We’ve already picked our position players, and now we will use single season WAR to select five starting pitchers, a closer, and I’ll even throw in a best non-closing relief pitcher and lefty set-up man.
As with the position players, if there are significant disagreements between fWAR and bWAR, I’ll consider agreement between the two numbers, but also examine other factors including FIP, FIP-, xFIP and K/BB, and WPA. In some cases I get downright granular.
It’s important to note that there are some major discrepancies between fWAR and bWAR when it comes to the pitchers. Moreso than the position players, which is surprising as we already know the two main WAR values calculate defense differently.