WAR, what is it good for? Oversimplifying a player’s overall value. For several years, left field in Anaheim was a place WAR went to die. The team trotted out replacement level and sub replacement level players for years, while paying big time money to a guy who was no longer an Angel.
But that should not be the case in 2018 as Justin Upton will patrol left field for the Angels. MLB Network recently ranked Upton as one of the top left fielders in baseball and he is fresh off a great 5.