Yankees and A-Rod

[Jack of Arcades]

The main problem with WPA, imo, is that it doesn't properly reward the guys who create "clutch opportunities." It's really biased towards guys behind players who get on base. See: Jeff Francoeur. The guy's batting behind 3 of the top 20 or so hitters in the NL, it's no wonder his WPA is 4th on his team, ahead of Brian McCann and Chipper Jones. You might as well just use (R+RBI-HR)/2 for MVP voting.

Per A-Rod: Yankee fans on this board remember when A-Rod wasn't getting a hit whatsoever in June, and he came up to the plate that month in a lot of clutch situations. Meanwhile, Jeter's been one of the best hitters in baseball. The "A-Rod isn't clutch" theory'been talked about since at least he was a Ranger. All we have from WPA is like 4 months.