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by the sabrmigos around the net are not what they appear. Give previous generations a smidge of credit; if there was a way to win consistently on the backs of glove first no bat players, there would be a ton of examples of dynasties established on that exact principle. I believe there are not such examples in the fossil record.
I begin to suspect that these defensive monsters are a mirage created by a) deference of neighboring fielders and b) pitcher intention (which, if I understand dorrectly, the sabrmigos generally believe doesn't exist). Ryan Franklin would literally chuck and duck when he had Cammy and Ichiro in the outfield, but he took a step forward after leaving Seattle PROBABLY du3, at least in part, to not being able to rely on his historically good outfield.
Also, have there been studies on the value of created runs 300-400 on the season, compared to created runs 500-600 or 800-900? It seems absurdly obvious that marginal value increases steadily until somewhere around 20% above league average, at which point the returns diminish due to so many 'garbage time' runs puffing the totals. I haven't seen anything to that effect.
If my inkling is right, then these WARriors only have value to teams near the league average of both offense and pitching. At least, value commensurate with their WAR.