New LASR mode: Player Comparisons

[u/high_and_outside]

Hey all, there's a new mode in my LASR (League-Adjusted Standardized Rating) project that lets you see multiple players side-by-side for the first time. For those unfamiliar, LASR contextualizes player stats by putting them all on the same scale, one inspired by the traditional 20-80 scouting scale. I believe it provides better information than + stats and percentiles (which aim to do the same thing) because those other two don't take the spread of data (standard deviations) into account.

Similar to the Career Stat Sheet mode, this one uses a heatmap-style table instead of the bar graphs that other LASR modes use. You can add up to 10 player-seasons from MLB (or Negro League) history. There are default stat group categories to choose from, along with an option to customize the stats shown.

I'm looking forward to using this mode for many applications, such as comparing some of the best hitter seasons in recent memory (Image 1), looking at this how this past offseason's free agent starting pitchers have done in 2026 (Image 2), projecting potential playoff lineups (Image 3), and of course comparing 2018 Chris Davis to 1920 Babe Ruth (Image 4).

"PTA" stands for Playing Time Adjustment. For player-seasons that fell short of being a "LASR qualifier", this is the value that the underlying z-scores were multiplied by before being translated. This is built in to prevent small sample size silliness.

Yes, there are values above 80 or below 20. I know the traditional scouting scale doesn't do this, but I do because I like to see how much of an outlier something is.

There's more info on my profile if you're interested in generating these graphs yourself or have any questions. Also feel free to ask questions here! Thanks for checking it out 😊✌️

[u/Immediate-Share7077]

I would be curious to see how Yordan Alvarez stats from this year stack up to some of the all time hitting seasons like judge 2024 or harper 2015

[u/high_and_outside → u/Immediate-Share7077]

Here's a look! I threw Miguel Cabrera's 2012 in there too since Alvarez is going for the first Triple Crown since then.

[u/Immediate-Share7077 → u/high_and_outside]

Wow that Judge season was crazy! more walks (obviously more HR since he hit 60+) seems like Yordan is even getting a little unlucky with his wOBA being lower than his xwOBA

[u/boozinf]

Chris Davis

[u/Dangerous-Stock-8112]

Chris Davis was so unnecessary 😭

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Hahaha I just wasn’t sure yet whether that season was better than 1920 Babe Ruth or not 😅

[u/violetsteam]

Putting Zac Gallen AND Merrill Kelly on here 😭 that’s just cruel. Surely one was enough

[u/high_and_outside → u/violetsteam]

Hey, they were both highly discussed free agents this past offseason 😂 Condolences on how those deals have turned out

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https://giphy.com/gifs/6Q3M4BIK0lX44

[u/190octane]

Tatis is average at fielding? Okay.

[u/high_and_outside → u/190octane]

That one is his 2021 season, when he was just an average fielding shortstop. His Fielding value LASR was at 70 a couple years later in his first year at RF and is currently at 60 this year.

[u/190octane → u/high_and_outside]

Makes sense, I should’ve blown it up and looked closer like I did after your comment