...that positional adjustments, as done by fangraphs, are wrong-headed. I understand the theory, and Doc explains it well...but real baseball teams do not operate with players that are relative to the whole talent pool or even some ethereal "replacement level" talent pool. As Doc has also argued elsewhere, it does not help you to know that the "replacement level" first baseman hits .270/.334/.416 when your first baseman right now is hitting .209 with no walks and minimal power and the next best options are "below replacement" because most of the other players already have teams. Offense is offense. No matter where it occurs, it's got a set value...the position pairs argument demands that there are 9 flavors of hitters...playing 9 different positions. But that isn't how big league front offices really work.