Measuring a player’s worth can be a tricky thing. Even with the troves of data available to the public, there are still cases where it’s difficult to assess how truly valuable a player is.
Mauricio Dubón may be one of those cases.
On the surface, it may seem fairly cut and dry. Dubón has a 0.2 fWAR in 222 plate appearances this year, and owns a .213/.259/.307 (60 wRC+) line with 4 home runs. Peripheral metrics indicate the 28-year-old utilityman is slightly underperforming, but for the most part, his output at the plate is poor.