I agree with all of this. However, WAR correlates to playing time (if the player has positive value). Ortiz was afforded the opportunity stay an everyday player despite his struggles at the plate, so he accumulated more WAR due to his defense. Comparing his WAR to players (that also had positive value) with a fraction of his playing time (due to injury, platoon, call up, taking over the position later in the year, etc.) is also misleading imo. Having said that, I agree he will likely be our SS next year and I'm good with that. I think he is a better hitter than what he showed in 2025. I don't think it's realistic we acquire a SS better than Ortiz but I also wouldn't mind if we somehow landed an upgrade at 2B/3B and move Turang to SS.