WAR, WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT - Baseball Basics

WAR, what is it good for? Well, as it turns out, it's good for telling us just how valuable a player is to their team. I break down the basics of WAR, then get into bWAR vs fWAR and dWAR/oWAR.

** at one point in the video I say UZR stands for Ultimate Zone Replacement. This was all the "R" in WAR getting to my brain. UZR stands for Ultimate Zone Rating.

FanGraphs WAR primer: https://library.fangraphs.com/misc/war/
Baseball Reference WAR primer: https://www.baseball-reference.com/ab...

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