Verlander's WAR

[JustATroutFan]

Always a stats person, I found out that Verlander had a 6.3 WAR this season, according to Baseball Reference. Don't get me wrong, Verlander has pitched well overall this year (3.36 ERA and 1.18 WHIp in 206 innings pitched with an ERA+ of 132) but are those numbers really "great" numbers for a pitcherand worth a WAR of 6.3? A player with a 6 WAR is considered a star, according to the scales of WAR. That is the problem with WAR. Those are just good numbers but worth 6 wins? Maybe if you're pitching half your games at Coors Field.

[arch stanton]

https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/war_explained_pitch.shtml

[Docwaukee]

here's a comp of the various WAR calcs 

https://www.fangraphs.com/library/war/differences-fwar-rwar/

fWAR has him at around 4

BP around 5

BR around 6 

 

 

[Angel Oracle]

Verlander has been Cy Young caliber since the ASB.