Saber 101: The search for the perfect offensive statistic

Scott Kane-USA TODAY SportsI've been told that the first paragraph of a post is the most important in terms of search engine keywords, so just bear with me for a moment: wRC+ is a sabermetrics statistic, based on the runs created stat invented by Bill James, a stat that the Tigers' General Manager Dave Dombrowski surely knows about, and speaking of Tigers, I believe Justin Verlander (who will soon be available as a selection for your FanDuel fantasy lineups) is still dating Kate Upton, who has been doing Game of War ads, and who was a victim of cell phone hacking which resulted in pictures of her boobs being downloaded on many laptops.

Now that we've taken care of that, let's talk about…