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"Props to other fine contributions such as "bunch of junk article" and "screw all the doubters".
 
And yes Oz27 your response was quite erudite.
 
Weaver is 131-69 life time.  The five pitchers I mentioned are a combined 143-155.  None of them have sniffed the air that Weaver has pitched in. 
 
To rank each of the five with a higher WAR just shows the falicy of WAR. 
 
Jason Hammel is Weavers age, is 59-70 lifetime and his WAR is 1.8 and Weavers 1.5??? 
 
Yeah, bunch of junk was too kind actually. 

The same reason Donavan Tate was taken third in 2009 draft and Mike Trout was taken 25th. 
 
Scouts aren't always correct because makeup/desire/work ethic isn't a quantifiable stat. 
 
TV/magazine sports analysts are lip flappers who typicallly don't know squat.
 
The Oakland A's recently stated that they don't pay a bit of attention to any of the minor league team or player rankings.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lifetime, Kendrick has batted .280 (80/286) against the likes of Buehrle, Darvish, Gio Gonzalez, Sonny Gray, King Felix, Cliff Lee, Tommy Milone, David Price, Chris Sale, Max Scherzer, James Shields and Tanaka.