Not always. In this podcast, I identify two different 2025 “all-star” lineups by position — one is stocked with underpaid players and the other with overpaid players. The point: demonstrate that owners are compensating many players based on past achievements and future promise instead of present performance, which is all that really matters. That owners, as explained by the Peter Brand character in the movie “Moneyball” are still “misjudging their players.” Using the advance metric of Weighted Run Created Plus, (wRC+), I compare players making multi-millions with players making less than a million. One of the lineups features no players with a wRC+ higher than league average of 100.

Can you guess which one?

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Music: “Field Grass,” by Sergei Pavkin

Moneyball clip: Peter Brand explains how owners still get it wrong to Billy Beane