I'm sorry but that's the dumbest [expletive] I've ever read. I'm a believer in metrics, but only to a point. Stewart is/was LOST at the plate, that is OBVIOUS to anyone that's watched him this year. Give me a [expletive] break. I'm not espousing he's worthless, but - wait - yes I am. He's a bum. Get over it. Players like Stewart occur ALL THE TIME, it's sad, yes, but I'm not going to get hung up on a guy that cant hit offspeed/breaking pitches to (literally) save his career, even if 'he has a chance to be better than tyler colvin'. who I also think is a bum, just a better bum. Bring on Vitters. You guys have to draw the line on this SABR [expletive] at some point. It's an important addition to scouting, yea, but if it leads you to defend Ian Stewart just to spite people and prove you're intellectually superior at metrics.....that's enough to throw up 1000 red flags to me and simultaneously lead to me not giving a [expletive]. You'll never convince me otherwise so just shut the thread down or whatever. We're both Cubs fans, so lets relate on that, and never speak of Ian Stewart again. Some of you are just a less prophetic version of Meph. He was as bat [expletive] crazy as me, but man, he nailed a lot of points. It's...just how it is. [expletive] Ian Stewart.