According to your lists, Rangers have +4 bWAR vs Mariners looking at the top 10 players. I would expect the gap to close as you include more of the depth chart, but Fangraphs has a team WAR chart that shows Rangers +6 fWAR over the M’s. I realize they are different calculations for WAR but I expect they are similar enough. Why doesn’t the M’s pitching staff make up for the lack of positional depth?
How bout them Phillies
Smitty
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According to your lists, Rangers have +4 bWAR vs Mariners looking at the top 10 players. I would expect the gap to close as you include more of the depth chart, but Fangraphs has a team WAR chart that shows Rangers +6 fWAR over the M’s. I realize they are different calculations for WAR but I expect they are similar enough. Why doesn’t the M’s pitching staff make up for the lack of positional depth?
Here’s that chart for reference:
https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=Team