremely basic ones). Batting average is probably one of the most overrated statistics in sports. Well, wins for a pitcher is probably the most overrated statistic and should never really even be used in my opinion.
Anyway, things like OBP, OPS, wRC+ and wOBA should be used and not average. OBP might actually be one of the most overlooked stats and it is known that it is actually one of the more important hitting statistics which is why saber metrics like wOBA use a factor of 1.8 for OBP (meaning it is shown to actually be 1.8 times more important than slugging).
But yeah, Dozier has been crushing it with the second highest wRC+ (145) and wOBA (.377) behind Kipnis for second basemen.
I mean an advanced statistic like wRC+ should be absolutely mandatory for the SCEA guys to use (I don't know if they actually use it or not). It is one of the easiest advanced stats to understand and should be easy to rate players on. For example, Dozier's wRC+ of 145 means that he is 45% better than league average for weighted runs created (factors in everything including ball park factors). That is a very good number and elite among second basemen this year.
Just like how SIERA and xFIP should most certainly be used for pitchers and definitely not wins and ERA (ERA can be used to make sure it is consistent with a pitchers SIERA and xFIP). This would help clear things up for them mightily.

Also, I posted it in another thread, but Frazier being left at 87 overall is starting to bug me and showing that they are not doing proper research. He has arguably been the best third basemen this year and every advanced statistic backs the argument of him being either 1A or 1B with Donaldson. Frazier's wOBA .410 (Donaldson .403), wRC+ 160 (Donaldson 161... Donaldson is 1 point higher here most likely due to park factors... again if this was used to rate players, it would clear things up a lot), slugging .603 (Donaldson .575), OPS .960 (Donaldson .944), homers 18 (Donaldson 17), and for the hell of it, Frazier has 7 stolen bases.