I admit neither of these posters said Trout’s season was worthless, but they’re using the logic I talked about: we can subtract Trout’s value because the Angels didn’t win anyway (neglecting the obvious truth that without him they probably would have been nowhere in contention) while Cabrera’s contribution counts more because the team would not have made the playoffs without him (which is probably true but is largely out of Cabrera’s control).
No, you haven’t. They’re arguing the stats are bad measurements of performance, not that Cabrera’s play had no value.