Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and it's only 10 days until the season starts.
WAR takes all of a player's contributions on offense and defense and tells you how many wins that player is worth to the team as opposed to "what if that player was injured and the team had to replace him with a minor leaguer."
As always, keep in mind that there is no one stat that gives you a full picture of a player and because I don't want to bore you by just listing a ton of numbers, I pick five or six that give you a general idea of what kind of player each person was last season.