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Originally Posted by BAHoopla
Another way to look at it. I find Soto more valuable if he was batting in front of Guerrero or JRam cause getting on base there via walk adds more value, but while he is on Wash and is the teams best hitter he seems to take too many strikes with risp and is willing to walk and defer to the next inferior hitter. While this leads to nice advanced stats such as OPS and war it also is less likely wash will win the game. So for me it is situational. If you are the best hitter you have to do what gives your team best chance to win and a walk does not always do that sometimes you have to take the risk and put the ball in play. This is of course is just my opinion.
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Here are the Win Probability Added leaders from last year.
WPA captures the change in Win Expectancy from one plate appearance to the next and credits or debits the player based on how much their action increased their teams odds of winning
1. Ohtani LAA 5.1
2. Harper PHI 4.7
3. Judge NYY 4.4
4. Soto WSN 4.3
5. Tatνs SDP 3.9
6. Polanco MIN 3.8
7. Ramirez CLE 3.8
8. Guerrero TOR 3.6
9. Freeman ATL 3.5
10. Marte 2TM 3.5