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Originally Posted by Jonzard
VORP doesn't factor in defensive contribution. He was a +1.4 win player in less than a full season in 2009, even with the offensive problems. He’d have been nearly a 2 win player if he hadn’t been sent down solely to postpone free agency.
Plus his BABIP was was abnormally low, at something like .258
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Right, sorry, I meant to look up WAR not VORP. Work keeps interrupting my baseball conversations
As noted, his WAR last year was 1.4. OK, I guess that still has value. I'm sure all Minnesota fans would rather have the 4-5 WARs he put up in 2007 and 2008.