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[QUOTE="intlzncster, post: 2643316, member: 56"]
Not big on using WS to compare players across teams and positions, in college especially*.  It's so dependent on playing with different systems, different players, and different leagues, the effect of one player vs another is practically rendered meaningless, given how much each player relies on one another.   Different time periods as well.  Let's just say it's a bit murky in that sense.  [I]*due to different developmental curves by position[/I]

I mean, it's not like you could plug Roy in our team this year and he would contribute those WS numbers to the squad.  Very likely, they'd fall.   Similarly, JC's would rise with better players/system etc.  WS are so great with baseball because of the individual nature of the game.

JMO of course.

That said, I do like it when looking at an individual players development over time.  So your point is a good one there with respect to Roy:

Quicker than I intimated.  He made a big second year jump.   His first year, he looked like he had two left feet.  Great development.

My point remains, if Carlton was like Hibbert, we'd have hit a homerun.   I don't think JC is like Hibbert though.
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