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Yes, I think we agree in all ways in the end.
If I play with no scouts--true ratings--and on a scale of 1-10, and I have two equally aged, equally rated hitters who are rated 6/6/6/6/6, though, I will certainly want to see their stats. There can be an important discrepancy in the "actual" ratings that create those 6/6/6/6/6's ... and assuming you know a little about probability and whatnot, comparing stats can give you a feel for the likelihood that player A is better or worse than player B. The question you're asking at that point is "what are the odds that player A is better than player B?" The stats won't guarantee anything, but the wider the gap and the greater the sample size, the more likely that they differences are real.
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