Sabermetricians like to compare MLB players to "replacement players." But sometimes it's a hard to grasp the concept. How exactly do they quantify "replacement level?"
Detroiters need look no further than that Tigers bullpen for the perfect example: Brad Thomas.
Thomas is the epitome of replacement-level talent in Major League Baseball.
Here's a working definition of replacement player from Big League Stew:
"A replacement player is defined as someone who is below average and should be easily obtainable, the sort of fringy cup-of-coffee guy you can find in AAA, on the waiver wire, or acquire for a PTBNL, a warm body who hurts the team the more he plays."
That pretty much sums up Thomas' career.
This is the fourth season that the 32-year-old has seen time in ...
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Article written by Matt Snyder
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