For those who watched Wednesday night’s Rays game, they will undoubtedly recall Rays analyst, Brian Anderson (BA), going on an inning-long not-quite-rant questioning how WAR could have Blake Snell as the 10th-best pitcher in the American League.
Now, to BA’s credit, he admitted that he didn’t fully understand how WAR is calculated, but to his not-credit, he continued to rail against the statistic to the broad audience watching. I’ll be honest and say it rubbed me the wrong way (for all of 60 seconds).
However, once again to his credit, BA seems quite intrigued by the statistic, rather than entirely dismissive.