God Bless Alcides Escobar, The Actual Replacement-Level Player
by Emma Baccellieri from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3ESQR)
Back in the olden days of baseball writers and fans arguing about wins above replacement-say, five or 10 years ago-there was this claim that the concept of the replacement-level player was completely made-up, something too squishy to define concretely. What are you measuring from? said the wised-up fan. Show me a"