Appreciate you putting the snark in snarknado! I am indeed - and also aware that Kurtz put up obscenely good road numbers, including one of the best single-game performances in major league history on the road!

I had him as a strong No 6.

... by Fielding Run Value and pitch framing was somewhat mitigated by the fact that neither of those accounts for catcher's interference. Also worth noting: Cameron was *really* good. It's not a slight against Narváez that I had him at No. 6 in a terrific field.

I used the same standards as I did with Anthony/Wilson: His offensive home/road splits were extreme in the same way that Wilson's were -- but even more pronounced. He was a well below-average hitter away from Fenway. His impact eroded as the season wore on. And his defensive impact as measured ...

... that's the gist of how I made my call on a very close 2-3 (really, 2-4, because I thought Montgomery's historic power run as a young rookie SS put him in pretty similar territory to Anthony and Wilson).

... situation is unique, but the significant home/road splits Wilson exhibited gave me pause about his performance. Anthony, meanwhile, was very good at home and extraordinary on the road. There were some other elements related to comparing their in-season peaks, but ultimately ...

a) I tend to give extra weight to the direction of a player in his rookie season -- how he learns to manage the league as he sees it over time. Anthony got to an insane peak that Wilson didn't match. b) Wilson's performance seemed to benefit a lot from park effects. Obviously, the Sacramento...

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