I don't personally believe defensive WAR (with either method of calculation) is 100% accurate, but this characterization of it as "fan scouting" is absolutely false. The fan scouting piece is available on FG but is not what goes into their math for WAR.
Those quoting 2002 vs 2015 OPS, please understand context. 2002 avg for MLB was .748, 2015 to date is .712. That is a huge difference. Very different times. AL only is even wider gap: .717 vs .755. Steroid era, etc.
From diamond club, I couldn't tell (eyes focused on Alex - forgive me), but I've never seen Weave that pissed. And I've seen him plenty pissed off before ha.
This. Thanks for being the voice of reason. He'll be fine, but tonight was obviously bad timing given the standings. Give it a month, we'll love him again.
I'm in the camp of "who the eff cares, it's a baseball game." I am always dogs, peanuts, beer. I actually go out to dinner at nice restaurants fairly frequently, but that's about the last reason I go to a game.