FanGraphs Audio: The Awful Burden of Assigning Credit

Episode 721 Managing editor Dave Cameron is the guest on this edition of the pod, during which he discusses the question of assigning credit, especially where WAR is concerned. How much credit does Andre Ethier for a wind-aided home run? For catching a fly ball that’s caught 95% of the time by major-league outfielders? These are merely two of the questions asked poorly and slowly by the host and half-answered by Dave Cameron. A reminder: FanGraphs’ Ad Free Membership exists. Some people think it doesn’t exist. Actually, though, it does exist. Click here to learn more about it and share some of your disposable income with FanGraphs. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things. Audio after the jump. (Approximately 42 min play time.) var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source