| At the ML level, it really doesn't matter how you get the outs as long as runs don't score, but at the same time rates of walks/strikeouts/home runs are usually more predictive than other things because there is less luck involved. Hence I usually use b-ref's WAR for looking backward and Fangraphs' WAR for looking forward. That's for pitchers anyway. Position players I usually just average the two because the only big difference is in their method of defensive evaluation and in defense, the more numbers you have the better. |