WAR Explained
Wins Above Replacement, Explained From Zero
WAR is the most cited and least understood stat in baseball. Learn how it measures wins above replacement, its six components, and how to read leaderboards.
Data-driven visual essays that make the invisible physics of baseball visible. Spin rates, swing decisions, and probability shifts, designed to be felt, not just read.
150 years of baseball. 20,000+ careers. Pick your ballot from the data. WAR, peak value, postseason performance, and the arguments that never end.
The forces behind every pitch, every swing, every season. Free.
WAR is the most cited and least understood stat in baseball. Learn how it measures wins above replacement, its six components, and how to read leaderboards.
Speed-first top-100 prospects fail at 55%. Hit-tool prospects at 35%. Power at 45%. Scouting grades five tools equally, but the outcomes are not equal.
Three teams spent over $200 million on their 2025 starting rotations. Their average cost per WAR was $14.2 million. Buying pitching has diminishing returns; building it does not.
Data-driven analysis of baseball's biggest shifts. No fluff, no gatekeeping.
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