My point exactly. You get a number and do not know whether he is a power hitter with a high SLG or an OBP machine.
Yes, yes. What I have saying with no one listening for years.
Impactful how? Getting on base? Hitting homers? OPS does not tell you which.
Neither does a .300 BA
Which is why looking only at batting average is bad approach too. Batting average does, however, give you a unique piece of information that contributes to your understanding of the hitter. Unlike OPS.
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If a guy has an .800+ OPS, he probably does both. If a guy is below .700 he probably does neither. If heās between, you need to look at the shape of his OPS to see if heās an on base or power guy. It works as a shorthand, if you want to look at total production or value and you arenāt caring about specifically what he does. If a guy has an OPS over .800 I donāt particularly care that much how he gets there, I can put him somewhere in my lineup.
Nobody is saying OPS is the end all be all but it works just fine to compare players on the surface level. You can then dig deeper to find the type of player you are looking for.
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My problem: probably
Where do you put him? 1-2 or 3-5?
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Which is why OPS is not useful for evaluating players in the real world. Itās for fantasy leagues. And arguing on the internet about why my guy is just as good as your guy.
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I thought we agreed 40 posts ago that no single stat is particularly useful
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We did. But I didnāt sense the conviction in your tone, so thought we needed to agree more bigly.
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