Believing that you don't know the answers to all those Q's, Billy1 :- )
But just humoring the rhetorical Q's for a second ... to take an example, part B ...
This article argues that teams pay the same amount for a player's 4th WAR as it did for his 3rd: that is, it pays him $4.5 mill for creating 10 runs above a Rainier, and pays him $9.0 for giving them 20 runs, and pays him $18.0 for giving them 40 ...
What the article overlooks is that the players collect longer contracts, far more guaranteed money, for the 4th and 5th WARs ... you see the exponential benefit of WARs 4, 5, 6, etc by comparing guaranteed dollar totals at each WAR level.
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You know and I know that the Boston Red Sox will give Felix more guaranteed dollars, than they will give to two Derek Lowes ...
Felix and your best rookies will put you in a much better position than will an equally-paid Jeff Francis and Carl Pavano combo.
This chaps the Fangraphs amigos' hides because POOF goes the cherished "a WAR is a WAR is a WAR" paradigm ... but GM's are smarter than the internet, for a few more years at least :- )
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