Ever since the Giants hired Farhan Zaidi as their president of baseball operations this past offseason, there have been battles between talking heads arguing on the basis of traditional baseball stats and advanced metrics.

Zaidi, who earned his bachelor of science degree at MIT and his PhD at Cal Berkeley, is widely seen as a baseball mind that leans on analytics. So-called baseball fans who don't want the game to evolve argue that he's using too many numbers to try and change the game. At the same time, Zaidi has help lead highly successful teams with the A's and Dodgers.

So, what are his thought on WAR (Wins Above Replacement)?

"Yeah, I think it's a good measure on how a guy has produced in the past," Zaidi said Wednesday on KNBR . "I think it's a nice, valuable back of the envelope

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